How to index variables in Process Flow

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Alexander Muff asked Sep 26 2016 at 10:33 PM Alexander Muff answered Sep 27 2016 at 8:33 PM

How to index variables in Process Flow

I would like to repeat labels according to an index global variable:

Part 1 - Lot 1

Part 2 - Lot 1

Part 3 - Lot 1

Part 1 - Lot 2

Part 2 - Lot 2

Part 3 - Lot 2

Part 1 - Lot 3

Part 2 - Lot 3

Part 3 - Lot 3

Software Version:

FlexSim 16.2.0

global variables variable

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Steven Hamoen commented · Sep 27 2016 at 2:14 PM

@Alexander Muff I think it is not very clear what you are looking for. Do you want to put a label on a token based on the nth time this token passes somewhere? Or do you want to put several labels on a token? Do you want to have this table you describe on a token? Some more information is needed here....

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Regan Blackett ♦ commented · Sep 27 2016 at 2:50 PM

I might try something like this with a Schedule Source, using it's access variables for rowNumber, tokenIndex and repeatCount (for repeating schedules) configured like this.

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Alexander Muff commented · Sep 27 2016 at 3:13 PM

@steven.hamoen

Ideally, I would like to attach 2 labels to each tokens: Type and Assembly. The Type would be 1-3, indexing up each part and resetting back to 1 after 3. The assembly would be the index up after every third token.

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-27T15:22:31Z

Steven Hamoen answered Sep 27 2016 at 3:22 PM Matt Long commented Sep 27 2016 at 5:35 PM

Ok that makes it a lot clearer. To get label 1 you could do:

fmod( tokenIndex - 1, 3 ) + 1;

That would give you 1,2,3,1,2,3 etc

For label 2 you could do

(tokenIndex - 0.1)/3 + 1

That would give you 1,1,1, 2,2,2 etc

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Alexander Muff commented · Sep 27 2016 at 5:17 PM

@steven.hamoen

Is tokenIndex a built in variable? I am getting an error: unknown variable "tokenIndex".

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Matt Long Alexander Muff commented · Sep 27 2016 at 5:33 PM

tokenIndex is only available in the Scheduled Source.

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Matt Long Matt Long commented · Sep 27 2016 at 5:35 PM

If you aren't using a scheduled source but want to use the input of your activity as an 'index' you could say:

fmod(getinput(activity) -1, 3) + 1;

etc

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Answer 2 · 2016-09-27T20:33:29Z

Alexander Muff answered Sep 27 2016 at 8:33 PM

I am using a scheduled source. Each token is getting the same partID and setID, 1.0 and 1.3

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