Arrival Dialog

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Arrival Dialog

The Arrival dialog defines how entities enter the system at an activity. An arrival is defined by connecting an entity to an activity and using the Arrival dialog to specify the arrival. If no arrivals are defined in the process when the simulation starts, arrivals will automatically be created at activities with no incoming connection. However, as long as at least one arrival connection is defined, then other activities without arrivals defined will not have arrivals automatically created. The appearance of the Arrival dialog will vary depending on the type of arrival, but all Arrival dialogs have the following common options:

Type Select the type of arrival:

Periodic Arrivals occur at a specified time interval. This is the default arrival type.
Continuous An arrival occurs whenever the activity has available capacity.
Scheduled Arrivals occur at specified dates and times.
Ordered Arrivals only occur when an order is received for the entity triggered by a Storage activity.
Pattern Arrivals occur based upon a defined pattern and are randomly distributed within each pattern time segment.

Logic Opens the Logic Builder, which is used for defining any logic to be executed at time of arrival.
Calendar A calendar can be selected which will restrict the entities from arriving during the time off defined in the calendar. Calendars can only be selected for Periodic, Scheduled, and Pattern arrival types. The following dialog appears when the Calendar button is selected.

Calendar Selection This dialog displays the calendar options for a particular arrival. Designate what calendar, if any, to assign to the schedule for an arrival in this dialog.

None No calendar will be assigned to the arrival and the schedule will default to the one established in the Periodic, Scheduled or Pattern arrival screens.

Use the calendar specified at the arrival destination activity Selecting this option means that the arrival will follow the calendar assigned to the destination of the activity’s next arrival.

Select a calendar unique to this arrival By selecting this option, browse for either a previously saved Calendar file or launch the Calendar editor and create a new Calendar file, specific to the arrival type selected.

Browse Search your machine and load a saved Calendar file.

Editor Launches the Calendar Editor where calendars can be created, selected or modified.

Input to Submodel This option is used in a submodel, and specifies that the arrival is an input of an entity from the parent model.

Based on what type of arrival you select the details will vary.