Demand Profile Dates

This resource contains the historic and forecast profile dates used to convert our Cardinal Point forecasts into half hourly demand forecasts between the start of 2018 up to 14 days ahead.

The profile dates are the ESO's estimate at the historic date which will most closely match the forecast date in terms of weather, embedded generation, time of year, recurring calendar activites and special events. These dates can change as we get closer to real time as our weather forecasts are updated and certainty improves.

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.nationalgrideso.com/api/3/action/datastore_search`
Query (via SQL)
`https://api.nationalgrideso.com/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql`

Query example (first 5 results)
`https://api.nationalgrideso.com/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=48862d1a-f285-4709-a48c-1c0e8e7b37c3&limit=5`
Query example (via SQL statement)
`https://api.nationalgrideso.com/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql?sql=SELECT * from "48862d1a-f285-4709-a48c-1c0e8e7b37c3" LIMIT 5`

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

var data = {
  resource_id: '48862d1a-f285-4709-a48c-1c0e8e7b37c3', // the resource id
  limit: 5 // get 5 results
};
$.ajax({
  url: 'https://api.nationalgrideso.com/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.nationalgrideso.com/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=48862d1a-f285-4709-a48c-1c0e8e7b37c3&limit=5'
  fileobj = urllib2.urlopen(url)
  print fileobj.read()

Download (CSV)

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Table Information

FORECAST_DATE

Title	Forecast Date
Type	date
Description	The date for which the profile date was used.
Comment
Example	2018-01-01
Unit

PROFILE_DATE

Title	Profile Date
Type	date
Description	The profile date that has been chosen for that forecast date.
Comment	The profile dates are the ESO's estimate at the historic date which will most closely match the forecast date in terms of weather, embedded generation, time of year, recurring calendar activities and special events. These dates can change as we get closer to real time as our weather forecasts are updated and certainty improves.
Example	2017-01-01
Unit

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Demand Profile Dates

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Table Information

FORECAST_DATE

PROFILE_DATE