Work Search Edit Table

Work searches are defined for dynamic resources through the Work Search edit table shown below. If several resources share the same path network, each resource must have its own work search defined (i.e., resources cannot share work searches).

The fields of the Work Search edit table are defined as follows:

Node The node for which the work search is defined.

Type Exclusive or non-exclusive work search. See Resource Search Routines for an explanation of exclusive and non-exclusive work searches.

Location List A list of locations to be searched for waiting entities when the resource becomes available.

In the edit table above, work searches have been defined at each location where the forklift delivers entities. The purpose of the work search in this example is to force the forklifts to give priority to entities waiting to be delivered to processing locations before taking an entity to a non-processing location. This helps to keep the processing locations busy at all times.