How to update snapshot settings for simulations

 

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Quickstart tutorial 4-How to update snapshot settings for simulations

 

1. Introduction
2. How to update snapshot settings for simulations
3. Related links

Introduction

Simulation snapshot settings are contained in the provide default values for any new simulation profiles that you create within an existing simulation snapshot.

If you want to change the values for the simulation that you are running, you can change the simulation preferences and create a new simulation profile inside an existing snapshot. You do not have to change the simulation preferences. For example, in the Loan Application (To Be) simulation you ran in the previous exercise, the default time interval between tokens was 1 minute. The length of the time interval did not matter because you only sent a single token through the simulation. However, at Quickstart Finance, you receive an average of 3 loan applications per hour. To reflect this rate of application arrival in your simulations, you need change the interval so that one token, representing one application, arrives at the start of the process every 20 minutes.

How to update snapshot settings for simulations

To modify your snapshot settings, complete the following steps:

 

Step 1

In the Project Tree, expand the simulation snapshot folder that you created earlier in this module for the Loan Application (To Be) process, and double-click the Loan Application (To Be) Simulation Snapshot Settings entry. The Simulation Snapshot Settings editor opens.

 

 

Step 2

1. In the Simulation Snapshot Settings editor's navigation tree, click Token Creation. The token creation settings open in the editor.
2. In the Time between bundles field, click Edit. Note that a bundle is a collection of tokens. In this tutorial, each bundle contains only 1 token, a single loan application.
3. In the Minutes field, type 20 to specify that you want 20 minutes to elapse between the creation of each bundle.
4. Click OK. Your Simulation Snapshot Setting editor should now look like the one in the following image:

 

 

Step 3

1. In the editor's navigation tree, click Tasks. The task settings open.
2. Click the Cost and revenue tab. Note that the value in the Cost incurred every time a task runs field is 1.5. This is the value that you entered as a preference in an earlier exercise. The new simulation snapshot has taken the value from the snapshot settings.
3. Click File > Save to save your simulation snapshot settings.

 

Now that you have updated the settings for your simulation snapshot, you will need to create another simulation profile. The new simulation profile will inherit the settings that you have just modified.

 

 

 

Creating additional simulation profiles
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.

 

Related links

Updating snapshot settings for simulations

Parent topic: Updating simulation settings
Next topic: Updating process settings for simulations

Related concepts
Process simulations

Related tasks
Setting local simulation preferences