Dakota Reference Manual: id_method

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id_method

Name the method block; helpful when there are multiple

## Topics

This keyword is related to the topics:

- block_identifier
- method_independent_controls

## Specification

Alias: none

Argument(s): STRING

Default: strategy use of last method parsed

## Description

The method identifier string is supplied with `id_method` and is used to provide a unique identifier string for use with environment or meta-iterator specifications (refer to environment). It is appropriate to omit a method identifier string if only one method is included in the input file, since the single method to use is unambiguous in this case.