Create and add Operators to Groups in processflow

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Jason Botha asked Oct 13 2016 at 2:59 PM Sam Stubbs commented Feb 28 2017 at 3:34 PM

Create and add Operators to Groups in processflow

Hi there,

I am building a large manufacturing model where i have about 300 different people who have designated roles and area's where they can operate.

I want to have the number of operators as an input to the model and then Query the resource list to acquire the correct person based on the area and other criteria.

My question is how can i add operators to a group but using processflow and how the group be"updated/refreshed" so the resource activity (which is linked to a group) can pick up the newly added members. I think i am just missing a command that refreshes the group list.

create-and-add-operators-to-group-using-process-fl.fsm

I have added a model where i have tried to do this.

Software Version:

FlexSim 16.2.0

processflow groups

create-and-add-operators-to-group-using-process-fl.fsm (17.9 KiB)

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Matthew Gillespie ♦♦ commented · Oct 13 2016 at 9:49 PM

Are you trying to do this when the model is reset? Or during the model run?

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Jason Botha Matthew Gillespie ♦♦ commented · Oct 14 2016 at 5:12 AM

I was trying to do it during the start of the model run.

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Kari Payton commented · Feb 28 2017 at 3:31 PM

@Sam Stubbs

@Matthew Gillespie Is this still not possible in 2017?

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Sam Stubbs ♦ Kari Payton commented · Feb 28 2017 at 3:34 PM

No, Resources aren't meant to be dynamically changed. If you need something dynamic, I would try to push/pull the resources from a list instead.

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-13T18:18:46Z

Sam Stubbs answered Oct 13 2016 at 6:18 PM Jason Botha commented Oct 14 2016 at 5:19 AM

As far as I am aware there is not a way to dynamically change the Resource count by increasing members to the group. However, instead of using a Resource, I would consider using a List to control your logic. A List CAN be dynamically updated and utilized, and also would make the querying functionality that your looking for much easier as well.

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