Monday, January 19, 2009

How to create additional simulation profiles

 
 
Quickstart tutorial 4-How to create additional simulation profiles
 

Introduction

You can create additional simulation profiles within the same simulation snapshot. These additional simulation profiles will inherit any snapshot settings that you have updated, enabling you to simulate a process using different inputs without having to overwrite previous scenarios.
 
When you created the original simulation snapshot for the Loan Application (To Be) process, it included a simulation profile that inherited the default values that you defined in the Preferences window (by clicking Windows > Preferences). Now that you have modified those preferences in your simulation snapshot, any new simulation profile will inherit those new settings. (For more information, see Simulation profiles in the help documentation.)

How to create additional simulation profiles

To create additional simulation profile for the Loan Application (To Be) process, complete the following steps:
 
Step 1
  1. In the Project Tree, right-click the Loan Application (To Be) Simulation snapshot and click New > Profile. 
  2. The new simulation profile appears in the Project Tree, and includes a timestamp indicating when it was created.

 

 

New Simulation profile

 

 

 

Step 2

 
  1. The simulation diagram opens in the Simulation editor.
  2. In the Attributes View, click the Inputs tab. Note that the Input, in this case the Application business item, is listed in the Token creation settings table. Tip: Remember that you can maximize a view or editor by double-clicking on the view's title bar or the editor's tab. Double-click again to restore it to its previous size.
  3. In the table, click the Input row. The token creation settings for the Input are displayed. Note that the Time between bundles field displays 20 minutes. This is the setting that you updated in the last exercise. The new simulation profile has inherited the update, as shown in the following image on the right:
     
You have created a new simulation profile that has inherited both the original preferences and the snapshot settings that you have updated. The ability to create new simulation profiles means you can create and run any number of simulation scenarios without overwriting previous simulations. Multiple simulation profiles can make it easier for you to compare similar scenarios, or model completely different scenarios, without losing your earlier settings.
 

Now you can edit the process and task settings, and run the simulation, without changing any preferences that you may have set for other profiles.

 

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