Dashboard to show contents of combined items?

[lambert]

[ FlexSim 23.0.0 ]

Hi,

I have double stacked pallets and single stacked pallets containing different number of totes (I use combiners to stack them).

When I use a dashboard to monitor the content of a queue, it obviously shows the number of "grouped items" in the queue. In the image below, content = 1.

Is there a way to make the dashboard show the number of totes instead? For the image above, it would be (12+16) = 28

Thank you

[marcello_rosadini · Accepted solution]

Hi Lambert,

one possible solution would be to create a label in the queue and every time a pallet enters, increase its value by the number of totes inside that particular pallet (pallet.subnodes.length) and decrease it accordingly when a pallet leaves. Then, on your dashboard you can graph the value of the label instead of the content of the queue.

[lambert]

Thanks Marcello, I forgot to mention that I am interested in displaying time-series charts (i.e. COMPOSITE WIP) grouping several queues (entrance and exit objects).

Would the label method apply as well?

thank you

[marcello_rosadini]

Here its an alternative using a tracked variable. You can create one from the toolbox and increase it or decrease it from process flow

support tracked variable.fsm

[lambert]

this will work like a charm!

thank you Marcello