Reviewing SIMUL8 Default Properties

PowerDesigner provides default values for simulation properties that allow you to rapidly simulate your BPM.

If you need to customize some of the default simulation properties to suit your personal needs, we recommend that you begin with the following:

Domain

Property to review

Time unit and processing time

[diagram] Time unit, Simulation running time

[process] Duration

Declaration and assignment of resources

[resource] Available number

[process] Priority

Probability estimation on conditional flows

[flow] Routing out percent

Cost/revenue estimation

[all objects] Finance. The SIMUL8 Professional Profit plug-in allows you to add financial information to your simulation. At the end of the simulation, select Finance > Income Statement to display the financial results of your model.