Creating time intervals for standard time series

1. On the Demand menu, click Demand data.

The Demand data window opens.

2. Select the Standard time series tab.

3. In the list, click the standard time series you want to define time intervals for and allocate demand to.

4. Click the Edit symbol.

The Edit time series window opens.

5. Click the Create symbol.

A time interval is added.

6. Make the desired changes.

Standard time series of the type: time series by percentage
Element	Description
Start day	First day of the time interval
Start time	Start time of the time interval in time format (hh or hh:mm or hh:mm:ss)
End day	Last day of the time interval Note The time series may cover multiple days.
End time	End time of the time interval in time format (hh or hh:mm or hh:mm:ss)
Weight	Relative share of travel demand of total volume with desired departure time in respective time interval
Share	Percentage of travel demand with desired departure time in respective time interval Note Based on the weight, this value is calculated automatically.
Accumulated share	Cumulative percentage of travel demand with desired departure time in respective time interval Note Based on the calculated percentage shares, this value is calculated automatically.

Standard time series of the time series of matrix numbers type
Element	Description
Start day	First day of the time interval
Start time	Start time of the time interval in time format (hh or hh:mm or hh:mm:ss)
End day	Last day of the time interval Note The time series may cover multiple days.
End time	End time of the time interval in time format (hh or hh:mm or hh:mm:ss)
Matrix reference	You can use the button to assign each time interval a demand matrix that contains the OD demand and the desired departure time within the respective time interval (Selecting matrices).
Matrix	Reference to the selected matrix

Note: If you connect the standard time series to a demand segment via demand time series (Combining demand time series and demand segment), Start day, Start time, End day and End time are counted from start day and start time of the standard time series. These are set under Demand > Demand data > on tab Demand segments > Start at (Editing the start day and start time of standard time series).

7. Add further time intervals, if applicable.

Note: The time intervals need to be in ascending order and may not overlap.

8. Confirm with OK.

The time intervals and OD demand are saved. On the Standard time series tab, the values of the attributes Start time and End time are adjusted.

Tip: Alternatively, you can create multiple time intervals with the same duration (Creating multiple time intervals of identical length).

Note: For a timetable-based assignment, you can refine the intervals by dividing them into time spans of equal length (homogeneous distribution of demand) (Timetable-based assignment: Basis page).