Use the Product Requirements Editor (PREd) to change your real-time forecast data requirements

What is the Product Requirements Editor (PREd)?

The Product Requirements Editor (PREd) is a web application for the configuration and maintenance of real-time dissemination requirements.

The PREd is available to the following real-time forecast data users:

Access to PREd is arranged as part of your real-time forecast data delivery set up.

How to use the Product Requirements Editor (PREd)

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Autocomplete

What it does: Provides users with a list of parameters that exist in the parameter database
How to use: ctrl+space
Example video: Autocomplete.mov
Future enhancements:
- search for ALL parameters by parameter ID
- only display parameters that are valid in dissemination and valid for your current request (this is currently just a dump of all parameters from the parameter database)

Inheritance

What it does: Displays the data that is being inherited from the preceding dissemination request
How to use: hover over the icon
Example video: Inheritance.mov
Future enhancements: selectively paste inherited data into the requirements

Snippets

What it does: Allows users to insert template requirements into their feed, which they can modify and use to build requests from scratch
How to use: hover over the <> icon
Example video: Snippets.mov
Future enhancements: snippets for ALL datasets will be added prior to the first release

Diff

What it does: Displays differences between:
1. the operational version of a feed and the amended version of that same feed
2. the operational version and a previous operational version
3. two previous operational versions
How to use: select the 'view changes' action
Example video: Diff.mov
Future enhancements: add the option to save any changes that are made to the requirements while using the diff window