Options for the simulation time period

Absolute

You can define specific points in time for the start and end of the simulation.

Relative

You can set a simulation duration to specify how long the simulation will run after you started it. If specific times are needed for functions/activities of the simulation, for example, for the shift calendar, the actual date on which the simulation was started is used as the start date.

Example

To simulate a period of 7 days, enter (0007:00:00:00). Point in time 0 occurs when you start the simulation run. The simulation ends when 7 days have elapsed, or when you manually stop the simulation.

Exit simulation when all processes are complete

If you do not want to specify a fixed period, but instead want the simulation to end when all the processes to be started have been completely processed, enable the Exit simulation when all processes are complete option. This is very useful if a process instantiation plan generates process instances in small numbers or at long intervals, so that all processes are completed by a given point in time.

See also

Define the simulation time period