global table item creation

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mary asked Jul 21, '22 Kavika F commented Jul 28, '22

global table item creation

Hello I have a model where in source 1 I am creating two variant type parts. when part 1 that is var1 enters the processor. In both Queue2 and Queue3 part should be created following global table var1. and when var2 part enters in processor var2 global table should be followed to create item.

The item created in Queue should be pallet on part. for particular variant part particular item should be created.

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@Felix Möhlmann

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FlexSim 20.0.10

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Kavika F ♦ commented · Jul 28, 2022 at 04:54 PM

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Answer 1 · 2022-07-21T11:31:36Z

Felix Möhlmann answered Jul 21, '22 Jason Lightfoot commented Jul 24, '22

As the item names and table names are equal, you can use the name to directly reference the table from which the data should be taken.

'Table(token.item.name)[row][col]'

I'm not sure what exactly you by 'particular item' that should be created, so in the attached model I just set the names of the created objects to the text in the tables.

If you want to actually create different flow item types, I would suggest to type in the rank of the respective item in the flow item bin into the table. This can then be read by the 'Create Objects' activity.

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mary commented · Jul 22, 2022 at 04:13 AM

Hi @Felix Möhlmann

If I have 20 Queue in my Model and 20 items(same process as above). Each buffer should be assigned to one particular item(Ex: P1_var1/P1_var2 should be assigned to Queue2 same as P2_var1/P2_var2 to Queue3 and so on). How can I do it

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Felix Möhlmann mary commented · Jul 22, 2022 at 07:11 AM

I'd add an extra column to the tables, storing the information which queue the items should be moved to.

In addition, you can use the process flow block that creates the items as a subflow. This subflow can then run as many times as there are rows in the table, automatically scaling with the table size.

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