Using eye dropper tool to get location current census statistic

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Mark S2 asked Apr 25, '22 Mark S2 commented Apr 26, '22

Using eye dropper tool to get location current census statistic

Can someone please tell me how to reference the census of a simple object in 'codified' format. My best guess was to try using the eye dropper on "Current":

That didn't work...my next idea was to use a statistics collector:

Statistics collector --> Statistic by Object --> Object Statistics --> Object = Chairs2, Statistic = Content, Type = Current.

This seems so simple, but is just so frustrating.

What am I missing here?

The purpose of this is to combine the current census of a waiting line (I already know how to retrieve the census of a line) and a waiting area.

Thanks!

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FlexSim 22.1.1

statistics collector census eye dropper

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Answer 1 · 2022-04-25T23:16:56Z

Matthew Gillespie answered Apr 25, '22 Mark S2 commented Apr 26, '22

This value is already being collected by the Location Census History table and can be retrieved by using the getcensus() command:

getcensus(Model.find("Chairs1"))

The reason stats.content doesn't work is that a MultiLocation object is an object with a bunch of chairs inside it. The patients go into the chairs inside the waiting area object and thus don't increase the content of the waiting area itself. MultiLocations do, however, have a separate tracked variable that keeps track of their "total content" which you can access like this:

Model.find("Chairs1>stats/contentTotal").value

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Mark S2 commented · Apr 26, 2022 at 01:17 PM

Ah darn I was close.

Thanks for this Matt -- next time I am going to search for what I am looking for in here:

https://docs.flexsim.com/en/22.1/Reference/CodingInFlexSim/CommandReference/Commands.html

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Answer 2 · 2022-04-25T23:09:44Z

Mark S2 answered Apr 25, '22

Continued troubleshooting...

After adding the "content versus time" dashboard from the "Content vs Time" pin option below:

Bayers Lake COC Model Option 1 - Mobile Station Attempt_11.fsm

...the content does not change despite patients entering the location. What is going on here?

Thank again,

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Answer 3 · 2022-04-25T20:21:36Z

James Rodgers1 answered Apr 25, '22 Mark S2 commented Apr 25, '22

If by "codified" you mean "via code", I think this is what you're looking for:

Object chairs = Model.find("Chairs1");

int census = chairs.stats.content.value;

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Mark S2 commented · Apr 25, 2022 at 08:55 PM

Not quite, I am looking to combine those two lines of code together that will work in a stats collector:

I tried "Model.find("Chairs2").stats.content.value... but it didn't work.

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