get the string value of the status of a location to use in Decide activity

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Tee Hiett asked Oct 2, '22 Andrew O commented Oct 6, '22

get the string value of the status of a location to use in Decide activity

I would like to get the string value (OffSchedule - Unavailable) of the status of a location to use in a Decide Activity.

Thanks.

Software Version:

FlexSim 21.2.4

location status

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Andrew O commented · Oct 06, 2022 at 06:10 PM

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Answer 1 · 2022-10-03T09:51:48Z

Arun Kr answered Oct 3, '22

Hi,

If you are particular about using the status string of a resource, you can use the following code in the decide activity.

Object ResourceObj = Model.find("ResourceObjName"); // Getting Reference Of Object
string Status = ReosurceObj.stats.state().valueString; // Getting the status String
if(Status == "scheduled down" || Status == "down")
{
  return 1;
}
return 2;

For getting the exact string names of the states, you can refer to the state profile of the object to which you are trying to write the logic.

Alternately, you can use the state numbers which is easier to implement.

Object ResourceObj = Model.find("ResourceObjName"); // Getting Reference Of Object
int Status = ReosurceObj.stats.state().value // Getting the status num
if(Status == STATE_SCHEDULED_DOWN || Status == STATE_DOWN) // using the macros
{
  return 1;
}
return 2;

Regards,

Arun KR

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