Sankey Diagram in Healthcare Environment

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Maryam H2 asked Apr 12, '22 Maryam H2 commented Apr 13, '22

Sankey Diagram in Healthcare Environment

Hi-

I've created a simple model to visualize the flows using the Sankey diagram:

1- I see the legends in the diagram do not show up correctly. Why is that?

2- How we can put a group of objects under one Milestone, meaning if the person choose each of the objects in that group it should be counted toward the same flow.

The model is attached.

model_sankey_diagram.fsm

Thanks

Software Version:

FlexSim 22.1.0

milestone collector sankey diagram object group

model-sankey-diagram.fsm (53.4 KiB)

Answer 1 · 2022-04-12T22:56:53Z

Jordan Johnson answered Apr 12, '22 Maryam H2 commented Apr 13, '22

Hi,

Unfortunately, the Sankey diagram (from the Base Chart Types section) can't directly draw the data in a Milestone Collector. The table format of the Milestone collector isn't compatible with the format required by the Sankey diagram, which is why the legend looks strange.
https://docs.flexsim.com/en/22.1/Reference/Dashboard/Charts/SankeyDiagram/SankeyDiagram.html

In Standard FlexSim, in the Milestone section, there is a chart that draws milestone data as as Sankey diagram. That chart is a Chart Template, and under the hood, it uses a Process Flow and an additional Statistics Collector to transform the data in a Milestone Collector into a format the Sankey diagram can use.

Based on your model, it looks like you are collecting milestones by listening to events. Instead of using events, I'd use the Milestone activity, and place it in the Process Flow. That way, no matter which location the person acquires, they still are at the next step. Something like this:

model-sankey-diagram_1.fsm

model-sankey-diagram-1.fsm (53.4 KiB)

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Maryam H2 commented · Apr 13, 2022 at 02:53 PM

Got it, thanks!

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