Leave queue if content>5 and time > 3pm

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Nicky E asked Jun 7, '19 Jordan Johnson commented Jun 10, '19

Leave queue if content>5 and time > 3pm

I have a convenience store model. Works from 10 am to 10 pm.

When a person arrives after 3 pm, will leave (sink) if queue content is higher than 5, else will be sent to the queue.

How can I send to port by time of the day AND current content?

Port 1: Queue

Port 2: Sink

send to port flow queue and code

Answer 1 · 2019-06-07T04:34:27Z

Sebastian Hemmann answered Jun 7, '19 Jordan Johnson commented Jun 10, '19

I hope you already know that you can check the content of an object by using

object.subnodes.length > 5

and assume you are looking for a solution to know if time is later than 3pm on that day.

There are some ways to calculate times in FlexSim (but this will make it quite fast complicated). The easier way is to create a time based event that sets a variable or label that you can ask in your logic. So just create a token that appears with model start. Stays in a delay until 3 pm. Set a value on a label or variable. Resets it at any time and comes back some hours later. Everything by using "Delays".

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Mischa Spelt commented · Jun 07, 2019 at 09:40 AM

Perhaps the function

getmodelunit(CURRENT_HOUR)

comes in handy.

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Jordan Johnson ♦♦ Mischa Spelt commented · Jun 10, 2019 at 03:56 PM

Also,

Model.dateTime.hour

will tell you the hour of the day.

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