Multiple Agile slots with same value.

johalareewi

In an Agile charge window there can be several slots with the same price (spread throughout the window). When WW auto selects slots and has more slots at the same price than are needed, it always selects the earliest ones. Could there be an option to prefer the later slots instead of the early ones?

johalareewi

johalareewi
Example. Charge window 13:30 to 16:00 select 2 slots.
Auto selected.

Would prefer

admin

johalareewi We'll have a look, might make sense to make that the default actually.

admin

johalareewi Rolled out as part of release 463.

KevinD

admin
Stop it! All this outstanding support and response to users queries / requests is making me more and more disillusioned and frustrated with other sites I have to deal with 😉

johalareewi

Maybe make it an option so as not to upset existing users who aren't expecting the default ti change?

admin

johalareewi Too late now. 🤣 We'll see how we go.

Don't want to overload with settings either. Sometimes sensible and reasoned defaults are preferred. But happy to be swayed by feedback.

So really, it's never too late...!

johalareewi

admin Don't want to overload with settings either. Sometimes sensible and reasoned defaults are preferred.

OK. For the pre-peak window, the later slots are better for me so the battery has more SOC going into the peak period. For overnight it might be better to go earlier so the battery has less SOC for whatever solar PV there is. On the other hand, charging the battery at rate X then using it later during another rate X slot isn't that cost effective due to charging/inverting losses. I might be better reducing the number of slots. Bit early to tell at the moment.

KristianS

1) I was going to ask for a 'preferred' setting toggle too @johalareewi
2) @KevinD - I too, am amazed at the responsiveness - long may it continue. Work systems changes that I deal with sometimes take 18 months to end up in production [much larger and way more complex] but we talk about agile programming - this is it!
So I just understand the logic of the change here. If the later slot selected is the same price as an earlier slot, and we have yet to meet all of the slot numbers required from Slot #, then it will choose the later time, rather than what was the default which was the earlier time?

admin

KristianS

So in terms of the functionality: imagine if you have a 3 hour window 02:00-05:00 and want 2 agile slots selected (as part of your 'cheapest number of slots') and let's assume all prices for the full 3 hour window are equal.

Normally, you would end up with the two 30 min slots for 02:00-03:00 being selected.

The new behaviour is that the latest slots for which the price is the same are selected instead, so now this would be: 04:00-05:00.

Hope that makes sense.

KristianS

Perfectly.
Thanks for the clarification.
Ambiguity is no one's best friend

KristianS

For those of us without PV the later slots are preferred, but for those with, especially if it going to be sunny, I guess the earlier ones are..... Always a balancing act