IncResCost

Cost Related Statement

Syntax samples

INCRESCOST <cost expression> {,<resource>}

INCRESCOST 10

INCRESCOST GETRESRATE(Operator1)*20, Operator1

Description

Enables you to increment the cost (positively or negatively) of a resource currently owned by the entity executing the statement. Use this function to add to the resource’s actual, accumulated dollar amount. When used without the optional <resource> parameter, this statement increments the cost rate of the entity’s most recently captured, owned resource.

If an entity owns multiple units of a resource, the cost distributes evenly to each unit.

Valid In

Operation and move logic.

Components

<cost expression>

The positive or negative change to the value of cost.

<resource>

A resource currently owned by the entity executing the statement. When used without the parameter, this statement increments the cost rate of the entity’s most recently captured, owned resource.

Example

A clerk normally works an 8-hour shift. However, if the clerk does not finish entering all the orders in his Input_Queue at the end of the day, he must stay and finish them. Since the clerk is paid time-and-a-half for any overtime, you must increment the cost of the resource by an additional half of the normal rate to get the overtime rate. To do this, set a variable equal to 1 in the pre-off-shift logic for the resource, indicating the resource should go off-shift. If the variable is equal to 1, increment the cost of a resource by half the original rate.

Process Table

Routing Table

See Also

GETCOST(), GETRESRATE(), INCENTCOST, INCLOCCOST, INCRESCOST, and SETRATE.