How creat new GlobalTable by code ?

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Patryk asked Nov 8, '23 Felix Möhlmann answered Nov 8, '23

How creat new GlobalTable by code ?

How creat new GlobalTable by code ? I tried using code

Table new = applicationcommand("addglobaltable", 1) ;

and creatcopy

Unfortunately, the table I created behaves differently when setting its size or adding rows and columns.

Table "Op_Dystans" was created by use above code.

When I try to add new rows and columns, additional nodes are created and the system sees a different number of columns and rows than it actually is.

Is there another way to create a Table using code?

Software Version:

FlexSim 22.2.4

global table code

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Answer 1 · 2023-11-08T10:06:23Z

Felix Möhlmann answered Nov 8, '23

The "intended" command currently is Tools.create("GlobalTable") as far as I'm aware.

Crucially, both this command, as well as the applicationcommand you are using return a reference to the table object that gets created. If you cast this as a table, the situation in your screenshot happens, where the table node structure is created as subnodes of that object. If you then later refer to it through the table constructor, it will access the data structure in the attribute tree which you didn't change.

You want to either get a reference to the proper table node by using the object name or by casting the "data" node inside the attribute tree as a table.

treenode tableObject = Tools.create("GlobalTable");
Table table1 = Table(tableObject.name);
Table table2 = tableObject.find(">variables/data");  // table1 and table2 are the same table

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