Process Flow Resources in Case Statements across flows

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michael.smith asked May 30, '16 Matt Long commented Jun 1, '16

Process Flow Resources in Case Statements across flows

I'm using a central set of resources on the main flow page for all my processes (they are shared)

What is the correct syntax for entering the reference in the case statement

by default on the same page as the resource it would be

case /**\nCase: *//**/1/**/: Resource = /** Resource: *//**/"Resource1"/**/;break; case /**\nCase: *//**/2/**/: Resource = /** Resource: *//**/"Resource2"/**/;break;

Software Version:

FlexSim 16.0.1

process flow

Answer 1 · 2016-05-31T04:34:45Z

michael.smith answered May 31, '16 Matthew Gillespie converted comment to answer May 31, '16

As an update I spotted that the getactivity command determines the target page

treenode current = param(1);
treenode activity = param(2);
treenode token = param(3);
treenode processFlow = ownerobject(activity);
treenode Target = node("Tools/ProcessFlow/Target Process Flow",model());//<Inserted Line
/***popup:ActivityByCase:classType=Resource*/
/***tag:desc*//**Resource By Case*/
int case_val = /** \nCase Function: *//***tag:ValueFunc*//**/gettablenum("Rehabilitation",1,14)/**/;
string Resource = "";
/** \nCases:\n*/
switch (case_val) {
/***tagex:data*/
case /**\nCase: *//**/1/**/: Resource = /** Resource: *//**/"R1"/**/;break;
case /**\nCase: *//**/2/**/: Resource = /** Resource: *//**/"R2"/**/;break;
case /**\nCase: *//**/3/**/: Resource = /** Resource: *//**/"R3"/**/;break;
case /**\nCase: *//**/4/**/: Resource = /** Resource: *//**/"R4"/**/;break;
case /**\nCase: *//**/5/**/: Resource = /** Resource: *//**/"R5"/**/;break;
case /**\nCase: *//**/6/**/: Resource = /** Resource: *//**/"R6"/**/;break;/***//**/ /**/
default: Resource = /**\nDefault:*//***tag:default*//**/"Resource"/**/;break;
}
return getactivity(Target, Resource); //<Modified Line
/** \nNote: Case values must be positive integers.*/

Re pointing the look up destination by adding another line means I can reference the other PF's. As this is something that will probably be done a lot perhaps adding a target PF option to the trigger would help. If there is a neater solution please let me know

Answer 2 · 2016-05-30T07:40:12Z

Marco Baccalaro answered May 30, '16 Matt Long commented Jun 1, '16

The syntax is correct. I tried it in the attached model.

resource-by-case.fsm (19.3 KiB)

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michael.smith commented · May 31, 2016 at 12:58 AM

Thanks Marco, that is the right Syntax for the same PF page but I'm trying to reference across pages/flows.

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Marco Baccalaro commented · May 31, 2016 at 10:02 AM

Ok, now I know what you mean. I tried too but no way, seems Process Flow doesn't want you to use resources on other Process Flows. I think it's because of the link that cannot be maintained between the token and the resource if they are in different Process Flows.

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Matt Long Marco Baccalaro commented · Jun 01, 2016 at 07:45 PM

It's actually perfectly legal to acquire resources, push/pull from lists and enter/exit zones that are contained in a General Process Flow object from any other General, Fixed Resource, Task Executer or Sub Flow. There just isn't a good Case pick option for doing so at this time. That's something we'll have to look at adding.

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