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# PVData
**Usage:** `api.PVData.DeserializeData(text)`
Preset PV scenarios (model + matching MATLAB data-file paths) and dataset helpers.
## Public Functions
| | Name |
| ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| UniTask< string > | RetrieveDataSet(string dataToRetrieve)
Downloads a saved dataset for the current project by name.
|
| List< float > | DeserializeData(string data)
Turns a string of numbers (separated by commas, spaces or new lines) into a list of numbers. Anything that is not a number is skipped.
|
## Public Attributes
| | Name |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| EPESerializeData | noShading\_SunnyModel
No-shading, sunny model preset (high irradiance, warm).
|
| string\[] | NoShading\_Sunny
Data-file paths for the no-shading sunny scenario (1S1P, 1S3P, 3S1P).
|
| EPESerializeData | noShading\_CloudyModel
No-shading, cloudy model preset (low irradiance, cool).
|
| string\[] | NoShading\_Cloudy
Data-file paths for the no-shading cloudy scenario (1S1P, 1S3P, 3S1P).
|
| EPESerializeData | partialShading\_SunnyModel
Partial-shading, sunny model preset (mixed irradiance/temperature, bypass diodes on).
|
| string\[] | PartialShading\_Sunny
Data-file paths for the partial-shading sunny scenario (1S1P, 1S3P, 3S1P).
|
| EPESerializeData | partialShading\_CloudyModel
Partial-shading, cloudy model preset (mixed irradiance/temperature, bypass diodes on).
|
| string\[] | PartialShading\_Cloudy
Data-file paths for the partial-shading cloudy scenario (1S1P, 1S3P, 3S1P).
|
## Public Functions Documentation
### function RetrieveDataSet
```csharp
static UniTask< string > RetrieveDataSet(
string dataToRetrieve
)
```
Downloads a saved dataset for the current project by name.
**Parameters**:
* **dataToRetrieve** Name of the dataset to download.
**Return**: The dataset contents, or "" if the download fails.
### function DeserializeData
```csharp
static List< float > DeserializeData(
string data
)
```
Turns a string of numbers (separated by commas, spaces or new lines) into a list of numbers. Anything that is not a number is skipped.
**Parameters**:
* **data** The text to parse.
**Return**: The numbers found in the text.
## Public Attributes Documentation
### variable noShading\_SunnyModel
```csharp
static EPESerializeData noShading_SunnyModel;
```
No-shading, sunny model preset (high irradiance, warm).
### variable NoShading\_Sunny
```csharp
static string[] NoShading_Sunny;
```
Data-file paths for the no-shading sunny scenario (1S1P, 1S3P, 3S1P).
### variable noShading\_CloudyModel
```csharp
static EPESerializeData noShading_CloudyModel;
```
No-shading, cloudy model preset (low irradiance, cool).
### variable NoShading\_Cloudy
```csharp
static string[] NoShading_Cloudy;
```
Data-file paths for the no-shading cloudy scenario (1S1P, 1S3P, 3S1P).
### variable partialShading\_SunnyModel
```csharp
static EPESerializeData partialShading_SunnyModel;
```
Partial-shading, sunny model preset (mixed irradiance/temperature, bypass diodes on).
### variable PartialShading\_Sunny
```csharp
static string[] PartialShading_Sunny;
```
Data-file paths for the partial-shading sunny scenario (1S1P, 1S3P, 3S1P).
### variable partialShading\_CloudyModel
```csharp
static EPESerializeData partialShading_CloudyModel;
```
Partial-shading, cloudy model preset (mixed irradiance/temperature, bypass diodes on).
### variable PartialShading\_Cloudy
```csharp
static string[] PartialShading_Cloudy;
```
Data-file paths for the partial-shading cloudy scenario (1S1P, 1S3P, 3S1P).
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Updated on 2026-07-22 at 12:00:00 +0800