Bug? Activity name + ID abbreviated to 35 characters in token trace profile

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Axel Kohonen asked Nov 3, '16 Axel Kohonen commented Nov 15, '16

Bug? Activity name + ID abbreviated to 35 characters in token trace profile

Hi,

I am using the token trace history to create a report of what token has been where and how long. However, there seems to be a character amount limit (35 characters) in the token trace profile bundle that contains the activity name and id number so that if one has a longer activity name, then the bundle does not store the whole name. See the attached image and model tokentracenamesabbreviated-autosave.fsm where the name of the first delay activity is abbreviated.

Is it possible to get around this somehow or is it just as it is for the moment?

Thank you!

Kind regards,

Axel

Software Version:

FlexSim 16.2.1

process flow token trace

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Adrian Haws commented · Nov 08, 2016 at 11:08 PM

@Sam Stubbs @Logan Gold

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-11T17:18:57Z

Jordan Johnson answered Nov 11, '16 Axel Kohonen commented Nov 15, '16

This is a bug. The trace history makes a new entry for each unique name it encounters. If the token comes to an activity with that name again, it adds more time to that particular entry. To avoid name collisions, the trace history uses the unique name of the activity, which is the activity's name and id, concatenated.

Unfortunately, the id is appended after the name. So if the name is too long, then the unique part of the name might occur after 35 characters (a limit set by categorical tracked variables, for their profile bundle).

In the future, the id will be placed before the name, a guarantee that each activity will get an entry in the trace history. You might not be able to see the whole name, but the trace will be accurate.

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Axel Kohonen commented · Nov 14, 2016 at 05:48 AM

Hi @jordan.johnson

Thank you for the explanation! Do you have any plans on changing the 35 character limit or is that what the limit will be in the future also?

So does this mean that currently I have give the activities short or unique (for the first 35 characters) names to be able to guarantee that the trace gives reliable results?

Thank you!

Kind regards,

Axel

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Matt Long Axel Kohonen commented · Nov 14, 2016 at 04:10 PM

It's on our to do list to be addressed. But yes, if you shorten your names this will solve the problem for now.

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Axel Kohonen Matt Long commented · Nov 15, 2016 at 05:18 AM

Hi Matt,

Great! Thank you! Will use short or unique names for now then.

Axel

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