This functionality is available in iGrafx Process and above.
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This functionality is available in iGrafx Process and above. |
Log Transactions gathers statistics on individual transactions that pass through the process. Time-dependent statistics, like cycle times and queue lengths, can help you analyze how individual transactions vary from the averages that the Report shows.
On the Model menu, point to Run and choose Log Transactions.
Read the first page of the Log Transactions wizard, which gives you an overview of the settings you will use. Click Next.
Choose where you want to log data. You may use a text file or tabular results in iGrafx, and if you have a statistical application installed (e.g. Minitab or JMP), you may log to those applications. If you choose a text file, and you have Microsoft Excel® installed, you may opt to have Excel open the file. Once you’ve made your choices, click Next.
Select the data to output for each transaction. You may log transaction statistics such as Cycle Time or Cost, information about the transaction such as its unique ID, and attribute information. Once you have selected the data to log, click Next.
Set the order of the data output, the name to output, and any unit conversion necessary. For example, if you are logging Cycle Time, you may wish to set the time units to minutes instead of the default of seconds. When you’ve made your choices, click Next.
Choose when data is logged. Unless you are discarding transactions, or want to log data at customized points, choose to log data when the transaction completes. Once you’ve made your choice, click Next.
If you clicked Customize at the previous step: Choose when the data should be logged. Click Next.
Choose whether you want to save your settings to log transactions or not, and if you want to run a simulation with the log at this time. Click Finish.
If you chose to run simulation, vs. simply saving the log transactions setup, the data from the simulation run will be logged to where you specified. You may now analyze the data you logged.
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