About the default settings of Acquire Staff

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anon-user asked Oct 20, '21 anon-user commented Oct 21, '21

About the default settings of Acquire Staff

From the PEOPLE RESOURCE ACTIVITIES library

I'm trying to use Acquire Staff.

I would like to confirm the Puller setting of this Acquire Staff.

When I read the manual,

Puller is written as it is common to set "current".

https://docs.flexsim.com/en/21.0/Reference/PeopleObjects/ProcessFlowActivities/Resources/ResourceActivities/ResourceActivities.html

I also think that it is common for Pullers to set "current".

However, the default setting for Puller in Acquire Staff is "token.Person".

In what cases is this "token.Person" used?

I don't think it's common to use "token.Person",

Why is this the default setting?

Software Version:

FlexSim 21.0.3

people module default acquire staff

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Answer 1 · 2021-10-20T11:15:02Z

Felix Möhlmann answered Oct 20, '21 anon-user commented Oct 21, '21

The standard "Patient Flow" is an instanced process flow. Each patient has their own instance of that flow, they are the "instance object". In the context of an instanced process flow, "current" is a reference to the respective instance object. So the return value will differ, depending on which instance the token belongs to.

In the "Patient Flow", "current" (or rather "patient"; in my 21.0 and up version anyway) is in fact the default value for the puller.

Based on the symbol of the process flow tab in your screenshot you are looking at a "General Process Flow". There, all tokens share the same flow and there is no instance object. In this context, "current" would return a reference to the process flow itself.

As there is no automatic reference to the patient in the general process flow, the default value assumes you will provide one through a label called "Person" on the token. (This would be important for the "Same as Last Acquired" option, I believe). Similarly, the acquired resource is assigned to a label on the token by default. Whereas in the "Patient Flow", it is assigned to the patient (3D-object) itself.

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anon-user commented · Oct 21, 2021 at 12:18 AM

Thank you for the detailed explanation!

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