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Commands are used to start optimization, change model behaviour, and set global attributes in SHOP. Click the command name for further information.

Command	Description	Options	Value	License	Version added
set newgate	Deprecated	/on, /off		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set password	Used to manually activate licenses not in the license file by using a password		list of strings	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
print model	Print out the LP model with the specified name after the next iteration is done		string	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
log file	Change the name of the default log file created by shop from "shop.log" to the specified name. If the /lp option is given, the default solver log file name ("cplex.log") is changed instead.	/lp, /lpmin, /lp_min	string	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
read model	Read in the first ascii model file with the specified name which must include the start time, end time, and time resolution of the optimization run		string	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
add model	Read in an additional ascii model file after the first model file has been read by the "read model" command		string	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
start sim	Start the specified number of SHOP optimization iterations in the mode given by the "set code" command		int	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
start shopsim	Start the SHOP simulator. Each option will specify which results should be used to determine the unit production/discharge, gen_mw_schedule is default and uses production_schedule for each unit. The optional integer input value decides the output time resolution of the simulator results in a whole number of seconds (default is 3600).	/inflow, /gen_mw_schedule, /gen_m3s_schedule, /gen_mw_result, /gen_m3s_result	(int)	SHOP_SIMULATION	13.0.0.a
save optres_for_shopsim	Save the SHOP optimization results to the specified file for future use in a simulation.	/m3s	string	SHOP_SIMULATION	13.0.0.a
set method	Choose the solution method the LP solver (cplex, gurobi, or osi) will use to solve each non-mip iteration in SHOP	/primal, /dual, /baropt, /hybbaropt, /netprimal, /netdual, /concurrent_lp		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set ramping	Turn on or off all ramping constraints related to the plant, reservoir, and gate objects. For contract and multi-object ramping constraints, the /request option can be used to only add ramping constraints if they were violated in the previous iteration.	/request, /on, /off		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
penalty cost	Change various global penalty costs. Note that the SOFT_CONSTRAINTS_FUNCTIONALITY license is required for the options soft_p_penalty and soft_q_penalty.	/reservoir, /endpoint, /ramping, /load, /overflow, /overflow_time_adjust, /gate, /discharge, /all, /powerlimit, /reserve, /soft_p_penalty, /soft_q_penalty		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
penalty flag	Choose if specific constraint types should be included or excluded from the optimization model. Note that the SOFT_CONSTRAINTS_FUNCTIONALITY license is required for soft constraints.	/all, /on, /off, /load, /reservoir, /ramping, /endpoint, /discharge, /powerlimit, /plant, /min_p_con, /max_p_con, /min_q_con, /max_q_con, /schedule, /gate		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set mipgap	Set the MIP gap that will be used by the solver to decide when a MIP problem is sufficiently close to optimum. An absolute MIP gap is the absolute value difference of the best integer and relaxed solution, while a relative MIP gap is the relative objective value difference and should be a number between 0 and 1	/absolute, /relative	double	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set nseg	Set the number of PQ curve segments to be used above, below, or above and below the last production level in incremental iterations if plant specific values are not given. Default value is 3 segments up and down.	/up, /down, /all	int	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set mip_nseg	Set the number of PQ curve segments to be used above, below, or above and below the last production level in full iterations if plant specific values are not given. Default value is 3 segments up and down.	/up, /down, /all	int	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set dyn_seg	Turn on dynamic PQ curve segmentation in full (mip) iterations, incremental iterations, or both types of iterations.	/on, /mip, /incr		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set nodelog	Set the MIP node logging interval (100 is default) used by CPLEX when updating the CPLEX log file		int	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set max_num_threads	Set the max number of threads CPLEX can use when solving a MIP problem or using the barrier solver. Default of -1 lets CPLEX use all available threads		int	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set parallel_mode	Choose the parallel mode CPLEX uses when solving a problem in parallel. Default behaviour is to ensure deterministic result behaviour, the opportunistic setting lets CPLEX fully utilize the parallel processing without guaranteed reporoducability, and the automatic setting lets CPLEX decide based on the problem	/deterministic, /auto, /opportunistic		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set headopt_feedback	Deprecated, old head optimization functionality		double	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set code	Set the iteration mode that will be used in the next iterations of SHOP. Full iterations decide unit commitment and should be performed first. Switching to incremental iterations after some full iterations will refine the solution for the final unit commitment decisions	/head, /full, /incremental, /curve		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set timelimit	Set the number of seconds that can be used to solve a single iteration in SHOP. Default is 900 sec.		double	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set dyn_flex_mip	Set the number of time steps used for dynamic flexible MIP, which aggregates unit commitment decisions in neighbouring time intervals. Default value of -1 turns off the dynamic flexible MIP functionality		int	SHOP_DYN_FLEX	13.0.0.a
set universal_mip	Turn on or off all binary variables related to unit commitment and reserve capacity procurement. If the default option of not_set is used, the mip_flag on each plant will decide when binary varaible requirements are used	/on, /off, /not_set		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set universal_river_mip	Toggle the use of binary variables to for river to prevent flow when water level is below weir. It the default option not_set is used, the mip_flag of each river will decide when binary variables are used.	/on, /off, /not_set		SHOP_OPEN	15.3.3.1
set merge	Turn on or off (default) the mering of similar and adjacent time steps for gate discharge and plant production results. The option "/stop" will only keep merged blocks from the previous iteration and stop further merging	/on, /off, /stop		SHOP_BLOCK_MERGE	13.0.0.a
save xmlseries	Write the SHOP results to the specified file in the xml format	/start, /end, /removeequal	string	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
save series	Write the SHOP results to the specified file in a text file format		string	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
return simres	Write simplified SHOP results to the specified file in a text file format, the "/generator" option will include unit results in the file	/generator	string	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set com_dec_period	Set the end time for the common decision period in SHARM that will force all production variables to be equal		int	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
return scenario_result_table	Write the SHOP results from a stochastic optimization run to the specified file in a text file format		string	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set time_delay_unit	Set the time unit used to specify the time delay of discharge from gates, plants, etc. Can be either "HOUR", "MINUTE", or "TIME_STEP_LENGTH", where the last option is default and uses the time unit of the optimization run		string	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set power_head_optimization	Turn on (default) or off the power head optimization functionality	/on, /off		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set pump_head_optimization	Turn on or off (default) the inclusion of pump variables in the power head optimization	/on, /off		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set bypass_loss	Turn on or off (default) the addition of the flow in bypass gates when calculating tailrace loss for plants if tailrace_loss_from_bypass_flag is not used	/on, /off		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set reserve_slack_cost	The cost for delivering more than the reserve capacity obligations of any reserve type in any reserve group. Default value is 0.000001 NOK/MW		double	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set fcr_n_band	The size of the frequency range in either direction where FCR-N is activated. Default value is 0.1 Hz (49.9 to 50.1 Hz)		double	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set fcr_d_band	The size of the frequency range in upward direction where FCR-D is activated. Default value is 0.4 Hz (49.5 to 49.9 Hz)		double	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set fcr_n_equality_flag	Turn on or off (default) the building of constraints to force the fcr_n delivery for all units to by symmetric	/on, /off		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
print bid_matrix	Print out the bid matrix for each bid_group in the system when using the SHARM bidding functionality. If the option "/system" or "/plant" is used, the bid matrices on system or plant level will be printed out instead	/system, /plant	(int)	SHOP_SCENARIO_FUNCTIONALITY	13.0.0.a
set linear_startup	Toggle the building of linear startup and shutdown costs for generators and pumps on or off when MIP is not active. Default option "/not_set" uses the linear_startup_flag on each plant to decide if startup and shutdown costs should be used	/on, /off, /not_set		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set bid_aggregation_level	Set the bid aggregation level of the SHARM bidding functionality. Add all plants to the same bid group ("/system") or create individual bid groups for each plant ("/plant"). If the default option "/not_set" is used, the plants are placed in bid groups according to the bid_group attribute on the plant	/system, /plant, /not_set		SHOP_SCENARIO_FUNCTIONALITY	13.0.0.a
set delay_valuation	The value default option uses the first value in the water value table to set the value of water in transition at the end of the horizon. Using the "/middle" option will use the middle point of the water value description instead	/default, /middle		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set reserve_ramping_cost	Set the cost for ramping on the specific reserve capacity type delivered on generators and pumps if unit specific costs are not provided. No options were allowed in this command before version 15.0.0.0. Default value is 0 NOK/MW	/fcr_n, /fcr_d, /frr, /rr, /all	double	SHOP_RESERVE_CLUSTERING_FUNCTIONALITY	15.0.0.0
set solver	Choose the optimization solver that will be used to solve the SHOP model. The CPLEX solver is the default option for running SHOP.	/cplex, /gurobi, /osi, /highs		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set safe_mode	Add penalty costs to all constraints in the model in an attempt to debug infeasible models. Activating this command may cause longer calculation times and poor numerical scaling, and should only be used to understand infeasible models.	/on, /off		SHOP_OPEN	14.4.0.4
set gen_turn_off_limit	Change the limit for considering that a generator is on or off if binary variables are not used in full mode. If the production is below the specified input fraction (between 0.0 and 1.0) of the generators's minimum production, the unit is considered off in incremental iterations. The default value is 0.5 (50%).		double	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
print bp_curves		/mc_format, /discharge		SHOP_BEST_PROFIT	13.0.0.a
set prod_from_ref_prod	Command to activate and deactivate the use of the generator attribute ref_production as the planned operating point for the unit in best_profit and marginal cost calculations.	/on, /off		SHOP_BEST_PROFIT	13.0.0.a
save tunnelloss	Enables the printing of the junction tunnel head loss to the result files written by the "save series" and "save xmlseries" commands. Default behaviour is to not print the tunnel head loss.			SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set startup_cost_printout	If the "/optimized" option is given, the startup and shutdown costs printed in the log file will only include the costs seen by the optimization problem in full iterations, which can include the cost of partial startups and shutdowns if MIP is not used. The default option is to print out post-calculated value based on the final unit commitment used in incremental iterations.	/default, /optimized		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
print pqcurves	Print out the PQ curves constructed by SHOP to the specified file name in xml format. The different options will write either the original PQ curves based on the input data, the PQ curves after convexification, the finalized PQ curves used in the optimization, or all of the mentioned cases. If a file name is not specified, a default file name starting with "pq_curves_" and ending with the current iteration number will be used.	/all, /original, /convex, /final	(string)	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set reserve_min_capacity	The fraction of the maximal generator production that must be left open while the generator is delivering FCR reserve capacity. Default value is 0.02 (2%).		double	SHOP_RESERVE_GROUP	13.0.0.a
set ownership_scaling	Turn on or off (default) the rescaling of the production results for plants and generators that have an ownership less than 100%. The scaled results are only found in the text result files.	/on, /off		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set stop_cost_from_start_cost	Turn on or off (default) the usage of the input generator start cost as stop cost	/on, /off		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set simple_pq_recovery	Turn on or off (default) simplified building of PQ curves with a single segment for problematic generators suffering from incorrect uploading of the PQ segments.	/on, /off		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set plant_uploading	Deprecated	/lp, /full		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set lp_info	Avoid copying over the variable and constraint names to CPLEX by specifying the "/min" option, which could save time and memory for large SHOP models. The defualt behaviour is to copy over the names (option "/full"). See also the min_lp_info attribute on global_settings	/min, /full		SHOP_OPEN	17.13.0
save xmlshopsimseries	Save the simulation results to the specified file in an xml format.	/start, /end, /removeequal	string	SHOP_SIMULATION	13.0.0.a
set sim_schedule_correction	Deprecated	/generator		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
save case	Writes the input of the current SHOP model to an ascii file with the specified name.		string	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set xml_system_name	Turn on or off (default) the insertion of the system name defined in the extra data files into the result xml file created by the "save xmlseries" command. Only has an effect when running through the SIM interface with extra data files.	/on, /off		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set xmllog	Turn on or off (default) the writing the log in an xml format to the file "shop_log.xml".	/on, /off		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
expand window	Deprecated	/all	list of strings	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
ignore data	Ignore specified input data when read from file. The string values represent the object type, attribute name, object name, and connected object name of the data that should be ignored, respectively.		1-4 strings	SHOP_OPEN	13.2.1.e
quit	Exits SHOP. Not necessary when running SHOP through the API			SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
data	Deprecated. Old way of streaming inn and out data to SHOP when running as an executable.			SHOP_STREAMING	13.0.0.a
set mix_cut_vv	Deprecated	/on, /off		SHOP_MIX_CUT_VV_PROTOTYPE	13.0.0.a
set tuning	Deprecated	/on, /off, /weak, /default, /aggressive		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
read optbasis	Specify the name of the file where the optimal basis from the optimization problem in the next iteration should be saved. If no name is given, no basis will be saved		string	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
save optbasis	Specify the name of the file containing a saved input basis for the optimization problem. If no name is given, no input basis will be loaded		string	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set optbasis	If this command is given with the option "/on", a heuristic start basis is given to CPLEX. The default behaviour (and option "/off") does not provide CPLEX with a start basis guess	/on, /off		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set presim		/on, /off		SHOP_PRESIM	13.0.0.a
set inteps	Set the numeric tolerance for accepting a number as an integer in CPLEX. The default value is 0.00001.		double	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
individual penalty	Deprecated		string double	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
individual endpenalty	Deprecated	/up, /down	string double	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
test case	Run the input data consistency checks without running a full simulation or optimization			SHOP_OPEN	17.11.0
set extra_file	Specify the name of the extra ascii model file that is used when running SHOP through the SIM interface.		string	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set universal_affinity	Turn on or off the use of affinity equations for translating turbine efficiency curves of generators. Default behaviour if the command is not given is to use affinity_eq_flag on each generator to decide if affinity equations should be used	/on, /off		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set silent	Use the option 'off' to print the SHOP log to stdout in addition to the log file. Only intended for use when SHOP is run as an exe	/on, /off		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
set gravity	Change the value of the acceleration due to gravity from the default value of 9.81 m/s2		double	SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
save shopsimseries	Save detailed simulation results to the specified text file		string	SHOP_SIMULATION	13.0.0.a
return shopsimres	Write simplified SHOP simulation results to the specified file in a text file format, the "/generator" option will only write unit results in the file	/generator	string	SHOP_SIMULATION	13.0.0.a
set reserve_schedule_penalty_cost	Command to set the penalty cost for breaking the unit reserve schedule constraints. Default value is 10000 NOK/MW		double	SHOP_RESERVE_GROUP	13.0.0.a
set reserve_penalty_cost	The penalty cost for delivering less than the reserve obligations of any reserve type in any reserve group. Default value is 10000 NOK/MW		double	SHOP_RESERVE_GROUP	13.0.0.a
set reserve_contribution_cost	The cost for a unit participating in the reserve delivery per time step. Can also be set with the attribute 'reserve_contribution_cost' on global_settings		double	SHOP_RESERVE_CLUSTERING_FUNCTIONALITY	13.0.0.a
set duals_from_mip	Turning the command on will fix binary variables after solving a MIP iteration and solve the resulting linear problem again to get dual values. Default behaviour (option "/off") does not re-solve MIP problems to get dual values	/on, /off		SHOP_OPEN	13.0.0.a
save pq_curves	Turn on or off (default) the saving of the constructed PQ curves for each unit	/on, /off		SHOP_OPEN	13.2.1.e
reset ownership	Removes any PQ curve scaling done due to a plant ownership of less than 100%			SHOP_OWNERSHIP	13.2.1.e
set overflow_cut_description	Deprecated	/on, /off		SHOP_OPEN	13.3.0.e
set initial_reservoir	Specify if initial volume or level/head values should be preferred if both are present for a reservoir. Default behaviour is to prefer initial volume values. Option '/head' is deprecated in favour of '/level' and will be removed in SHOP 19.0.0 (Q2 2027).	/volume, /level, /head		SHOP_OPEN	13.5.4.a
set plant_unbalance_recommit	Turn on or off (default) the heuristic that attempts to recommit units in a better way for hours without MIP and there is unbalance between resulting discharge and discharge from solver	/on, /off		SHOP_OPEN	13.3.1.a
set mip_progress_log	Experimental. Allows enabling of logging of MIP progress. Default behaviour (option "/off") disables these messages	/on, /off		SHOP_OPEN	14.0.0.1
print yaml	Print yaml case. Options are independent and any combination is valid: "/input_only" turns of the printing of output/result attribute values, "/output_only" turns of the printing of input attribute values, "/compress_txy" compresses timeseries value by removing consecutive duplicate values and "/compress_connection" omits any connection information that is not needed for reproducing the case. The case will be named "shop_yaml.yaml" unless another file name is provided	/input_only, /output_only, /compress_txy, /compress_connection	(string)	SHOP_OPEN	14.0.0.1
set droop_discretization_limit	Fixes the droop value of all units that have a resulting droop below the specified limit. The droop is fixed to the closest legal discrete value below the given limit, which is the closest integer below unless the unit has a defined discrete_droop_values attribute. From version 15.1.1.0, the option "/all" will discretize and lock all droop values in all hours.	/all	double	SHOP_DISCRETE_DROOP	14.0.0.9
set build_original_pq_curves_by_discharge_limits	When this command is turned on, only discharge limits will be taken into account when building the original pq curve for the unit. Otherwise, all the operating limits (e.g. min_prod, time-dependent min_p_constr, time-dependent min_q_constr) are considered.	/on, /off		SHOP_OPEN	14.0.0.9
set pump_turn_off_limit	Change the limit for considering that a pump is on or off if binary variables are not used in full mode. If the production is below the specified input fraction (between 0.0 and 1.0) of the pump's minimum production, the unit is considered off in incremental iterations. The default value is 0.5 (50%).		double	SHOP_OPEN	14.0.0.9
set universal_overflow_mip	Turn on or off all binary variables related to reservoir non-physical spill. If the default option of not_set is used, the overflow_mip_flag on each reservoir will decide when binary varaible requirements are used	/on, /off, /not_set		SHOP_OPEN	14.0.1.1
reset lp_model			string	SHOP_OPEN	14.1.0.0
set droop_cost_exponent	Set the value to any positive number higher than 1.0 to build a convex and increasing cost curve for the droop value instead of using a linear cost. The number represents the degree of the convex polynomial used to build the cost curve, which means that a value of 2.0 results in a quadratic cost curve.		double	SHOP_RESERVE_GROUP	14.2.0.3
set droop_ref_value	Set the reference value used to scale the exponential droop cost when the droop_cost_exponent is higher than 1. The scaling is chosen so that the exponential cost will be the same as the standard linear cost for the reference value.		double	SHOP_RESERVE_GROUP	14.2.0.3
set rr_up_schedule_slack_flag	Turn on or off (default) the addition of slack variables for RR_UP schedule constraints on generators. Penalty cost for slack is set equal to reserve_slack_cost.	/on, /off		SHOP_RESERVE_GROUP	14.2.0.1
set lp_row	Add new or modify existing LP-row based on values in add_row attributes.			SHOP_OPEN	14.2.0.3
set lp_var	Add new or modify existing LP-var based on values in add_var attributes.			SHOP_OPEN	14.2.0.3
print bp_bid_matrix	Creates bid matrices for each plant in the system that is part of the best profit calculations between the two time steps given as input. The number of prices in the bid matrix is reduced down to the size defined in bp_bid_matrix_points on global_settings. The '/interpolate' option will interpolate the bid matrix on all integer prices in the range between the highest and lowest price in the BP curve before reduction. The '/merge' option will instead merge price columns within a tolerance of 1.0 before reduction. The command can only be used after a call to {ref}`create bp_curves <create_bp_curves>`.	/interpolate, /merge	two ints	SHOP_BEST_PROFIT	14.2.2.0
set ramp_scale_factor	Used to scale all input ramping values for production and discharge on plants, gates, and reservoirs.		double	SHOP_OPEN	14.3.0.2
set recommit	Turn on (default) or off the heuristic that attempts to recommit units in a better way for hours without MIP	/on, /off		SHOP_OPEN	14.4.0.0
set rsv_hard_limit_penalty_cost	Change the value of the penalty cost for breaking the hard min and max volume or level constraints on reservoirs. Default value is 9000000 NOK/Mm3.		double	SHOP_OPEN	14.4.0.3
read yaml	Read in a YAML input file to SHOP.		string	SHOP_OPEN	14.4.0.5
print mc_curves	Prints out marginal cost curves to file. The first input string is the file name, while the two integer input values specify the start and end time intervals (zero indexed) for the marginal cost calculations. Similar curves are produced by the "print bp_curves" command if the option "/mc_format" is used.		string, two ints	SHOP_MC	14.4.1.3
set reserve_activation_penalty_cost	Sets the global default penalty for violating the reserve activation constraints for the reserve type specified with the different command options. If no options are given, the activation penalty cost for all reserve types are updated.	/fcr_n, /fcr_d, /frr, /rr, /up, /down	double	SHOP_ADVANCED_RESERVE_ACTIVATION	15.3.0.0
set reserve_activation_time	Sets the global default reserve activation time in hours for the reserve type specified with the different command options. If no options are given, the activation times for all reserve types are updated.	/fcr_n, /fcr_d, /frr, /rr, /up, /down	double	SHOP_ADVANCED_RESERVE_ACTIVATION	15.3.0.0
set reserve_activation_factor	Sets the global default reserve activation factor (0 to 1) for the reserve type specified with the different command options. If no options are given, the activation factors for all reserve types are updated.	/fcr_n, /fcr_d, /frr, /rr, /up, /down	double	SHOP_ADVANCED_RESERVE_ACTIVATION	15.3.0.0
set reserve_tactical_activation_cost_scaling	Sets the global default scaling factor for calculating the penalty cost for violating the tactical reservoir limits when considering reserve activation. The resulting penalty cost will be the reserve-specific activation cost multiplied with this factor.		double	SHOP_ADVANCED_RESERVE_ACTIVATION	15.3.0.0
create bp_curves	Generates best profit curves, including marginal cost curves, for all plants in the system. The two input integers are the start and end time step for the creation of the BP curves	/operation, /production, /market_ref_mc, /no_vertical_step, /comb_upload	two ints	SHOP_BEST_PROFIT	15.3.1.0
print ascii	Prints the current SHOP model to an ascii file, the file name is specified as an input parameter. Options to only print input data, to compress timeseries attributes, and to split up the model into multiple files can be supplied.	/input_only, /compress_txy, /multiple_files	string	SHOP_OPEN	15.3.2.0
set plant_max_prod_reserve_strategy	Set the global strategy for adding maximum limits for plant production including upward reserves. Can also be set with the attribute 'plant_max_prod_reserve_strategy' on the global_settings object, and is overridden by the plant attribute 'max_prod_reserve_strategy'. The option 'off' (default) will not build any max constraints for plant production and reserves, while 'all' will use the calculated max_prod_all attribute of the plant as maximum, 'available' will use max_prod_available, and 'spinning' will use max_prod_spinning.	/off, /all, /available, /spinning		SHOP_RESERVE_GROUP	16.2.0
set plant_min_prod_reserve_strategy	Set the global strategy for adding minimum limits for plant production including downward reserves. Can also be set with the attribute 'plant_min_prod_reserve_strategy' on the global_settings object, and is overridden by the plant attribute 'min_prod_reserve_strategy'. The option 'off' (default) will not build any min constraints for plant production and downward reserves, while 'spinning' will use the plant attribute min_prod_spinning as the lower limit.	/off, /spinning		SHOP_RESERVE_GROUP	16.2.0
set simtimestep	Set the length of the internal time steps of the SHOP simulator in seconds (default is 20 sec). Setting this value lower can help with stability issues in the simulator, but will increase simulation time		double	SHOP_SIMULATION	16.5.0
set universal_strict_pq_uploading	Turn on or off the building on strict PQ curve uploading for all generators in all hours. If the option 'not_set' is used, strict PQ curve uploading is decided by the plant attributes strict_pq_uploading_flag and strict_pq_uploading_upon_detection. This command is equivalent to setting the universal_strict_pq_uploading attribute on global_settings.	/on, /off, /not_set		SHOP_OPEN	16.5.0
activate online_optimization	Setting this command to 'on' will activate the Online SHOP functionality. This allows for new types of SHOP runs, such as (de)serialization and setting all output attributes as input before running SHOP to serve as a type of warm start to the optimization problem. Setting output attributes is not allowed by default (option 'off')	/on, /off		SHOP_ONLINE_OPTIMIZATION	17.9.0
update water_value_calculations	This command will ensure that the energy_conversion_factor of all reservoirs and the subsequent conversion of energy_value_input to global water values are recalculated at the start of the next iteration			SHOP_ONLINE_OPTIMIZATION	17.13.0
lock river_flow_commitment	This command locks the river flow commitment variables.	/on, /off		SHOP_OPEN	17.14.0