variables

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id ▲ name unit description createdAt updatedAt code coverage timespan datasetId sourceId shortUnit display columnOrder originalMetadata grapherConfigAdmin shortName catalogPath dimensions schemaVersion processingLevel processingLog titlePublic titleVariant attributionShort attribution descriptionShort descriptionFromProducer descriptionKey descriptionProcessing licenses license grapherConfigETL type sort dataChecksum metadataChecksum
143252 Biofuels (TWh; substituted energy)     2020-08-10 12:03:31 2023-06-15 05:05:42       Global Primary Energy Consumption - Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistics (2020) 502 Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistical Review of World Energy 638   
{
    "name": "Modern biofuels",
    "unit": "terawatt-hours",
    "shortUnit": "TWh",
    "tableDisplay": {
        "hideAbsoluteChange": false,
        "hideRelativeChange": false
    },
    "numDecimalPlaces": 0
}
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143251 Wind (TWh; substituted energy)     2020-08-10 12:03:31 2023-06-15 05:05:42       Global Primary Energy Consumption - Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistics (2020) 502 Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistical Review of World Energy 638   
{
    "name": "Wind",
    "unit": "terawatt-hours",
    "shortUnit": "TWh",
    "tableDisplay": {
        "hideAbsoluteChange": false,
        "hideRelativeChange": false
    },
    "numDecimalPlaces": 0
}
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143250 Nuclear (TWh; substituted energy)     2020-08-10 12:03:31 2023-06-15 05:05:42       Global Primary Energy Consumption - Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistics (2020) 502 Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistical Review of World Energy 638   
{
    "name": "Nuclear",
    "unit": "terawatt-hours",
    "shortUnit": "TWh",
    "tableDisplay": {
        "hideAbsoluteChange": false,
        "hideRelativeChange": false
    },
    "numDecimalPlaces": 0
}
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143249 Hydropower (TWh; substituted energy)     2020-08-10 12:03:31 2023-06-15 05:05:42       Global Primary Energy Consumption - Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistics (2020) 502 Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistical Review of World Energy 638   
{
    "name": "Hydropower",
    "unit": "terawatt-hours",
    "shortUnit": "TWh",
    "tableDisplay": {
        "hideAbsoluteChange": false,
        "hideRelativeChange": false
    },
    "numDecimalPlaces": 0
}
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143248 Other renewables (TWh; substituted energy)     2020-08-10 12:03:31 2023-06-15 05:05:42       Global Primary Energy Consumption - Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistics (2020) 502 Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistical Review of World Energy 638   
{
    "name": "Other renewables",
    "unit": "terawatt-hours",
    "shortUnit": "TWh",
    "isProjection": false,
    "tableDisplay": {
        "hideAbsoluteChange": false,
        "hideRelativeChange": false
    }
}
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143247 Traditional bimass (TWh; substituted energy)     2020-08-10 12:03:31 2023-06-15 05:05:42       Global Primary Energy Consumption - Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistics (2020) 502 Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistical Review of World Energy 638   
{
    "name": "Traditional biomass",
    "unit": "terawatt-hours",
    "shortUnit": "TWh",
    "tableDisplay": {
        "hideAbsoluteChange": false,
        "hideRelativeChange": false
    },
    "numDecimalPlaces": 0
}
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143246 Gas (TWh; substituted energy)     2020-08-10 12:03:31 2023-06-15 05:05:42       Global Primary Energy Consumption - Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistics (2020) 502 Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistical Review of World Energy 638   
{
    "name": "Gas",
    "unit": "terawatt-hours",
    "shortUnit": "TWh",
    "tableDisplay": {
        "hideAbsoluteChange": false,
        "hideRelativeChange": false
    },
    "numDecimalPlaces": 0
}
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143245 Oil (TWh; substituted energy)     2020-08-10 12:03:31 2023-06-15 05:05:42       Global Primary Energy Consumption - Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistics (2020) 502 Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistical Review of World Energy 638   
{
    "name": "Oil",
    "unit": "terawatt-hours",
    "shortUnit": "TWh",
    "tableDisplay": {
        "hideAbsoluteChange": false,
        "hideRelativeChange": false
    },
    "numDecimalPlaces": 0
}
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143244 Solar (TWh; substituted energy)     2020-08-10 12:03:31 2023-06-15 05:05:42       Global Primary Energy Consumption - Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistics (2020) 502 Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistical Review of World Energy 638   
{
    "name": "Solar",
    "unit": "terawatt-hours",
    "shortUnit": "TWh",
    "tableDisplay": {
        "hideAbsoluteChange": false,
        "hideRelativeChange": false
    },
    "numDecimalPlaces": 0
}
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143243 Coal (TWh; substituted energy)     2020-08-10 12:03:31 2023-06-15 05:05:42       Global Primary Energy Consumption - Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistics (2020) 502 Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistical Review of World Energy 638   
{
    "name": "Coal",
    "unit": "terawatt-hours",
    "shortUnit": "TWh",
    "tableDisplay": {
        "hideAbsoluteChange": false,
        "hideRelativeChange": false
    },
    "numDecimalPlaces": 0
}
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143242 Biofuels (TWh; direct energy)     2020-08-10 12:03:31 2023-06-15 05:05:42       Global Primary Energy Consumption - Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistics (2020) 502 Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistical Review of World Energy 638   
{
    "name": "Modern biofuels",
    "unit": "TWh",
    "shortUnit": "TWh",
    "includeInTable": true
}
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42752 Wind (TWh; direct energy) TWh Global wind energy consumption, measured in terawatt-hours. 2017-10-15 17:24:02 2023-06-15 05:05:42       Global Primary Energy Consumption - Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistics (2020) 502 Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistical Review of World Energy 638   
{
    "name": "Wind",
    "unit": "TWh",
    "shortUnit": "TWh",
    "includeInTable": true
}
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1903 Traditional biomass (TWh; direct energy) TWh Global traditional biofuels consumption, measured in terawatt-hours. 2017-06-01 12:55:52 2023-06-15 05:05:42       Global Primary Energy Consumption - Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistics (2020) 502 Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistical Review of World Energy 638   
{
    "name": "Traditional biomass",
    "unit": "TWh",
    "shortUnit": "TWh",
    "tolerance": 5,
    "includeInTable": true
}
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1902 Other renewables (TWh; direct energy) TWh Global other renewables consumption, measured in terawatt-hours. 2017-06-01 12:55:52 2023-06-15 05:05:42       Global Primary Energy Consumption - Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistics (2020) 502 Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistical Review of World Energy 638   
{
    "name": "Other renewables",
    "unit": "TWh",
    "shortUnit": "TWh",
    "includeInTable": true
}
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1901 Solar (TWh; direct energy) TWh Global solar energy consumption, measured in terawatt-hours. 2017-06-01 12:55:52 2023-06-15 05:05:42       Global Primary Energy Consumption - Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistics (2020) 502 Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistical Review of World Energy 638   
{
    "name": "Solar",
    "unit": "TWh",
    "shortUnit": "TWh",
    "includeInTable": true
}
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1900 Nuclear (TWh; direct energy) TWh Global nuclear consumption, measured in terawatt-hours. 2017-06-01 12:55:52 2023-06-15 05:05:42       Global Primary Energy Consumption - Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistics (2020) 502 Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistical Review of World Energy 638   
{
    "name": "Nuclear",
    "unit": "TWh",
    "shortUnit": "TWh",
    "tolerance": 5,
    "includeInTable": true
}
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1899 Hydropower (TWh; direct energy) TWh Global hydropower consumption, measured in terawatt-hours. 2017-06-01 12:55:52 2023-06-15 05:05:42       Global Primary Energy Consumption - Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistics (2020) 502 Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistical Review of World Energy 638   
{
    "name": "Hydropower",
    "unit": "TWh",
    "shortUnit": "TWh",
    "tolerance": 5,
    "includeInTable": true,
    "conversionFactor": 1
}
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1898 Gas (TWh; direct energy) TWh Global gas consumption, measured in terawatt-hours. 2017-06-01 12:55:52 2023-06-15 05:05:42       Global Primary Energy Consumption - Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistics (2020) 502 Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistical Review of World Energy 638   
{
    "name": "Gas",
    "unit": "terawatt-hours",
    "shortUnit": "TWh",
    "tableDisplay": {
        "hideAbsoluteChange": false,
        "hideRelativeChange": false
    },
    "includeInTable": true,
    "conversionFactor": 1
}
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1897 Oil (TWh; direct energy) TWh Global oil consumption, measured in terawatt-hours. 2017-06-01 12:55:51 2023-06-15 05:05:42       Global Primary Energy Consumption - Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistics (2020) 502 Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistical Review of World Energy 638   
{
    "name": "Oil",
    "unit": "terawatt-hours",
    "shortUnit": "TWh",
    "tableDisplay": {
        "hideAbsoluteChange": false,
        "hideRelativeChange": false
    },
    "includeInTable": true,
    "conversionFactor": 1
}
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1896 Coal (TWh; direct energy) TWh Global coal consumption, measured in terawatt-hours. 2017-06-01 12:55:51 2023-06-15 05:05:42       Global Primary Energy Consumption - Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistics (2020) 502 Vaclav Smil (2017) & BP Statistical Review of World Energy 638   
{
    "name": "Coal",
    "unit": "TWh",
    "shortUnit": "TWh",
    "includeInTable": true
}
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CREATE TABLE "variables" (
	"id" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
	"name" VARCHAR(750) NULL  ,
	"unit" VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL  ,
	"description" TEXT NULL  ,
	"createdAt" DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ,
	"updatedAt" DATETIME NULL  ,
	"code" VARCHAR(255) NULL  ,
	"coverage" VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL  ,
	"timespan" VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL  ,
	"datasetId" INTEGER NOT NULL  ,
	"sourceId" INTEGER NULL  ,
	"shortUnit" VARCHAR(255) NULL  ,
	"display" TEXT NOT NULL  ,
	"columnOrder" INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT '0' ,
	"originalMetadata" TEXT NULL  ,
	"grapherConfigAdmin" TEXT NULL  ,
	"shortName" VARCHAR(255) NULL  ,
	"catalogPath" VARCHAR(767) NULL  ,
	"dimensions" TEXT NULL  ,
	"schemaVersion" INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT '1' ,
	"processingLevel" VARCHAR(30) NULL  ,
	"processingLog" TEXT NULL  ,
	"titlePublic" VARCHAR(512) NULL  ,
	"titleVariant" VARCHAR(255) NULL  ,
	"attributionShort" VARCHAR(512) NULL  ,
	"attribution" TEXT NULL  ,
	"descriptionShort" TEXT NULL  ,
	"descriptionFromProducer" TEXT NULL  ,
	"descriptionKey" TEXT NULL  ,
	"descriptionProcessing" TEXT NULL  ,
	"licenses" TEXT NULL  ,
	"license" TEXT NULL  ,
	"grapherConfigETL" TEXT NULL  ,
	"type" TEXT NULL  ,
	"sort" TEXT NULL  ,
	"dataChecksum" VARCHAR(64) NULL  ,
	"metadataChecksum" VARCHAR(64) NULL,
	FOREIGN KEY("datasetId") REFERENCES "datasets" ("id") ON UPDATE RESTRICT ON DELETE RESTRICT,
	FOREIGN KEY("sourceId") REFERENCES "sources" ("id") ON UPDATE RESTRICT ON DELETE RESTRICT
);
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "idx_catalogPath" ON "variables" ("catalogPath");
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "unique_short_name_per_dataset" ON "variables" ("shortName", "datasetId");
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "variables_code_fk_dst_id_7bde8c2a_uniq" ON "variables" ("code", "datasetId");
CREATE INDEX "variables_datasetId_50a98bfd_fk_datasets_id" ON "variables" ("datasetId");
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "variables_name_fk_dst_id_f7453c33_uniq" ON "variables" ("name", "datasetId");
CREATE INDEX "variables_sourceId_31fce80a_fk_sources_id" ON "variables" ("sourceId");