GPKG Time Series Format Specification

The below section lists the TUFLOW GPKG time series format specification. The specification sits ontop of the GPKG v1.2 Specification with two additional required tables. The below lists the details of the additional tables with examples. The examples are based a the TUFLOW-SWMM linked example model based on TUFLOW's module 6 tutorial model - M06_5m_003.tcf.

GIS Layers

The results are stored in GPKG layers, typically between 1 - 3 layers are stored in the result file depending on the output (one for point results, one for line results, one for polygon results). However there is no requirement against storing results from multiple model runs in a single GPKG, this is just not typically how outputs are written.
The column names of the GPKG layers should follow the convention below:

Column Name	Type	Description
fid	INTEGER	Primary key
geometry	GEOMETRY	GeoPackage Geometry
ID	TEXT	Element ID (e.g. Pipe1)
Type	TEXT	Element Type (e.g. CONDUIT)
Source	TEXT	Result Source (e.g. SWMM)
TimeId	INTEGER	Unique id for each timestep
Time_hours	FLOAT	Output time in hours
Datetime	DATETIME	Output time in datetime
...[column for each result type for that given geometry type - examples below]
Flow	FLOAT	Result flow
Velocity	FLOAT	Result velocity