How to save report data to program memory?
I am trying to save data retrieved from reporting API functions into a variable. For example, if I want to have a list of all branches that are out of service in the working case, and I use psspy.outs(), the only way that I see to use this data is to save it out to a file (or the other 'devices' as noted in report_output).
For a next-day study, I have a list of lines that will actually be out of service that day stored in a variable. The working case (created by our regional entity for that day) should already have most of these lines out of service, but plans may have changed since the case was created until now. The list that I have is the most updated status of line outages. I want to put every outaged line in the case back in service (with the exception of N.O branches and reactor bypasses), then apply the outages that are in my list. This is to protect against the situation where a line was scheduled to be out of service, so it is out in the case, but the outage was canceled. In this case, the line will be out in the working case, but it will not be in my list of outages, so I wouldn't know to put it back in.
Using the outs routine seems like a perfect way to get a list of outaged lines in the case, then loop through all of these to put them in service. Is the only way to utilize this data to save it out to a file (maybe .csv?) and then read that file back to manipulate the data?
