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ColoradoWaterSMS Data Store <br />Appendix - ColoradoWaterSMS Data Store - 2 <br /> <br />Limitations <br /> <br />The following limitations of the web service may impact users of the data. <br /> <br />• Data type – a description of data types is not available from the web service and therefore cannot <br />automatically be displayed by software. A query to determine a list of data types from time series is <br />per formed once and will result in a noticeable delay when the ColoradoWaterSMS input type is <br />initially selected. Subsequent listing of time series will be relatively fast. <br />• Interval – the interval for raw observations is not provided by the web service and th erefore real -time <br />data interval is shown in TSTool as Irregular . Stations generally report at regular N -minute <br />intervals; however, some also provide additional event -triggered values that result in more <br />observations in a shorter timeframe. The web servic e does allow requesting hour and day interval <br />aggregations , which are computed from the raw data by DWR . <br />• Station – provider identifiers, spatial data (county, state, HUC, lat/long, UTM) are not currently <br />available for time series lists. ABBREV may not be assigne d for all stations, in particular for external <br />providers. <br />• Data units – currently are not available from the web service . Units a re hard -coded for some data <br />types, and are left blank for other data types , pending clarification from the State. <br />• Data – web se rvice requests must be made with a query period . A default query period of the most <br />recent 14 days is used to ensure that some data are returned. Optionally, use the <br />SetInputPeriod() command in TSTool to specify a longer period. S ome stations may not <br />re port data in off -season periods . <br /> <br />Data Store Configuration File <br /> <br />A data store is configured by enabling ColoradoWaterSMS data stores in the main TSTool.cfg <br />configuration file and creating a data store configuration file for each data store connection. <br />Co nfigurations are processed at software startup. An example of the TSTool configuration file is shown <br />below. Multiple data stores can be defined using the [D ataStore:DataStoreNam e] syntax. For <br />ColoradoWaterSMS, this would allow, for example, accessing di fferent versions of the web services. <br /> <br /># Configuration file for TSTool <br /> <br />[TSTool] <br /> <br />ColoradoWater SMS Enabled = true <br /> <br /># Data store for Colorado Water SMS web service (active if ColoradoWater SMS Enabled=true above) <br />[DataStore:ColoradoWater SMS ] <br />ConfigFile = "Colo radoWater SMS .cfg" <br /> <br />TSTool Configuration File with Colorad o Water SMS Data Store Properties <br /> <br />Properties for each data store are specified in an accompanying configuration file described below. <br /> <br />20