Message Flows

Optional Simulation Properties

Data

In this Text-Box you can add attributes, which shall be transported along with the message.

• E. g. you define the variable x in activity a in pool 1, that shall be passed to an activity b in pool 2, because it will be the data basis for a gateway decision after activity b.
• To accomplish this, you simply write the name of variable (in this case: x) into the Data-Text-Box and it's done!
• If you would like to pass more than one variable or attribute, you can do this by separating them with a semicolon (e. g. "x; y;")
• See Model 4b - Transporting Process Variables via Messages from the Simulation Tutorial for an example.

Note that you can assign new names to the attributes you want to be transferred to another pool.

• The keyword to do this is "AS".
• E. g. you want the attributes "revenue" and "profit" to be transferred from your food division to your enterprise's headquarters.
• Then you simply enter the following: "revenue AS revenueFood; profit AS profitFood"
• Of course you can mix "to be renamed" and "not to be renamed" attributes.
• Model 3e - Data Stores from the Simulation Tutorial uses the keyword AS to rename transferred data between pools for example.

Transport Delay

Here you can add a transport delay by selecting an appropriate stochastic distribution.

E. g. sending a document to your supplier, which will be delivered by a courier in approximately one hour.