Script File Formats

The PoPy script formats are shown in Table 67:-

A PoPy script file is a text file that defines how PoPy works with a PK/PD model. Each configuration file typically has a ‘.pyml’ file extension. The file suffix .pyml stands for PoPy YAML format.

To run a PoPy command on a particular script, Open a PoPy Command Prompt in the directory containing the script file and type:-

$ popy_XXXX YYYY.pyml

Where XXXX is one of the Command Line Tools, such as ‘run’, ‘create’, ‘check’ or ‘format’. And YYYY.pyml is the file name of the script itself. For example:-

$ popy_run my_fit_file.pyml

for running a script to fit PK/PD parameters to a pre-existing data set, or:-

$ popy_create gen my_gen_file.pyml

for creating a new script file that will generate synthetic PK/PD data.

PoPy will first parse the script to check it is in the correct format. If so, PoPy will then process the script.

A PoPy script file can be one of multiple formats, as specified at the start of each script, in METHOD_OPTIONS. For example a Fit Script starts with:-

METHOD_OPTIONS: {py_module: fit}

And a Gen Script starts with:-

METHOD_OPTIONS: {py_module: gen}