Testing Locally Your Model

To test your model, write an example input file in XML:

Save your example input XML in a file named 'input' in the same folder as your model and run your model. You will see its output in the "Output/Input" pane of the Xpress IVE as shown here:

The following 3 files are written after model execution:

• result: an XML file that shows the results of the model. An example of this file is shown below.
• input.xsd: description of the format of the input file. (To be covered in more detail later in this tutorial.)
• result.xsd: description of the format of the result file. (To be covered in more detail later in this tutorial.)

Note The table or scalar names used in the input and result files must be unique; there cannot be any overlap in the names used for these files.

Xpress IVE also compiles your model into a .bim file, which you will need later in this tutorial.