Dakota Reference Manual: results_output

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results_output

(Experimental) Write a summary file containing the final results

## Topics

This keyword is related to the topics:

- dakota_output

## Specification

Alias: none

Argument(s): none

Default: no results output

Child Keywords:

| Required/Optional | Description of Group | Dakota Keyword | Dakota Keyword Description
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
| Optional | results_output_file | The base file name of the results file
| Optional | text | Write results to file in text format
| Optional | hdf5 | Write results to file in HDF5 format

## Description

(Experimental)

Dakota writes final results for most methods to the screen (console). This keyword enables experimental support for writing them to disk, as well. By default, they are written in a structured text format to a file named `dakota_results.txt`. Text format can be explicitly selected using the `text` sub-keyword. If Dakota was built with `HDF5` enabled, the sub-keyword `hdf5` causes results to be written in HDF5 format, as well.

The name of the results file can be changed using the `results_output_file` keyword.

Text output eventually will be deprecated, and HDF5 will be enabled in all distributed builds of Dakota. The layout of the HDF5 file is described in the Dakota HDF5 Output section of this manual. The contents, organization, and format of results files are all under active development and are subject to change.