Getting Started

4 • THE ADVANCED PROCESS PANEL
Prompt
Attribute Name
Expression
Quantity
Release Rule
Set Index
Description
Name of the attribute that specifies the resource name to be
released.
Name of the expression that specifies the name of the resource to
be released.
Number of resources of a given name or from a given set that
will be released. For sets, this value specifies only the number of
a selected resource that will be released (based on the resource’s
capacity), not the number of members to be released within the
set.
Method of determining which resource within a set to release.
Last Member Seized and First Member Seized will release the
last/first member from within the set that was seized. Specific
member indicates that a member number or attribute (with a
member number value) will be used to specify the member to
release.
Member index of the resource set that the entity will release.
Remove module
DESCRIPTION
The Remove module removes a single entity from a specified position in a queue and
sends it to a designated module.
When an entity arrives at a Remove module, it removes the entity from the specified
queue and sends it to the connected module. The rank of the entity signifies the
location of the entity within the queue. The entity that caused the removal proceeds to
the next module specified and is processed before the removed entity.
TYPICAL USES
• Removing an order from a queue that is due to be completed next
• Calling a patient from a waiting room for an examination
• Retrieving the next order to be processed from a pile of documents
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