Dynamic resource quantities during sim run

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Noah Z asked Jan 9, '18 tannerp commented Jun 15, '20

Dynamic resource quantities during sim run

corrected-version-example-problem-resource-update.fsm

I'm attempting to have a resource within a process flow model have a varying amount of available resources within various time segments in a single day during a simulation run. I've created a global table that has the numerical value of the amount of resources that that I want from hour to hour (essentially increasing staffing levels during the busiest hours of the day). I have a token looping back through custom code every hour, on the hour but I'm stuck trying to figure out the correct reference I should be updating within the code snippet.

What is the best way to do this? I have attached a dummy model related to this question.

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FlexSim 18.0.1

process flow resource

corrected-version-example-problem-resource-update.fsm (21.4 KiB)

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Andrea B9 commented · Jun 15, 2020 at 10:09 PM

Can you share an example with resources that vary during the time

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tannerp Andrea B9 commented · Jun 15, 2020 at 10:12 PM

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Answer 1 · 2018-01-10T00:42:46Z

Matt Long answered Jan 10, '18 Matt Long commented Jan 17, '18

You should define the resource quantity in the Count field of the Resource. The count could reference a global table value, a label or Process Flow Variable. When you want the Resource count to change, change the value of whatever you're referencing. The Count field will be evaluated each time a resource is acquired or released.

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Noah Z commented · Jan 12, 2018 at 03:18 PM

Perfect thanks. For some reason I had assumed the resource checked the Count field at the beginning of the sim run only.

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Matt Long Noah Z commented · Jan 17, 2018 at 03:24 PM

You can refer to the User Manual under the Resource help page to learn more about how the asset works.

"When in numeric mode, the Count property can dynamically change during the simulation. It will be reevaluated every time a token attempts to acquire a resource and whenever a resource is released."

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