How to write different values to one global table in different column?

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Tzu Hsuan C asked Jun 3, '21 Jeanette F commented Jun 7, '21

How to write different values to one global table in different column?

hi,

I would like to write down the time when item enters station1 and also the time when item leaves from queue into a global table(mytable).I want to put "time when item enters station1" in column 1, "time when item leaves from queue" in column 2.

Until here, in global table it turns out to be this. How can I trigger item to write in column 2?

I tried to use "Write to a global table" to assign value( the time when item leaves from queue) to column2, but in this way, each value will only be written in row1, column2.

Software Version:

FlexSim 20.2.3

global table flexsim 20.2.3

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Jeanette F ♦♦ commented · Jun 07, 2021 at 06:48 PM

Hi @Tzu Hsuan C, was Felix Möhlmann's or Joerg Vogel's answer helpful? If so, please click the red "Accept" button at the bottom of one of their answers. Or if you still have questions, add a comment and we'll continue the conversation.

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Answer 1 · 2021-06-03T09:19:00Z

Felix Möhlmann answered Jun 3, '21

As a simple solution, in the "Write to a global table" option for the trigger, you can use the output statistic of the queue to determine the correct row number.This will work as long as all items that enter station 1 leave the queue in the same order (no items are created/deleted inbetween the stations and they must not overtake each other).

A more robust solution would be to create a label on the item when it enters station1 that contains the number of the row. "Add Label" -> use the number of rows in the table at that time

Table("mytable").numRows

as value for the label. Then use that label as row number in the "Write to a global table" on the queue.

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Answer 2 · 2021-06-03T12:31:36Z

Joerg Vogel answered Jun 3, '21

Perhaps you can still adapt the tutorial of FlexSim 19 on create and track custom statistics.

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