Using Table:OneIndependentVariable, hourly data sets of yearly schedule can be specified in EnergyPlus idf. If all of the 8760 data sets are not allowed in single Table:OneIndependentVariable object, then 8760 can be broken down in three or more sets and specified in separate objects (e.g. three separate data sets objects for simulation hour ranges of (1-2920), (2921-5840), and (5841-8760)). Then using EnergyManagementSystem:CurveOrTableIndexVariable, the data can be accessed for any future hour of simulation.