Tag reference

Tag scope reference

This matrix lists the tags documented above and the file types where each tag is accepted (taken from scentype_taglist in VEDA_TIMES_sets-attributes_veda_parameters.xlsx). The file-type identifiers used in the Available in column:

Name	Meaning
BY	Base Year template (VT_*.xlsx)
BY_Trans	Base Year transformation scenario (BY_Trans.xlsx)
SubRES	SubRES technology template
SR_Trans	SubRES transformation scenario (SubRES_*_Trans.xlsx)
SysSettings	The model's SysSettings.xlsx
RegScen	Regular scenario file
ParScen	Parametric scenario file
SubParScen	Sub-parametric scenario
TradeScen	Trade scenario file
TradeLinks	Dedicated trade-links file
LMADefs	Reports definitions file (LMADefs-*.xlsx / ReportDefs-*.xlsx)
setrules	Set-rules file (used by ~TFM_PSets / ~TFM_CSets)
NoSeedValueScenario	A scenario file flagged not to carry seed values

Tag	Available in	Description
~BookRegions_Map	SysSettings	Map book (super) regions to model regions
~COMEMI	BY, SubRES	Legacy — use VDA_EMCB via a regular Veda tag instead
~Currencies	SysSettings	list of all currencies used in the model
~DefaultYear	SysSettings	Default year for any time-series parameter
~DefUnits	SysSettings	Default process activity, capacity, and commodity units by sector
~FI_Comm	BY, SubRES, SysSettings	Commodity Definition Table — declares commodities and their properties
~FI_Process	BY, SubRES	Process Definition Table — declares technologies and their properties
~FI_Process_Trades	TradeLinks	Per-trade-process metadata for TradeLinks files
~FI_T	BY, SubRES	Flexible Import Table — primary parameter-value input format
~INPUTCELL	ParScen	Mark cells in a parametric-scenario sheet as input cells whose values Veda varies across runs
~MD-C_C	BY, SubRES, SysSettings	metadata tag for commodity having column level scope
~MD-C_R	BY, SubRES, SysSettings	metadata tag for commodity having row level scope
~MD-C_S	BY, SubRES, SysSettings	metadata tag for commodity having worksheet scope
~MD-C_W	BY, SubRES, SysSettings	metadata tag for commodity having workbook scope
~MD-T_C	BY, SubRES	metadata tag for technology having column level scope
~MD-T_R	BY, SubRES	metadata tag for technology having row level scope
~MD-T_S	BY, SubRES	metadata tag for technology having worksheet scope
~MD-T_W	BY, SubRES	metadata tag for technology having workbook scope
~MD-V_C	BY, TradeScen, tradeLinks, setrules, SubRES, DemScen, DemAlloc, NoSeedValueScenario, ParScen, RegScen, SubParScen, SR_Trans, BY_Trans, syssettings, LMADefs	metadata tag for value(s) having column level scope
~MD-V_R	BY, TradeScen, tradeLinks, setrules, SubRES, DemScen, DemAlloc, NoSeedValueScenario, ParScen, RegScen, SubParScen, SR_Trans, BY_Trans, syssettings, LMADefs	metadata tag for value(s) having row level scope
~MD-V_S	BY, TradeScen, tradeLinks, setrules, SubRES, DemScen, DemAlloc, NoSeedValueScenario, ParScen, RegScen, SubParScen, SR_Trans, BY_Trans, syssettings, LMADefs	metadata tag for value(s) having worksheet scope
~MD-V_TC	BY, TradeScen, tradeLinks, setrules, SubRES, DemScen, DemAlloc, NoSeedValueScenario, ParScen, RegScen, SubParScen, SR_Trans, BY_Trans, syssettings, LMADefs	metadata tag for value(s) having table level scope in the same column
~MD-V_TR	BY, TradeScen, tradeLinks, setrules, SubRES, DemScen, DemAlloc, NoSeedValueScenario, ParScen, RegScen, SubParScen, SR_Trans, BY_Trans, syssettings, LMADefs	metadata tag for value(s) having table level scope in the same row
~MD-V_W	BY, TradeScen, tradeLinks, setrules, SubRES, DemScen, DemAlloc, NoSeedValueScenario, ParScen, RegScen, SubParScen, SR_Trans, BY_Trans, syssettings, LMADefs	metadata tag for value(s) having workbook scope
~MD_Dimensions	SysSettings	Administrators can specify the dimensions of metadata they wish to capture by configuring this table within SysSettings
~MileStoneYears	SysSettings	Alternate way to specify model periods by directly listing milestone years
~NOpCol	SysSettings	~NOPCOL - No operation column headers. Veda would ignore, AND suppress sync log warnings, from columns with headers listed under this tag
~PRCCOMEMI	BY, SubRES	Legacy — use FLO_EMIS via a regular Veda tag instead
~RegionGroup_Map	SysSettings	Map native regions to logical RegionGroups for rule-based declarations
~ReplicateInRegions	SR_Trans	Enumerate per-region replications of processes from a SubRES template
~StartYear	SysSettings	First year of the model horizon
~TFM_AVA	SR_Trans	indicate availability of techs across regions
~TFM_AVA-C	SR_Trans	indicate availability of commodities across regions
~TFM_COMGRP	SysSettings	commodity group definitions
~TFM_CSets	setrules	Define named commodity sets via rule expressions
~TFM_DINS	BY_Trans, SR_Trans, SysSettings, RegScen, TradeScen, SubParScen, NoSeedValueScenario	Direct insert of values — fully enumerated (process, commodity) rows
~TFM_DINS-AT	BY_Trans, SR_Trans, SysSettings, RegScen, TradeScen, SubParScen, NoSeedValueScenario	DINS variant with attributes as column headers
~TFM_DINS-TS	BY_Trans, SR_Trans, SysSettings, RegScen, TradeScen, SubParScen, NoSeedValueScenario	DINS variant with years as column headers
~TFM_DINS-TSL	BY_Trans, SR_Trans, SysSettings, RegScen, TradeScen, SubParScen, NoSeedValueScenario	DINS variant with timeslices as column headers
~TFM_FILL	BY_Trans, SR_Trans, RegScen, TradeScen, ParScen, SysSettings, NoSeedValueScenario	Legacy — use TFM_FILL-R instead
~TFM_FILL-R	BY_Trans, SR_Trans, RegScen, TradeScen, ParScen, SysSettings, NoSeedValueScenario	Wide-data importer — translates a separate data sheet into long-format rows
~TFM_GAMS	BY_Trans, SR_Trans, SysSettings, RegScen, TradeScen, SubParScen, NoSeedValueScenario	Inject custom GAMS code (largely superseded by RFCmd attributes)
~TFM_INS	BY_Trans, SR_Trans, SysSettings, RegScen, TradeScen, SubParScen, NoSeedValueScenario	Insert parameter values with filters and year/timeslice column headers
~TFM_INS-AT	BY_Trans, SR_Trans, SysSettings, RegScen, TradeScen, SubParScen, NoSeedValueScenario	INS variant with attributes as column headers
~TFM_INS-TS	BY_Trans, SR_Trans, SysSettings, RegScen, TradeScen, SubParScen, NoSeedValueScenario	INS variant with years as column headers (time series)
~TFM_INS-TSL	BY_Trans, SR_Trans, SysSettings, RegScen, TradeScen, SubParScen, NoSeedValueScenario	INS variant with timeslices as column headers
~TFM_INS-TXT	SysSettings	INS variant supporting text values (PRC_PCG, PRC_TSL, PRC_VINT, COM_LIM, COM_TSL, COM_TYPE)
~TFM_MIG	BY_Trans, SR_Trans, SysSettings, RegScen, TradeScen, SubParScen, NoSeedValueScenario	Migrate parameters to a different set of indexes
~TFM_PSets	setrules	Define named process sets via rule expressions
~TFM_TOPDINS	BY_Trans, SR_Trans, SysSettings, RegScen, TradeScen, SubParScen, NoSeedValueScenario	Topology-aware DINS — fully-enumerated topology-restricted insert
~TFM_TOPINS	BY_Trans, SR_Trans, SysSettings, RegScen, TradeScen, SubParScen, NoSeedValueScenario	Topology-aware INS — restricted to (process, commodity) pairs in the model topology
~TFM_TOPINS-A	BY_Trans, SR_Trans, SysSettings, RegScen, TradeScen, SubParScen, NoSeedValueScenario	Attribute form of TFM_TOPINS
~TFM_UPD	BY_Trans, SR_Trans, SysSettings, RegScen, TradeScen, SubParScen, NoSeedValueScenario	Update existing parameter values matching filters
~TFM_UPD-AT	BY_Trans, SR_Trans, SysSettings, RegScen, TradeScen, SubParScen, NoSeedValueScenario	UPD variant with attributes as column headers
~TFM_UPD-T	BY_Trans, SR_Trans, SysSettings, RegScen, TradeScen, SubParScen, NoSeedValueScenario	UPD variant with year-targeted column headers
~TFM_UPD-TS	BY_Trans, SR_Trans, SysSettings, RegScen, TradeScen, SubParScen, NoSeedValueScenario	UPD variant with year-series column headers
~TimePeriods	SysSettings	time period definitions - in terms of period durations
~TimeSlices	SysSettings, RegScen, SubParScen	timeslice definition
~TradeLinks	TradeLinks	trade links in matrix format
~TradeLinks_Desc	TradeLinks	description of trade links that are defined in DINS
~TradeLinks_DINS	TradeLinks	Direct-insert form of trade-link declarations — one explicit row per link
~TradeLinks_GenLinks	TradeLinks	General rules that programmatically generate trade links from filter expressions
~UC_SETS	SysSettings, RegScen, SubParScen, NoSeedValueScenario	Define element sets that subsequent UC_T rows can reference
~UC_T	SysSettings, RegScen, SubParScen, NoSeedValueScenario	User constraint time-series — defines one piece of a UC indexed by attribute, year, side, and filters

Legacy Tags

It is not recommended to use these tags anymore, but they are still supported for backward compatibility reasons.

~COMEMI

Use attribute VDA_EMCB via any regular Veda tag instead.

~PRCCOMEMI

Use attribute FLO_EMIS via any regular Veda tag instead.

~TFM_Fill

Use TFM_Fill-R instead.