Import From Excel When Model is ran programmatically

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Erik RV2 asked Jul 17 2020 at 7:38 PM Ben Wilson commented Aug 31 2020 at 5:27 PM

Import From Excel When Model is ran programmatically

As somebody tried to import from excel while launching the model from a shell?

I run a FlexSim model programmatically with this post’s configuration:

https://answers.flexsim.com/questions/21116/automatically-configure-and-run-a-flexsim-model.html

To the files shared in this post, I tried adding this line:
excelmultitableimport();

to
'onModelReset' trigger and/or
'script.txt'

without constant success.

I tried with FlexSim 20.1 and 20.0 and I am opened to go from one version to another.

Thanks for your support!

Software Version:

FlexSim 20.1.0

flexsim 20.1.0 excel import ole automation shell

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Jordan Johnson ♦♦ commented · Jul 21 2020 at 5:42 PM

Are you launching multiple instances of FlexSim from the shell? The way we import from Excel is limited to only one "reader" at a time. If multiple instances of FlexSim all try to read from a single workbook, then the data will not import correctly.

If not, then it should work, but you'll need to post a model so we can help you get your model working, or discover the exact bug.

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Erik RV2 commented · Jul 23 2020 at 3:52 PM

@jordan.johnson,

There is only one instance of Flexsim ran at a time.

Attached you will find files representing a sample of the workflow I want to build:

'User_Interface.xlsm' Allows:
1. Generating the ‘inputs.xlsx’ tables
2. Running the model programmatically (with the 'scriptToRunModel.txt' file)
3. Retrieving the output logs
‘inputs.xlsx’ contains two tables to systematically import in ‘model.fsm’ (excelmultitableimport(); is set 'onModelReset')
1. A global table containing an integer (aInt_toGlobalTable)
2. A ProcessFlow arrival schedule
‘onRunStop’ two logs are generated:
1. ‘outputGlobalTable.csv’; will log aInt_toGlobalTable+1
2. ‘outputSchedule.csv’; contains the count of tokens in the ProcessFlow arrival schedule

With this sample:

The 'excelmultitableimport();' doesn't work when model is ran programmatically
When the model is ran through the Flexsim API, the tables are not always importing (sometime it requires resetting twice the model)
I also tried inserting 'excelmultitableimport();' in the first line of 'scriptToRunModel.txt' and it hasn't proven constant success neither

Thanks for your help!

Import Table programmatically.zip

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Answer 1 · 2020-07-23T22:00:28Z

Jordan Johnson answered Jul 23 2020 at 10:00 PM Ben Wilson commented Aug 31 2020 at 5:27 PM

I'm having trouble using the Excel Import tool in batch mode. It may not be designed for that case. I'll put it on the dev list, and if it's a bug, we'll fix it.

In your shoes, I would look at using importtable() with .csv files.

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