Is there a problem with processing times generated by, "Based on Patient's Location/Area?"

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Lou Keller asked Aug 10, '16 Matthew Gillespie edited Aug 11, '16

Is there a problem with processing times generated by, "Based on Patient's Location/Area?"

I am using the "enter processing times based on patient's location/area" option in FlexSim HC. It seems that if I select the processing time from the drop-down list (i.e. "choose a distribution") or enter a time in the, "Then the processing time is," fields, the default expression does not work, and the string array in the code does not read the expression as it supposed to. Simply put, I have to manually add quotation marks to the default expression or the entered processing time, to solve the problem.

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FlexSim HC 5.0.12

flexsim hc processing time location based time

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Answer 1 · 2016-08-10T18:25:56Z

Matthew Gillespie answered Aug 10, '16 Matthew Gillespie commented Aug 11, '16

Yes, this was recently brought up by another user and I've fixed it on our end.

For now, either put the times in quotations as you suggested, or change the code in the pickoption to use a doublearray instead of a stringarrary:

treenodearray locationlist = makearray(numitems);
fillarray(locationlist, /***tag:ifList*//**/00,00/**/);

doublearray processlist = makearray(numitems);
fillarray(processlist, /***tag:thenList*//**/00,00/**/);

double processtime = 0;
int curarea = getarea(patient);

for(int index = 1; index <= numitems; index++)
{
	if(curarea == locationlist[index] || patientlocation == locationlist[index])
	{
		processtime = processlist[index];
		break;
	}
}

return processtime;

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Lou Keller commented · Aug 11, 2016 at 04:58 PM

Good answer! As usual, you're the "Go to" man! Thanks for your support.

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