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Display Output of Function in Dashboard

kaka3 — Sat, 11 May 2024 23:45:46 GMT

[ FlexSim 22.0.16 ]

Hello,

I want to pin the label of the conveyor to a dashboard. I don't know why it does not get updated on the dashboard even I did as @Patrick Cloutier suggested.

In your modele the enveyor get assigned the label before the start of the simulation but me it needs to start!! whats the difference?

Thank you

model.fsm

Re: Display Output of Function in Dashboard

joerg_vogel_HsH — Sun, 12 May 2024 07:26:58 GMT

@kaka, there is much change in your code. When you let execute a static return value, it will be a value of items on a conveyor + 0.001 divided by number of items on this conveyor. And this will be a little bit more than 1.

A return statement finishes finally a code execution.
If you want to customize a dashboard you will find in manual how you can create an own statistical collector or you can also find a section of calculated tables to manipulate recorded data.

https://docs.flexsim.com/en/22.0/GettingData/AdvancedDataGathering/OverviewAdvancedData/OverviewAdvancedData.html

** edit **
maybe you can record data you want to show by a tracked variable. https://docs.flexsim.com/en/22.0/Reference/Tools/TrackedVariables/TrackedVariables.html
** edit end **

Perhaps I didn’t understand what your aim is and you are able to describe what you want to show in a dashboard line chart.

Re: Display Output of Function in Dashboard

kaka3 — Mon, 13 May 2024 00:00:45 GMT

Thank you for your reply.

Goal is to calculate the percentage of filled plallets on the conveyor and display it as a metric in the dashboard.

Re: Display Output of Function in Dashboard

patrickABAWF — Mon, 13 May 2024 20:33:17 GMT

How do you determine what constitutes a "filled pallet" ?

Is it when it has a specific number of boxes on it? Or when it has at least one box on it? Or other?

Re: Display Output of Function in Dashboard

patrickABAWF — Mon, 13 May 2024 20:37:05 GMT

And why are you using FlexSim version 22 instead of 24?

Re: Display Output of Function in Dashboard

kaka3 — Tue, 14 May 2024 03:25:19 GMT

I want to consider Pallet filled if contains at least one box. There is no particular reason i am using v22.

Thank you for contribution

Re: Display Output of Function in Dashboard

patrickABAWF — Tue, 14 May 2024 13:30:27 GMT

Here is a model in which I did the following:

Created a label on the conveyor called FilledPallets
In the Trigger OnEntry of the conveyor I calculate de % of filled pallets and write it on the label
In the Dashboard I added a General/Label/LineChart in which I select that conveyor label.

Et voilà.

PercentageFilledPallets.fsm

Re: Display Output of Function in Dashboard

kaka3 — Tue, 14 May 2024 22:39:15 GMT

Hi sir

I edited the question. Can you please see why it not working as yours?

Thanks

Re: Display Output of Function in Dashboard

patrickABAWF — Wed, 15 May 2024 20:54:45 GMT

In my model, the label on the conveyor is created in the Properties panel on the right. So it already exists when I reference it in the ProcessFlow.

In your model, since the model is not created before, the ProcessFlow creates it when it runs.

But the main problem is the time interval in the graph. Mine is Seconds. Yours is Hours.

You should really consider doing the tutorials in Help/User Manual.

Re: Display Output of Function in Dashboard

Jeanette_Fullmer — Thu, 23 May 2024 15:35:38 GMT

Hi @kaka, was Patrick Cloutier's answer helpful? If so, please click the "Accept" button at the bottom of their answer. Or if you still have questions, add a comment and we'll continue the conversation.

If we haven't heard back from you within 3 business days we'll auto-accept an answer, but you can always comment back to reopen your question.

Re: Display Output of Function in Dashboard

patrickABAWF — Thu, 23 May 2024 16:33:41 GMT

You should not change the original question completely because now the comments and answers do not correspond to the question so the whole thread doesn't make sense anymore.

Re: Display Output of Function in Dashboard

patrickABAWF — Thu, 23 May 2024 16:38:53 GMT

If you do what I just said here, it will work:

1 - Create the label on the conveyor

2 - Reselect the label with the graph menu sampler

3 - Change the graph time interval to seconds instead of hours

Re: Display Output of Function in Dashboard

kaka3 — Thu, 23 May 2024 19:12:07 GMT

The edit i made didn't affect the core of the question

Re: Display Output of Function in Dashboard

Jeanette_Fullmer — Fri, 24 May 2024 15:45:36 GMT

Hello @kaka,

You should start a new post for your question rather than editing your post to add an additional question.