topic Create and add Operators to Groups in processflow in FlexSim Forum

Create and add Operators to Groups in processflow

jason_botha — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 14:59:13 GMT

[ FlexSim 16.2.0 ]

Hi there,

I am building a large manufacturing model where i have about 300 different people who have designated roles and area's where they can operate.

I want to have the number of operators as an input to the model and then Query the resource list to acquire the correct person based on the area and other criteria.

My question is how can i add operators to a group but using processflow and how the group be"updated/refreshed" so the resource activity (which is linked to a group) can pick up the newly added members. I think i am just missing a command that refreshes the group list.

create-and-add-operators-to-group-using-process-fl.fsm

I have added a model where i have tried to do this.

Re: Create and add Operators to Groups in processflow

sam_stubbsYXX86 — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 18:18:46 GMT

As far as I am aware there is not a way to dynamically change the Resource count by increasing members to the group. However, instead of using a Resource, I would consider using a List to control your logic. A List CAN be dynamically updated and utilized, and also would make the querying functionality that your looking for much easier as well.

Re: Create and add Operators to Groups in processflow

Matthew_Gillespie — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 21:49:17 GMT

Are you trying to do this when the model is reset? Or during the model run?

Re: Create and add Operators to Groups in processflow

jason_botha — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 05:12:29 GMT

I was trying to do it during the start of the model run.

Re: Create and add Operators to Groups in processflow

jason_botha — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 05:19:07 GMT

Thanks Sam,

I have already done this using the list and it works well. The reason i wanted to use a Resource activity is because i pull multiple tokens at once and you can't use an array as a list partition, which i use to sync the tokens before adding them back to the list.

I am now going to make use of a "wait for event" activity instead.

Re: Create and add Operators to Groups in processflow

kari_payton — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 15:31:46 GMT

@Sam Stubbs

@Matthew Gillespie Is this still not possible in 2017?

Re: Create and add Operators to Groups in processflow

sam_stubbsYXX86 — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 15:34:12 GMT

No, Resources aren't meant to be dynamically changed. If you need something dynamic, I would try to push/pull the resources from a list instead.