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Documentation

For a quick idea of what the IPAT-S language looks like and what it can do, see the sample scripts. Then see the on-line documentation and e-books (PDF) available on this page.

On-Line Documentation

• A tutorial, which can also be downloaded as a zip file.
• An explanation of the IPAT-S philosophy.
• An overview of using the IISD Dashboard of Sustainability.

Downloadable e-Books

These are PDF documents. On Windows systems, they can be read with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader or Foxit Reader.

Basic References

• Language Reference (0.5 MB), a detailed and official guide to the IPAT-S language.
• Introducing IPAT-S (0.5 MB), a gentle introduction to using the language, with some tips for modeling strategies.

How-To Guides

1. Generating Reports With IPAT-S explains how to use features of IPAT-S to quickly recreate reports when the modeling results change.
2. Workflow Using IPAT-S describes a process for effectively using the IPAT-S Suite in a team.
3. Semi-Automatic Regression Testing With IPAT-S offers a framework for testing to make sure that results that shouldn’t change don’t change after the script is edited.
4. Metamodeling for IPAT-S describes a way to plan a model before writing the script that implements it.