💻 Workshop exercises

Prerequisites:

1. Sign up for a Nextmv account: cloud.nextmv.io/signup
2. Verify your account
   • You’ll receive an email asking to verify your account.
   • Follow the link in that email to sign in.
   • When you sign in after verifying and open the Nextmv UI, you can exit out of the pop-up getting started modal by clicking the X in the top right.
3. Get a free trial of the Innovator plan
   • After you’ve verified your account, email us to get free plan access for 14 days.
   • Select the box to enable platform access
   • Click “Connect Account”

1. Ensure you have Python and pip installed

Part 1: Run the AMPL model locally

1. Download the “ampl-example” folder from Google Drive

   (or the files from “starting-state” in this GitHub repo)

   

   Put the following 5 files in a directory named “ampl-example” on your computer:

   • uc.mod
   • pglib_uc.py
   • data.json
   • requirements.txt
   • ampl_license_uuid.txt

2. Add UUID to the ampl_license_uuid.txt file

   Paste this into the ampl_license_uuid.txt file and make sure to save the file. Note: The AMPL license has solver access until the end of September, and AMPL access until the end of October.

   15d1a67d-bd6c-4215-891d-bbdb92fb6e3c
   

3. Install the requirements via terminal

   Note: Make sure you’re in the ampl-example directory you just created.

   Note: You may need to use “pip3” command depending on your setup

pip install -r requirements.txt

1. Run the Python file via terminal to execute the model

   Note: You may need to use “python3” command depending on your setup

python pglib_uc.py

Part 2: Push an AMPL model to Nextmv