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@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ For more information about this file see also [Keep a Changelog](http://keepacha
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 ### Fixes
+
 - Fixed status page, should now be run from cronjob, creates static page
 
 ### Added
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 ### Added
 - New Dockerfile to create PEcAN specific container for SIPNET.
 
+- New Rmd template for basic PEcAn workflow in PEcAn.all package
+
 ### Removed
+
 - Removed `PEcAn.utils::model2netcdf`, which has been deprecated since PEcAn 1.3.7. Use `model2netcdf.<YOURMODEL>` in the appropriate model package instead.
 
 ### Changed
+
 - Major namespace cleanup in the `PEcAn.utils` package. It now loads more quietly and is much less likely to mask functions in a package you loaded earlier.
 - Moved many functions from `PEcAn.utils` into other PEcAn packages. The `PEcAn.utils` versions still work with a deprecation warning, but will be removed in next release.
 	- `listToXml` and `SafeList` moved to `PEcAn.settings`
@@ -47,6 +52,7 @@ For more information about this file see also [Keep a Changelog](http://keepacha
 ## [1.5.1] - 2017-10-05
 
 ### Fixes
+
 - Fixed hyperparameter draws in PDA
 - Show workflowid in the URL when run is finshed and user clicks results (#1659)
 - `PEcAn.BIOCRO` now uses PEcAn-standard variable names. As a result, two output variables have been renamed but keep their existing units and definitions:
@@ -70,6 +76,7 @@ For more information about this file see also [Keep a Changelog](http://keepacha
 - PRELES model run script bug fix 
 
 ### Added
+
 - Functionality to pass hyperparameters via settings
 - Created new (and very rudimentary) web interface for downloading data from the dataone federation into the PEcAn database. More updates to come.
 - Expanded initial conditions workflow for pool-based models, including PEcAn.data.land::prepare_pools to calculate pools from IC file (to be coupled with write.configs)
@@ -85,6 +92,7 @@ For more information about this file see also [Keep a Changelog](http://keepacha
 - A Pre-release database clean up script that deletes unused/unassosiated entries from the database
 
 ### Changed
+
 - Clean up directory structure:
     * Move `base` packages (`utils`, `settings`, `db`, `visualizaton`) to a `base` directory, for consistency with `modules` and `models`
     * Move `logger.*` functions out of the `PEcAn.utils` package and into the `PEcAn.logger` package
@@ -96,7 +104,9 @@ For more information about this file see also [Keep a Changelog](http://keepacha
 
 
 ## [1.5.0] - 2017-07-13
+
 ### Added
+
 - Added cron job and script for the sync of the database.
 - Added PEcAn.utils::download.file() to allow for use of alternative FTP programs
 - Updated downloadAmeriflux and downloadNARR to make use of PEcAn.utils::download.file()
@@ -109,12 +119,14 @@ For more information about this file see also [Keep a Changelog](http://keepacha
 - Added initial conditions file io functions for pool-based models in data.land
 
 ### Changed
+
 - upscale_met now accepts ~any valid CF file (not just full years), retains correct time units, and respects the previously ignored `overwrite` parameter
 - Better date handling in BioCro functions
 
 ## [1.4.10.1] - 2017-04-18
 
 ### Changed
+
 - Bugfix in Fluxnet2015
 - Update Git workflow in Documentation
 - download.CRUNCEP now uses CF-compliant time units (days since start of year instead of "secs")
@@ -122,30 +134,39 @@ For more information about this file see also [Keep a Changelog](http://keepacha
 
 
 ## [1.4.10] - 2017-03-27
+
 Documentation
 
 ### Added
+
 - Source Rmarkdown and deploy scripts for PEcAn documentation
 - Autocorrelation correction in PDA and scaling factor in emulator
 
 ### Changed
+
 - now dumping/loading experiments, cultivars_pfts, current_posteriors, experiments_sites experiments_treatments, trait_covariate_associations [BETY #403](https://github.com/PecanProject/bety/issues/403) [BETY #491](https://github.com/PecanProject/bety/issues/491)
 
 ### Removed
+
 - Ameriflux is no longer selectable from the web gui [#1291](https://github.com/PecanProject/pecan/issues/1291)
 
 ## [1.4.9] - 2016-12-10
+
 Benchmarking, code cleanup
 
 ### Added
+
 - benchmarking code
 
 ### Changed
+
 - no more build.sh, using Makefile
 - Lots of code cleanup thanks to @bpbond
 
 ## [1.4.8] - 2016-08-11
+
 Camp PEON: Assimilation, multi-site, soil params, Maespa, LPJ-GUESS, improvements to web & tutorials
 
 ## [1.4.7] - 2016-07-13
+
 CMIP5, Shiny, FLUXNET2015, Global Sensitivity
diff --git a/base/all/inst/rmarkdown/templates/pecan_workflow/skeleton/skeleton.Rmd b/base/all/inst/rmarkdown/templates/pecan_workflow/skeleton/skeleton.Rmd
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@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+---
+title: "PEcAn Workflow"
+author: "PEcAn User"
+date: '`r format(Sys.Date(), "%B %d, %Y")`'
+output: html_document
+---
+
+# Load PEcAn packages 
+
+```{r, echo=FALSE,warning=FALSE}
+# .libPaths("/path/to/stable/build")
+
+library(PEcAn.all)
+```
+
+# Load PEcAn settings files.
+
+Open and read in settings file for PEcAn run.
+
+To create a pecan.xml, you can download one genrated in the PEcAn web interface or one of the `pecan.<modelname>.xml` files in the tests/ directory of the PEcAn repository (github.com/pecanproject/pecan).
+
+```{r read.settings}
+settings <- PEcAn.settings::read.settings("pecan.xml")
+```
+
+# Meta Analysis
+
+
+```{r meta-analysis}
+
+settings <- runModule.get.trait.data(settings)
+runModule.run.meta.analysis(settings)
+
+```
+
+# Write Configuration Files
+
+```{r run.write.configs}
+settings <- runModule.run.write.configs(settings)
+
+```
+
+# Run Model and Retrieve Results
+
+```{r run-model}
+
+runModule.start.model.runs(settings)
+runModule.get.results(settings)
+
+```
+
+# Model Analyses
+
+These are a few core analyses; many others exist.
+
+```{r model-analysis}
+run.sensitivity.analysis()      # Run sensitivity analysis and variance decomposition on model output
+run.ensemble.analysis()  	      # Run ensemble analysis on model output. 
+run.ensemble.analysis(plot.timeseries=TRUE) 
+
+```
diff --git a/base/all/inst/rmarkdown/templates/pecan_workflow/template.yaml b/base/all/inst/rmarkdown/templates/pecan_workflow/template.yaml
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+name: PEcAn Workflow
diff --git a/book_source/adv_user_guide_cmd/replicate_run_cmd.Rmd b/book_source/adv_user_guide_cmd/replicate_run_cmd.Rmd
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@@ -1 +1,9 @@
-# Run PEcAn from COmmand Line
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+# Run PEcAn from Command Line
+
+## PEcAn workflow template
+
+File --> new file --> Rmarkdown --> From Template
+
+Choose the PEcAn workflow template.
+
+The template will guide you through the steps to reproducing a run generated in the PEcAn Web Interface, starting with the pecan.xml file that you can download from .
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