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Syntax samples
FREEUNITS(<location> or <resource>)
USE (FREEUNITS(Res1)) Res1 FOR 5 min
Returns the free units of a location or resource.
Any logic and any field except those fields evaluated only at translation time. For a list of fields evaluated only at translation time, see the Appendix A.
Components
<location>
The name of the location to examine.
<resource>
The name of the resource to examine.
Example
This example uses FREEUNITS() to assign a team of Specialists to rework a problem. The size of the team, stored in the local variable T_Size, is determined by all the free Specialist units. Team_Time is a table function that varies the amount of time it takes to solve a problem (the amount of time in the USE statement) based on the number of units on the team.
Process Table
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Operation (min) |
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Problem |
Rework |
INT T_Size = FREUNITS(Specialist) IF T_Size = 0 THEN T_Size = 1 USE T_Size Specialist FOR Team_Time(T_Size) Hr |
Routing Table
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Rule |
Move Logic |
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UNITS(), RES(), and LOC().