Using flexsim script and global table to create fixed resources

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MR asked May 14, '24 Jeanette F commented May 28, '24

Using flexsim script and global table to create fixed resources

Hello,

I added three types of processes to the user library, which are plane1, plane2, and plane3. I'm using Flexsim Scirp to add different processes into the model, instead of dragging it.

I create an Excel sheet as below. Column A represents the processes in the user library. Column B represents the quantity I want to create in the model.

The button section in the dashboard can import Excel to the global table. I'm wondering if importing Excel and adding the numbers of processes to the model can be done at the same time. For example, when I import the sheet below, the model appears as 3 plane1, 2 plane2, and 1 plane3 at the same time.

process.xlsx plane.fsl Create.fsm

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FlexSim 24.0.0

globaltable flexsim script

process.xlsx (8.1 KiB)

plane.fsl (4.3 KiB)

create.fsm (32.2 KiB)

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Jeanette F ♦♦ commented · May 28 at 05:11 PM

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Answer 1 · 2024-05-14T22:36:56Z

Joerg Vogel answered May 14, '24

@MR

https://docs.flexsim.com/en/24.0/Reference/Tools/PropertyTables/PropertyTables.html#autoBuild

This is a newer approach. You can also create objects by commands and methods. If you look for key phrases like create model by script or code, you will find answers and discussions here at this site from the past. It is nothing new. There are some limits creating dynamically process flow logic sheets.

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MR commented · May 16 at 03:07 PM

Hi @Joerg Vogel,

I'm trying to understand the method of creating object you gave. But, I can't understand without a demonstration.
I have five kinds of process as below：

And, I'm still using the method from before. Five different processes can be created in the model and the Excel can be imported at the same time.

The first column means the type of process, the second column means the quantity of process in the first column I want to create.

Can Flexsim create the process and quantity of process I want, while importing Excel?

So, I just need to import Excel to Flexsim after modifing the data in Excel, then it can auto building the model. If Flexsim can do this, can you using a simple model to demonstrate it? Or is there any living example for me to reference?

Thanks.

auto.fsl auto.fsm time.xlsx

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Joerg Vogel MR commented · May 16 at 08:02 PM

@MR, I would try this in much smaller steps. And I would try to find answers describing this approach. Doing this on a large scale creates many errors one can make. And it is hard to correct them all.

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