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    <title>Simulation</title>
    <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/list.php?9</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Discussions about the Simulation feature]]></description>
    <language>EN</language>
    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:05:23 +0200</pubDate>
    <lastBuildDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:05:23 +0200</lastBuildDate>
    <category>Simulation</category>
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    <item>
      <title>Ressource assigning doesn't work</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,708,708#msg-708</link>
      <author>SSahin</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hello Support Team,

Problem: If I want to assign a resource to a task or Sub-Process, 
this function doesn't work. Would you please tell me, how can i solve 
this problem?

The picture are attached.

Thanks in advance. 

BR]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,708,708#msg-708</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:05:23 +0200</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Re: loop</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,579,582#msg-582</link>
      <author>eliemo</author>
      <description><![CDATA[thanx you very much]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,579,582#msg-582</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:51:10 +0200</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Re: loop</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,579,580#msg-580</link>
      <author>Support/Info</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hi there,

In the current release, the simulation will unfortunately ignore the loop attribute and will execute the activity just once. This has been fixed in the new PM SR5 release (to be released in a few days). The simulation will step through the activity as many times as indicated by the attribute LoopMaximum.

In programming terms, the standard loop corresponds to a 'while' or 'do until' loop, whereas the multi-instance loop behaves like a 'foreach' loop.]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,579,580#msg-580</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:35:25 +0200</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>loop</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,579,579#msg-579</link>
      <author>eliemo</author>
      <description><![CDATA[how can i use the loop??? what are the differneces between the two loops kinds]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,579,579#msg-579</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:42:07 +0200</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>change probability</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,578,578#msg-578</link>
      <author>eliemo</author>
      <description><![CDATA[how do i can change the probability if i have for example a task that repeats.
for example i have on a gateway a probabilty of 50 % but if the instnce is false it will begin the process again but at this time the probability will change how i can enter this?]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,578,578#msg-578</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:39:01 +0200</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Change color of token</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,558,558#msg-558</link>
      <author>JoseCarlosCosta</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Is difficult to see the token in trace mode (it has a pale color - dimmed). Can i change the color or intensity of token? If yes, where?]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,558,558#msg-558</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:29:36 +0100</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Error when starting simulation</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,534,534#msg-534</link>
      <author>stijn.schrijvers</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I'm currently evaluating the process modeler, but when I want to start a simulation I get the error below. Any ideas?

See the end of this message for details on invoking 
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at ITPcommerce.ProcessModeler.Core.ObjectModel.FlowObject.BPMNFlowObject.GetPerformerByScenario(SimulationScenario scenario)
   at ITPcommerce.ProcessModeler.Core.Simulation.Validator.DeepValidator.GetAllUsedPerformers(BPMNDiagram bpmnDiagram, SimulationScenario scenario)
   at ITPcommerce.ProcessModeler.Core.Simulation.Validator.DeepValidator.Validate(BPMNDiagram diagram)
   at ITPcommerce.ProcessModeler.Core.ObjectModel.BPMNDiagram.Validate(IValidator validator)
   at ITPcommerce.ProcessModeler.Addin.Validation.StepValidator.Next()
   at ITPcommerce.ProcessModeler.Addin.Validation.ValidatorRegistry.Validate(ICollection validatables, ValidationGroup validationGroups, ValidationType validationTypes, Boolean showProgress)
   at ITPcommerce.ProcessModeler.Addin.Simulation.SimulationForm.Validate(SimulationProcess simulationProcess)
   at ITPcommerce.ProcessModeler.Addin.Simulation.SimulationForm.buttonAnalysisStart_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message&amp; m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message&amp; m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message&amp; m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message&amp; m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message&amp; m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message&amp; m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


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ITPcommerce.ProcessModeler.VisioConnect
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ITPcommerce.ProcessModeler.BPMNSpecification
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NHibernate
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************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:


    


When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,534,534#msg-534</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:02:28 +0200</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>External Input</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,523,523#msg-523</link>
      <author>mariomor</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Version 5 help file says:
&quot;Input
The KPI values that are used to analyse the process are by default taken from the elements of the process that is being simulated. This default behavior can be overridden by checking the Use external input option on the Controller tab. This will enable the Input tab where the external data source can be defined.

Possible data sources are

Microsoft Excel
Choose the file (*.xls, *.xlsx) and enter the name of the Worksheet. 
Microsoft Access
Choose the file (*.mdb, *.accdb) and a table. 
Database
Configure the connection (either MSSQL, Oracle or MySQL) and choose a table. &quot;

Question: What is the format(excell, access and SQL) expected, so it can be used as input for simulation? Can you advice?

Regards,
Mario.]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,523,523#msg-523</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:01:21 +0100</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Re: Counter and Loop during Simulation</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,514,518#msg-518</link>
      <author>Support/Info</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hi Mario,

Unfortunately, right now, expressions are not evaluated during simulation. Process Modeler 6 will introduce 'instance properties', which allows to evaluate expressions and variables.

Regards,
itp commerce Support]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,514,518#msg-518</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:10:18 +0100</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Counter and Loop during Simulation</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,514,514#msg-514</link>
      <author>mariomor</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hi,

My process has a set of tasks that will run until condition N = 10 is true. 
At process designer I designed a GoTo style loop, and I defined one pool attribute for N. Can you advice how can I increment N = N + 1 during Process Simulation, so when it reachs 10, it goes out from the loop?

I tried to set ExpressionBody like N = N + 1, but I'm not sure about this, and at Simulation Trace I cannot find any way to evaluate the value of N.

Regards,
Mario.]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:29:29 +0100</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Re: Simulation with Exclusive Event will not Create Excel</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,493,510#msg-510</link>
      <author>AJD</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I was faced with similar confusion regarding the Event-based Gateway. In my case, I replaced the gateway with a 'Receive task&quot; and added conditional flows (in this case would be a conditional flow each for e-mail, fax etc). I also added a timer intermediate event for the case that nothing was received in a specific period, but you may not want this.

By adding the conditional flows, you can account for the type of input as well as specify probabilities of each flow, depending on how your simulation is set up!

I am still learning the simulation configuration side, so I can't provide any real detail.

Cheers,

Alan]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,493,510#msg-510</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:12:30 +0100</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Re: Simulation with Exclusive Event will not Create Excel</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,493,501#msg-501</link>
      <author>b.bookout</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I did what you recommended to simulate with probabilities and it does work.  However, it does not represent the proper notation for the real process I have.  You are correct that in the real world of executable processes for the exclusive event gateway the chosen outgoing sequence flow will be driven by the first event to occur.  But in the simulation world you want to see the impact of variation of the possible events on the process cycle times and costs.

I am glad you are willing to research it further.  I think I am able to produce the results I need from your recommendation.  Hopefully you will consider enabling this in an upcoming release.  Thanks again for you help.]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,493,501#msg-501</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:26:22 +0100</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Re: Simulation with Exclusive Event will not Create Excel</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,493,500#msg-500</link>
      <author>Support/Info</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Brent,

We now understand the problem. That's true, if you use an event based gateway, you cannot set the probabilities for each gate, cause as the event based gateway implies, the gate to be chosen is driven by the first occurance of one of the intermediate events! So you probably using the wrong gateway type.

To simulate your scenario, simply exchange the event based gateway with an exclusive gateway, then set the probabilities and set the correct KPI wait time and TimeCycle (now you do not need to randomize the duration).

We will investigate that further...

Thanks and Regards,
itp commerce Support]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:01:40 +0100</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Re: Simulation with Exclusive Event will not Create Excel</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,493,499#msg-499</link>
      <author>b.bookout</author>
      <description><![CDATA[In my process I have a bootstrap start (represented by an exclusive event gateway) with three possible messages starting three different variations to the process: mail, fax and internal.  I need to know that if I reduce or eliminate the &quot;mail&quot; message event Probability what the impact on the process cycle time and cost will be.  The problem with &quot;randomization' of the three possible message events is that I can't explicity select 0% or 5% probability for the &quot;mail&quot; message event.  I can do this for an exclusive data gateway but I cannot do it for an exclusive event gateway.  Am I missing something?

Thanks again for your prompt response.]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,493,499#msg-499</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:33:31 +0100</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Re: Simulation with Exclusive Event will not Create Excel</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,493,498#msg-498</link>
      <author>Support/Info</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Brent,

Could you probably explain, what you mean by 'it does mean that I have less control of the simulation of downstream sequence flows'? What's is exactly your goal? Probably there is a better way...

And you a right, the user should not be able to change the probability of a sequence flow in normal flow, that doesn't make much sense.

Regards,
itp commerce Support]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,493,498#msg-498</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:20:31 +0100</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Re: Simulation with Exclusive Event will not Create Excel</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,493,497#msg-497</link>
      <author>b.bookout</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I was able to make the changes that you recommended and the process did simulate with all paths executing.  It did execute the exclusive event gateways randomly as you indicated.  However, it does mean that I have less control of the simulation of downstream sequence flows making it less predictable and more difficult to analyze alternative processing paths.

If I might be so bold, I do think that your software should allow the user to explicitly state the percentage probabilities of the outgoing sequence flows of exclusive event gateways as you can with exclusive data gateways.

Thank you for your timely and helpful response.]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,493,497#msg-497</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:06:10 +0100</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Re: Customizing report simulation</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,486,496#msg-496</link>
      <author>Support/Info</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hi there,

Right now, you cannot really customize the output of the simulation. The existing sheets cannot be changed, but you can simply add new sheets which refers to the existing ones to get a customized result!

Regards,
itp commerce Support]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,486,496#msg-496</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:20:34 +0100</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Re: Simulation with Exclusive Event will not Create Excel</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,493,495#msg-495</link>
      <author>Support/Info</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hi Brent,

If you enable the simulation validation, you would see that the probability in normal flow should always be 100%, otherwise it can happen, that a process instance will never finish!

To 'randomize' for example the start of the message event, you have to set the KPI wait time to any value and you have to use standard deviation. Do the same for the TimeCycle attribute.

The format for TimeCycle and KPI wait time is the following: hh:mm:ss.millis. For example you entered 14:00:00.000 in the TimeCycle attribute, that means, it always waits 14 hours, until this event occurs and in the meantime. For the message intermediate event, it occurs always immediately, since the KPI wait time is set to 00:00:00.

Hope this explanation helps.

Regards,
itp commerce Support]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,493,495#msg-495</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:18:58 +0100</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Simulation with Exclusive Event will not Create Excel</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,493,493#msg-493</link>
      <author>b.bookout</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I have a process with an exclusive event gateway.  There are two gates, one with a catching message and the other with a timer.  I have added simulation data and I do not get any validation errors.

Unfortunately, I cannot simulate the process. If I assign a probability to the message and timer events, it will run forever and never create the results in Excel.  If I remove the probabilities, simulation will end but the Excel results indicate that the message route will always be taken.  I can never generate a simulation that has instances going through the timer route.  I have attached the process.]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,493,493#msg-493</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:38:05 +0100</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Re: Simulation parameters for subprocesses</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,385,487#msg-487</link>
      <author>ptechnologies sl</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I'm trying to simulate a process with 5 subprocess, and once I have recorded all the information for the simulation, choose the main pool to simulate with me all subprocess and I do not generate any results .The reports I generated on each subprocess and not on the overall process, I've been watching the simulation exercises and whether it can generate, I've compared and has the same attributes, there a special option for me that simulates all subprocess and Not 1 for 1 
Thank you.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:10:56 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Customizing report simulation</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,486,486#msg-486</link>
      <author>ptechnologies sl</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Good morning, I want to know whether the report of the simulation can be customized in some way or if you can only choose the next default and make adjustments on this. 
Thank you]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:32:26 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>What's the advantage of the simulation feature?</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,434,434#msg-434</link>
      <author>adnen</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hi,

I’m wondering what would be the real advantage of the simulation’s feature. I have been searching for example to convince me about the benefit of using the simulation feature but I didn’t find anything that would encourage me to use the software (process modeller 5) to enhance process performance by using simulation feature.

All I found on the internet was simple example that could be improved without the need to be simulating. Moreover, I found an article written by Bruce Silver, who gives BPMN training using process Modeler 4, where he said that simulation feature provided by BPMN software is a fake!. 

I need to know if the simulation feature of process modeller 5 could really help me to enhance performance and how. If somebody has used it successfully, I’ll be glad to know about his experience.   

Thanks]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,434,434#msg-434</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:28:26 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Simulation parameters for subprocesses</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,385,385#msg-385</link>
      <author>ucorda</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hi,

I am trying to understand how the simulation settings for a collapsed subprocess (e.g. resources, KPIs) relate to the ones for the same expanded subprocess.

I thought that, if I set particular values in the expanded subprocess, those values would show as a summary in the collapsed subprocess. But it looks like the two are independent.

For example, if I set user1 as a resource for a task in the expanded subprocess, that resource is not automatically reflected in the collapsed subprocess.

Another example. If I set various KPI durations in the tasks of the expanded subprocess, the collapsed subprocess does not show the total of those durations.

At this point, I am not even sure which simulation settings are being used: the ones in the expanded subprocess or the ones in the collapsed one?

Thank you,
Ugo]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:20:03 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Error in Excel simulation report</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,381,381#msg-381</link>
      <author>danielmagic</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hello,
Problem:
Histogram (both Cycle Time and Total Cost) are representing just peaks with values of -1 and 1 only.

Possible reason:
Formulas for calculating values for histogram representations are not included as array formula (CRTL+SHIFT+ENTER) as in previous version of PM. 

Is PM 5 still in beta version?

Daniel Gruia]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,381,381#msg-381</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:29:54 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: [ Error - Simulation ] Could you show me?</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,349,350#msg-350</link>
      <author>Support/Info</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hi KeeHyun,

Thanks for your feedback.

There seems to be a bug with groups in simulation. This bug has been confirmed and will be fixed for the next service release.

Sorry for the inconvenience..

Regards,
itp commerce

]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:16:32 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>[ Error - Simulation ] Could you show me?</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,349,349#msg-349</link>
      <author>kydol37</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hello !.
I am KeeHyun in Korea.
I am usine the Process Modeler 4 of version 6428 that is evolution version

I saw the error message like the picture of attachment.
When I simulate a process after I assign the resource, It occurred the error.

I just assign a group included two resource for a task.

Could you tell me this error and send me e-mail of your answer?

]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,349,349#msg-349</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:58:53 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Analyse Model in 2.2</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,256,257#msg-257</link>
      <author>fischli</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Kevin,
You have to change to from user view to &quot;expert view&quot; on the Attribute Explorer. To change between User and Expert View use the small &quot;Head&quot; button on the upper right corner of the Attribute Explorer window.

You will find the both attributes in the System Defined Attribute (SDA) area (cost and duration). Double click on the attribute name will open the attribute editor for this build-in KPIs.

You would be able to define every User Defined Attribute (UDA) as KPI. You  just have to change its type to &quot;Number&quot; and open it.

Further you will be able to add an attribute to the User View. Use context menu on the attribute name and choose &quot;Mark User View&quot;. So you will see this attributes also in User View.

Stephan.

]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,256,257#msg-257</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2006 22:47:55 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Analyse Model in 2.2</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,256,256#msg-256</link>
      <author>kevin</author>
      <description><![CDATA[How do I set values for Cost and Duration.  I have an evaluation version of 2.2 and I don't see how I can get at these attributes.

]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,256,256#msg-256</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2006 22:32:30 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Business Process Simulation</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,10,12#msg-12</link>
      <author>sturm</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Please refer to ITpearls Process Modeler vs. Popkin System Architect.]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,10,12#msg-12</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2004 11:56:28 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Business Process Simulation</title>
      <link>http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,10,10#msg-10</link>
      <author>Mario</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hi,

Is it possible to do the business process simulation using the BPMN Model generated by Process Modeler (IT Pearls)?

Thanks

Mario]]></description>
      <category>Simulation</category>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.itp-commerce.com/services/forum/read.php?9,10,10#msg-10</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2004 05:46:39 +0200</pubDate>
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