DX Future Requirement

The data file is for DC/DM/DR requirement forecast for the next 12 months. The requirements are shown as possibilities in each EFA each month.

CKAN Data API

Access resource data via a web API with powerful query support.
Further information in the main CKAN Data API and DataStore documentation.

The Data API can be accessed via the following actions of the CKAN action API.

Query
`https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datastore_search`
Query (via SQL)
`https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql`

Query example (first 5 results)
`https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=5162c4d1-6d72-497b-a2ad-3a2449bc8952&limit=5`
Query example (via SQL statement)
`https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql?sql=SELECT * from "5162c4d1-6d72-497b-a2ad-3a2449bc8952" LIMIT 5`

A simple ajax (JSONP) request to the data API using jQuery.

var data = {
  resource_id: '5162c4d1-6d72-497b-a2ad-3a2449bc8952', // the resource id
  limit: 5 // get 5 results
};
$.ajax({
  url: 'https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datastore_search',
  data: data,
  dataType: 'jsonp',
  success: function(data) {
    alert('Total results found: ' + data.result.total)
  }
});

A simple ajax (JSONP) request to the data API using jQuery.

import urllib2
  url = 'https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=5162c4d1-6d72-497b-a2ad-3a2449bc8952&limit=5'
  fileobj = urllib2.urlopen(url)
  print fileobj.read()

Download (CSV)

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Table Information

Forecast Created

Title	Forecast Created
Type	date
Description	The date for which the forecast is created.
Comment
Example	2025-03-01
Unit	ISO 8601

Forecast Target Month

Title	Forecast Target Month
Type	date
Description	The date for which the forecast is for.
Comment
Example	2025-04-01
Unit	ISO 8601

Service Type

Title	Service Type
Type	string
Description	The service for which the forecast is for.
Comment	This field will contain DC-L for Dynamic Containment Low, DC-H for Dynamic Containment High, DM-L for Dynamic Moderation Low, DM-H for Dynamic Moderation High, DR-L for Dynamic Regulation Low, and DR-H for Dynamic Regulation High.
Example	DC-L
Unit	NA

EFA

Title	EFA
Type	integer
Description	The EFA block for which the forecast is for.
Comment
Example	1
Unit	NA

Interval

Title	Interval
Type	string
Description	The interval for which the forecasted requirement is in.
Comment	This field will contain 9 different intervals, 0-200, 200-400, 400-600, 600-800, 800-1000, 1000-1200, 1200-1400, 1400-1600, and 1600-1800.
Example	0-200
Unit	NA

Possibilities

Title	Possibilities
Type	number
Description	The possibilities for which the forecasted requirement is within the interval.
Comment	This field is from 0 to 1.
Example	0.1
Unit	NA

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DX Future Requirement

CKAN Data API

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Table Information

Forecast Created

Forecast Target Month

Service Type

EFA

Interval

Possibilities