Pull From a List Qty >1, List Items now flow as one Token e.g. Batch

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Jason Merschat asked Feb 7, '18 Joerg Vogel edited Feb 8, '18

Pull From a List Qty >1, List Items now flow as one Token e.g. Batch

I cannot find any good explanation as to the details of Pull From List Quantities >1. It seems that when I pull from a List with Request Quantity >1, they flow as a batch. What is the preferred method to split them back out as individuals from the array?

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FlexSim 18.0.2

pull from list request number

Answer 1 · 2018-02-08T18:33:37Z

Joerg Vogel answered Feb 8, '18 Joerg Vogel edited Feb 8, '18

A bit shorter than assigning a member of an array is the method "shift" in the "Create Tokens" activity.

If you want to keep the order of the pulled items, switch the option "Insert at Front of" in the Pull from List activity on.

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Answer 2 · 2018-02-08T10:37:32Z

Joerg Vogel answered Feb 8, '18 Jason Merschat commented Feb 8, '18

I would use a "create Tokens" activity in combination with the variable "creationRank" to assign the reference to the created token label. You find usefull variables, if you look into the source code editor of the activity parameter fields.

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Joerg Vogel commented · Feb 08, 2018 at 10:38 AM

@Ralf Gruber ,thank you for this hint at the User Meeting.

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Jason Merschat commented · Feb 08, 2018 at 02:18 PM

Thank you! I was using a Batch to separate, but then switched to the Create Token method. I will now add the detail with the variable as you describe.

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