I have a model where people and Task executers share a common travel area. To avoid collision between people and Task Executers i am using a control area. i would like to know the type of operator allocated the control area so that if a person allocated the "Max allocations" of the control area can be more than 1 eg., 5 or 6, but if a task executer allocated the control area the max allocations is 1.
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In the current version you may be able to use routing constraints to block the allocation of the control area, but in your version you'll need to manage the stop/start of task executers (both types) based on the state of the control area allocation which you can detect and maintain using a process flow.
Once you have a pointer to the allocated TE you can test for it being an instance of the Operator class using:
classobject(allocTE)==library().find("?Operator")
I tested all Operator types: People, flow item and operator. They are all the same. taskexecuters/Operator. Then you can not distinguish from their attributes how they got into a model. class_taskexecuter_from_peoples_operator_flowitem.fsm
Edit: Knowing this, all you can do is to mark each operator on creation or after dragging them into a model by label. This label can you use to distinguish a type.
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