How do you get the current max dwell time of an item(s) in a process or queue?

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Lorenz N asked Sep 24, '19 Benjamin W2 answered Nov 26, '19

How do you get the current max dwell time of an item(s) in a process or queue?

After a certain trigger, I need to pull what the max dwell time is from a list of lab samples in my queue. Is there a command for this? I know it should probably look like this:

maxof(getlistofcurrentdwelltimes("NameOfQueue"));

I just don't know the correct syntax. This question is related to another question I have just for context.

How do you create a dynamic batch size with a min and max

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FlexSim HC 5.3.10

queue process healthcare hc 5 dwell time maximum dwell time

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Answer 1 · 2019-11-26T18:58:06Z

Benjamin W2 answered Nov 26, '19

Hi @Lorenz N,

I don't think there is a command that directly accesses what you are looking for. You might be able to create some script that will accomplish the same thing though:

int maxwait = 0;
int maxindex = 0;


for (int i=1; i <= batchsize; i++)
{
	int enterTime = getlabel(rank(current,i),"Time_EnterSystem");
	int waitTime = time() - enterTime;
	
	if (waitTime >= maxwait)
	{
		maxwait = waitTime;
		maxindex = i;
	}

}

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