Results dashboards
A finished run gives you a lot of numbers. This page shows you where to look first, and which tab answers which client question.
Find your results
Open What-if Analysis and choose the Results tab, or choose Results on a finished scenario. Results unlocks when one scenario has finished. Each scenario has these tabs:
| Tab | The question it answers |
|---|---|
| Overview | What happened in this run, and what should I try next? |
| Diagram | Where on my process is the work piling up? |
| Flow Analytics | Is the process keeping up, and what's limiting it? |
| Dashboard | Can I see this specific number, chart or comparison? |
| Animation | Can I watch it happen? |
A good habit is to read Overview first, then Flow Analytics, then use Dashboard for the chart that proves your point to the client.
Before you read any number
- Most numbers are averages across replications. A replication is one independent run of the model. A mean column is an average across runs, not across entities. An entity is whatever flows through your process, such as a patient, a call or a part.
- Some charts show one replication. A trace shows one example run, and the card says so. Use it to see how the run behaved, not to quote a result.
- Statistics start after the warm-up. See Warm-up.
- Use Show time in. This control sets the time unit that results are shown in, so minutes can read as hours. It isn't offered when the model uses calendar dates.
Overview
Overview tells the story of the run in plain sentences. From the top:
- Verdict. Whether the process kept up, and how many replications agree.
- Key figures. Throughput, Time in system, Avg WIP and Total cost. On a scenario, each figure shows its percentage change from the Baseline, in green or red by whether the change is better or worse.
- Where's the constraint? A ranked list of activities, worst first. Flow Analytics has the full table.
- What to try next. Links such as Study Nurse capacity, which opens a pre-filled study, and View tradeoff for all your scenarios.
If Total cost reads No cost rates set, you haven't set any costs yet. See Costing.
Diagram
Diagram draws your results on your own process map. It's often the best view to show a client, because they already know the picture. Each shape shows the average across replications unless its caption names another statistic. Hover over a number for its full name. The legend names what each side of a shape shows and what the fill color means.
The buttons along the top change what the shapes show:
| View | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Flow | Completions and cycle time; arrivals; traversals |
| Paths | Where entities travel: busier connectors are thicker; no numbers |
| Capacity | Utilization of activities and resources |
| Queues | Where entities wait: peak and average |
| Arrivals | What came in and what went out |
| Cost | Where the money went |
| Custom | The numbers and colors you pick for yourself |
Dashboard
Dashboard is your workbench. It opens with a Key figures table, and you add cards for what you need. Boards are kept per scenario, and tabs let you group the cards.
Add a card
Choose + Add a card, then pick from the gallery. Cards are grouped as Activities, Entities, Resources, Connectors, Generators, States, Activity × Entity, Generator × Entity, Scenarios and Blank. Good first picks:
| Client question | Card |
|---|---|
| Which step is the bottleneck? | Activities: Inbound Q Max |
| Where does a patient's time actually go? | Entities: Where Entities Spend Time |
| How busy are my people? | Resources: Utilization |
| Why did this queue grow? | Activities: Queue & contents trace |
| Did the backlog ever clear? | Activities or Scenarios: Arrivals vs completions |
| What did each option cost? | Scenarios: Total Cost |
Where Entities Spend Time splits time in system into moving, waiting, operation and blocked. The largest share names the kind of fix the process needs. If most of it is operation, you're looking at a different project than if most of it is waiting.
Build your own card
Choose Build a card…. The builder asks what kind of chart you want, which part of the model, which measures, and which runs to use. It only offers measures the chart can draw, and it says why when one isn't available.
| Chart | Good for |
|---|---|
| Bar chart | Which step is busiest? How do my resources compare? |
| Time series | Did work pile up over the run? When was the step busiest? |
| Histogram | How much does this vary from run to run? |
| Scatter | Does one measure move with another? |
To reuse a card on other models, save it from its header. It then appears under My saved cards.
Compare scenarios
Use the Comparing bar to put up to five scenarios on the board at once. A scenario from an older run may show stale — re-run required. Re-run it to bring it back.
Get the raw numbers
The Data table card, in the Blank group, lets you browse the numbers. For your own analysis, use Download results on a finished scenario.