How to merge parent tokens

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Scott Ainsworth asked Oct 23, '18 Matthew Gillespie edited Oct 23, '18

How to merge parent tokens

I have a process flow where token creates children. The token then splits and each branch creates children. I would like join/batch the two tokens together again and then have the single outgoing token be the parent of all the children. I attached a model that I've been messing with. The best I've been able to do is get the array copied that has the token Ids but it does not seem to be a real parent child relationship. When I click on a token at the end it only shows lines to its original children. It does not seem to have adopted the children from the other branch.

merge-tokens.fsm

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FlexSim 18.2.2

process flow tokens split child tokens parent token

merge-tokens.fsm (24.7 KiB)

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Answer 1 · 2018-10-23T18:07:58Z

Matthew Gillespie answered Oct 23, '18

There isn't currently a way to reassign a token's parent.

However, I was able to modify your model slightly so that all the child tokens are created as children of the original token. The split creates the new token as a child token. The parent token creates more child tokens, but the child token creates sibling tokens.

createallaschildren.fsm

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