Understanding Partitions, Temporal expressions and their purpose

Last updated: September 25, 2025

A Factor Partition is a configuration containing multiple of time of use definitions.

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Partition Scheme composition

Partitions are used for a number of purposes in Factor

  • This allows a Rate Set to have one Rate Code, that specifies different rates for different time periods.

  • Forecasts can be provide a partition to use in order to calculate summary metrics for. For example, calculate the spot Volume Weighted Average for PEAK and OFFPEAK

Parts

Partitions contain one or more Parts. For a basic configuration You might have one part called PEAK, and another called OFFPEAK.

When configuring temporal rates, the price is assigned against the part:

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A partition can have any number of Parts defined.

Temporal expressions

Temporal expressions contain the time configuration for each part. This is the expression which details what intervals are included for the part. Temporal expressions can support very complex definitions. We recommend using our AI generation tool for getting started with temporal expressions.

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