Loads are used to model the capacity consumption of an operation.
Fields
Field | Type | Description |
operation | operation | Operation loading the resource. This is a required field. |
resource | resource | Resource being loaded. This is a required field. |
skill | skill | Skill required of the resource. This field is optional. |
quantity | double | Load factor of the resource. The default value is 1.0. |
effective_start | dateTime | Date after which the resource load is valid. Before this date the planned quantity is always 0. |
effective_end | dateTime | Date at which the resource load becomes invalid. After this date (and also at the exact date) the planned quantity is always 0. |
priority | integer | Priority of the load, used in case of alternate load. The default is 1. Lower numbers indicate more preferred loads. |
name | non-empty string | Optional name of the load. A name is only useful when using alternate loads. Otherwise leave it empty to save some memory. |
alternate | non-empty string or load |
Name of the load of which this is an alternate. When using the Python API the argument can be a load or a string. When using the XML data format the argument is a string. |
setup | non-empty string | Name of the required setup on the resource. |
search | string | Defines the order of preference among the alternate loads. The valid choices are:
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action | A C AC (default) R |
Type of action to be executed:
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Example XML structures
- Defining a load
<plan> <loads> <load> <resource name="machine A"/> <operation name="operation B"/> </load> </loads> </plan>
- Defining a load nested in an operation structure.
Resources A AND B are used by the operation.
<plan> <operations> <operation name="operation B"> <loads> <load> <resource name="machine A"/> <usage>1</usage> </load> <load> <resource name="machine B"/> <usage>1</usage> </load> </loads> </operation> </operations> </plan>
- Defining a load nested in an operation structure.
Resource A OR B is used by the operation.
<plan> <operations> <operation name="operation B"> <loads> <load> <resource name="machine A"/> <usage>1</usage> <priority>0</priority> <name>alt</name> </load> <load> <resource name="machine B"/> <usage>1</usage> <priority>1</priority> <alternate>alt</alternate> </load> </loads> </operation> </operations> </plan>
- Defining a load nested in a resource structure
<plan> <resources> <resource name="machine A"> <loads> <load> <operation name="operation B"/> <usage>2</usage> </load> <load> <operation name="operation C"/> <usage>1</usage> </load> </loads> </resource> </resources> </plan>
- Deleting a load
<plan> <loads> <load action="R"> <resource name="machine A"/> <operation name="operation B"/> </load> </loads> </plan>