Planning Engine update actions

You can perform these update actions for a planning engine:
  • Import of resources, buckets, quantities, or variables
  • Update quantity or default property values on a Plansheet cell
  • Update these Planning Engine Detail:
    • Change Workflow
    • Optimization
    • Query
    • Variable
  • Selected Workflow commands

This table lists the workflow commands that perform update actions:

Command Description Command Name
Commands that are used to modify the planning horizon or calendar.
  • Set Calendar Range
  • Delete Partition
  • Restore Buckets
Commands that are used to create or delete resources.
  • Create Resource For Class With Name
  • Delete Resources
  • Delete Selection
Commands that are used to modify resources or quantities.
  • Set Values / Set Values For Selection
  • Persist Properties
Commands that are used to modify variable values.
  • $variable = …
  • FOR … NEXT
Command that is used to perform a solve. Solve
Note: 
  • The update action is performed at the end of the Solve command when writing the result of the solve to the Planning Engine.
  • Read actions can be performed during the remainder of the Solve.
Note: When an update action is executed while a read or update action is in progress for the same Planning Engine, the update action waits for the existing read or update action to complete.