Setting Delay Point parameters

The settings for a Delay Point are quite complicated, so this section contains three procedures for setting Delay Point, Entity Waiting and Focal Distribution parameters respectively. It assumes that you have drawn and placed a Delay Point and that the ‘Edit Delay Point’ dialog box is displayed.

To set Delay Point parameters:

Enter a name for the Delay Point in the 'Name' box (or leave it as it is if you are happy with the existing name).
Enter a figure in the Capacity box. This defines the maximum number of waiting Entities that the Delay Point can hold at any one time. Think of this as ‘service capacity’ rather than physical capacity.
Choose a Delay Profile for the default Entity Type (‘All Other Entity Types’) by double-clicking in the ‘Delay Profile’ column and selecting a profile from the list.
To add an extra Entity Type/Delay Profile combination, click the New button to add a new row to the ‘Delay profiles’ portion of the dialog.
Double-click in the ‘Entity Type’ column and select a type from the drop-down list.
Double-click in the adjacent ‘Delay Profile’ column and select a profile from the drop-down list.
Repeat steps 4 to 6 for any new combinations of Entity Type and Delay Profiles you would like to add.

See the next procedure.

Note: For more information, see Delay Profiles . You must have already created a Delay Profile if you want to associate a Delay Point with it.