Viewing Simulation Charts

You can view the simulation statistics in graphical form output as charts.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
Defining and Visualizing Simulation Scenarios
Production System Simulation Options Panel

View System Utilization and Product Inventory Charts

You can visualize the system utilization and product inventory charts along with the dynamic updates during simulation.

  1. Select Display Systems Utilization and Display Products Inventory check box in the Monitoring Options tab of Production System Simulation Options panel.
    The Systems Utilization and Products Inventory tab appears in the System Performance Monitor dialog box.
  2. Select a system and click Play to simulate.
    The System Performance Monitor dialog box appears.

    You can click System Performance Monitor after or during simulation.

  3. Click System Utilization tab in System Performance Monitor dialog box.


    Note: System utilization is available only for General, Transfer, and Buffer systems. This data is represented using vertical bar chart, with unique color for each system.

  4. Place the pointer over the system utilization bar chart.
    The name and utilization value (of the system) displays as a tool tip. Select any bar on the bar chart, the (selected) system highlights in the Live System Editor.

  5. Click Product Inventory tab.
    The System Performance Monitor dialog box appears with Overall Inventory tab and System Specific Inventory tab.

    The tab displays the products that are in use during simulation. For more information on Product Inventory tab, see Product Inventory State and Statistics

  6. Click to view the HTML report.


View System Specific Charts

You can view the system specific charts with dynamic updates. You can position the system specific charts with different views at different locations on the screen. When the simulation is restarted, then all the opened system specific charts automatically opens in the same view.

  1. Select Display Charts of selected system and Cache chart options and positions check box in the Monitoring Options tab of the Production System Simulation Options panel.
  2. Select a system in System Editor.
    A dialog box appears with two tabs. Each tab contains two expandable buttons.



  3. Click Current State tab.

    The Product & Requests and Operations tab appears.

    • The Product & Requests chart shows the grouped bar chart for General, Transfer, and Buffer systems.
    • The operations appears as stacking vertical bar chart with each stack representing the operation time.
    • Operation time is calculated as Processing Time + Repair Time. Operation time appears as percentage values in stacked bar.

  4. Click Statistics tab.
    Two charts appear, with Products and with State Times .

    • The Products chart show the number of products on the resource in a vertical bar chart.
    • The State Times chart show a pie chart representing the state times of the resource.



    State time charts are not shown for source and sink systems. The grouped bar chart in the Product tab shows for General and Transfer systems. You can see a single grouped bar chart for Source, Buffer, and Sink systems.

    The following table shows the summary of charts available on all systems.

    SystemsCurrent State TabStatistics Tab
    Product & RequestsOperationsProductsState Times
    General SystemGrouped Bar Chart Progressive Bar Chart Grouped Bar Chart Pie Chart
    Transfer SystemGrouped Bar Chart None Grouped Bar Chart Pie Chart
    Buffer SystemGrouped Bar Chart None Grouped Bar Chart Pie Chart
    Source System Bar Chart None Grouped Bar ChartNone
    Sink System Bar Chart None Bar ChartNone
  5. Place pointer over the bar chart.
    The product name displays as tool tip. Select any bar on the bar chart, the product highlights in the System Editor.
    Note: For Buffer systems : The Statistics tab shows the average content of a product on the system, point the mouse to the bar in tool tip to see the types of input and output.
  6. Click to display HTML report.

View Saved and Generated Simulation Results

You can view the saved or generated results of simulation scenarios in the form of charts.

  1. Select a system in System Editor.
  2. Create a scenario and simulate by Simulate and Generate Results .
  3. Switch to System Editor and click Generate and View Results of Scenario in Edit Scenario sub-toolbar.
  4. Select an empty grid in System Editor.
    A Global Statistics Report appears with System , Product Inventory , and Operation tabs.

    If you click the empty grid in System Editor, the saved results (if any) of the selected scenario appears in the form of charts.

    Results are not re-generated if the simulation parameters are not modified.

    After modifying the scenario parameters, click Simulate and Generate Results to invalidate the old results and re-generate the new results.

    Note: Run selection option: are available for multi-run simulation.
  5. Click System tab.

    You can view the system utilization of General, Buffer, and Transfer systems in the simulation scenario. System utilization is a bar chart.

    1. Place pointer over the bar chart.

      The system name displays as a tool tip.

  6. Click Product Inventory tab.

    This tab gives an overview of the all products (entered, exited, and produced). This information appears with a vertical bar chart.

    1. Place pointer over the bar chart.

      The product name displays as tool tip. Select any bar on the bar chart to highlight(product) in the System Editor. In the image(Global Statistic Report), the highlighted or selected product is marked red.

  7. To view System Specific Charts:

    The steps describe how to view system specific charts for General systems. The same steps can be followed to view Transfer and Buffer systems.

    1. Click bar chart in General system Utilization tab.

      The General system highlights in the System Editor . The chart showing the State Times and Product Inventory appears.

    2. Click Product Inventory tab to get products graph as a vertical bar chart.


    3. Place pointer over the bar chart.
      The product name displays as tool tip and is highlighted in the System Editor .
    4. Click State Times tab to display the State Times of the system in pie chart.


    5. Place pointer over the pie chart.
      An information displays as a tool tip.
    6. Click to display the HTML report.
  8. Click Operations tab.

    This tab displays General Operations and Repair Operations. Both graphs are shown as vertical (stacking) bars.



  9. Place pointer over the bar chart.
    The operation name and time displays as tool tip. If you select any bar on the bar chart, the product highlights in the System Editor.
  10. Click to display the HTML report.