Problem with "Output By Hour By Type" Dashboard since v20.1

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MarcPost asked Apr 16, '20 Jordan Johnson answered Apr 20, '20

Problem with "Output By Hour By Type" Dashboard since v20.1

Hello,

Since the update to version 20.1 I have a problem with the new Output Dashboard (old Throughput), specifically with "Output By Hour By Type" for Text labels.

I updated a model created in version 20.0 and the charts have stopped working, even if I create them again. Any idea?

Thanks a lot!

v20.1 Output Dashboard Problem.fsm

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FlexSim 20.1.0

flexsim 20.1.0

v201-output-dashboard-problem.fsm (35.4 KiB)

Answer 1 · 2020-04-20T16:37:44Z

tannerp answered Apr 20, '20

Hi @MarcPost,

There is a fundamental difference in the way these statistics are collected that I believe is part of @Jordan Johnson's update for 20.1. He might be able to elaborate on this.

In 20.0, the "Throughput Per Hour By Type" Chart relied on a Calculated Table by default that divided the total throughput grouped by "Type" by the time the model had been running each hour. The results of the Calculated Table look like this in 20.0:

When we compare this to 20.1, we'll find that the "Output Per Hour By Type" Chart now relies on a Statistics Collector rather than a Calculated Table. The Statistics Collector collects the Throughput and Type data, but it doesn't aggregate it like it should. @Jordan Johnson could probably explain whether this was intentional or not.

For now, you might be best off creating a new Statistics Collector that will listen to the Processor and aggregate the throughput data according Type.

20-0-throughput-per-hour.png (10.8 KiB)

20-1-output-per-hour.png (17.4 KiB)

Answer 2 · 2020-04-20T20:11:56Z

Jordan Johnson answered Apr 20, '20

Yes, this is a bug in the new version. I'll add it to the bug list.

The bug applies when you are using a text label in this chart. For now, you'll either have to use a number label, or you can install the chart, and set the "Object" column in the statistics collector to use a double or integer storage type. Also, be sure that the "Time" column is set to a number datatype.

The bug is that instead of changing the storage type of the Object column, the chart currently changes the format of the Time column.

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