Find value in Global Table based on matching label

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Maryam H2 asked Oct 12, '21 Ryan Clark commented Oct 15, '21

Find value in Global Table based on matching label

Hi,

If I created several labels based on patient type and want to look up the times based on each type from a global table. How could I find a matching global table value for a given label value ? In the Global Table I have the same labels for patient types I created at first.

In general how can I access the row header? It seems I cannot define a name for the first column where I have all my labels there.

Thanks!

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FlexSim 21.2.3

global tables rowheader label matching to find row in the global table

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Ryan Clark commented · Oct 15, 2021 at 04:46 PM

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Answer 1 · 2021-10-12T15:26:32Z

Joerg Vogel answered Oct 12, '21 Maryam H2 commented Oct 12, '21

Table.getValueByKey(..) method

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Joerg Vogel commented · Oct 12, 2021 at 03:31 PM

If you need a string as reference of a header for a column or row, then you should try to use a custom code, because any template or activity has got restrictions to the overload of values.

Table(“myTableName”)[“rowHeaderName”][“columnHeaderName”]

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Maryam H2 commented · Oct 12, 2021 at 04:08 PM

Thanks @Joerg Vogel!

So, If I use custom code and want it to find the value in the global table by looking up the label on the item what should I put instead of “rowHeaderName”? Does it mean the very first column where I have all reference labels there? The header is empty so how should I reference that?

After that, should I write this in custom code?

Table(“myTableName”)[“rowHeaderName”][“columnHeaderName”].getValueByKey(patient.Type)?or just Table(“myTableName”).getValueByKey(patient.Type)?

Also where in custom code, "Set Label"?

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Felix Möhlmann Maryam H2 commented · Oct 12, 2021 at 04:39 PM

If you use Table("TableName")[row][col]" then "row" and "col" can either be the number of row/column or the header of the row/column.

Let's take the following table. I will type out some examples and what value they would return:

Table("GlobalTable1")[2][2]          -> 4   The second row/column are "BBB"/"Even"
Table("GlobalTable1")["BBB"]["Even"] -> 4
Table("GlobalTable1")["CCC"][1]      -> 5
Table("GlobalTable1")[1]["Odd"]      -> 1
Table("GlobalTable1")["EEE"]["Odd"]  -> 9

"getValueByKey" can not be used with the headers and works as follows

Table("GlobalTable1").getValueByKey(4, 1, 2)  -> 3

It returns the value from column 1 (second parameter), in the row where column 2 (third parameter) is equal to 4 (first parameter/key).

In your case, if you have the types as row headers, you'd use

Table("GlobalTable1")[patient.type][col]

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Maryam H2 Felix Möhlmann commented · Oct 12, 2021 at 05:04 PM

Thanks @Felix Möhlmann

I have my labels in the first column where you have" AAA, BBB, CCC,..." and times in the second column. So where, should I define that chunk of code? custom code? where in custom code?

If I define it in the processing time, I'll get this error:

time: 453.528860 exception: FlexScript exception: Invalid row number: 0 in Global Table "SCH_Times" at MODEL:/Tools/ProcessFlow/Ortho Patients/MD Visit Process in Orthopedic>variables/delayTimeNode

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