Next Activity Based on Condition Logic

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Kelsey Anderson asked Jun 8, '16 Matthew Gillespie answered Jun 8, '16

Next Activity Based on Condition Logic

Hello,

Here is the model in case it helps:

I am trying to use next activity based one a condition. For my routine patient track, the patient makes the choice of leaving or waiting for another visit during the next visit activity. They should leave the model if the number of visits completed (which I am using acuity currently) equals the SetVisits, which the patient is assigned as they enter the model. I used the condition of :

getlabelvalue(patient, "SetVisits")==getlabelvalue(patient, "Acuity")

This logic does not appear to be working. Any thoughts?

Software Version:

FlexSim HC 5.0.12

flexsim hc hc patient track next activity

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Answer 1 · 2016-06-08T17:23:34Z

Matthew Gillespie answered Jun 8, '16

I see two issues here, both with the Activity Started Trigger on activity 10:

You are setting the "Visits" label and not the "SetVisits" label which you are using in your condition.
You are setting this label on a start trigger for activity 10. Patients in your model loop through the activities and do activity 10 multiple times. This means that the label is being set to a different value after each visit. I would move this trigger to the On Creation trigger of the Arrivals object or make a new first activity that doesn't get repeated.

You also have a Next Activity condition on activity 23 that sends people to the exit if their acuity is 20 or above. This doesn't work though because the waiting area and the exit aren't connected in the flowchart.

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