If the Experiment settings window is not open, click in the experiments controls.

The header of the Simulation-based experiments settings (but the Safety stock estimation) additionally has the Statistics Configuration control, which opens a list of statistics in the dashboard that can be collected during the experiment run.

• Experiment start — defines when the experiment starts.
  • All periods — [Set by default] the first period defined in the Periods table will be used as the starting period.
  • Selected period — allows you to define the required period (from the ones defined in the Periods table) as the starting period in the now available Start period option.
  • Start period — [visible if Selected period option is selected] specify the period, the starting date of which will be used as the starting date of the experiment.
• Experiment end — defines when the experiment ends:
  • All periods — [Set by default] the end date of the last period defined in the Periods table wil be used.
  • Selected period — allows you to define the required period (from the ones defined in the Periods table) as the ending period in the now available End period option.
  • Custom period — allows you to define a custom experiment end date in the now available End date parameter.
  • End date — [visible if Custom period option is selected] defines a custom experiment end date. By default shows the current date.
  • End period — [visible if Selected period option is selected] specify the period, the ending date of which will be used as the ending date of the experiment.
• Use replications — defines whether replications are used during the experiment run. If replications are used, each iteration will include several repeating runs of the Simulation experiment. Otherwise, each iteration will include a single run of the Simulation experiment. The number of replications is set in the Replications per iteration field.
• Replications per iteration — [available if Use replications is enabled] the number of replications per iteration.
• Number of threads to use — the number of tasks that can be run in parallel.
• Add variable parameter — opens the dialog box allowing you to set up variations for the experiment. Each variation refers to a certain parameter and defines a variation method for it:
  • Object type — sets the table to work with.
  • Object — sets the element from the table defined in the Object type drop-down list.
  • Parameter — parameter of the element set in the Object drop-down list.
  • Variation — sets the parameter variation method:
    • Number Range — is used to vary numeric values (e.g. Min Load ratio from 0.1 to 0.7 with Step of 0.1).
    • Link List — is a simple link to an object. It is used to change an element (e.g. a location for a customer).
    • Multilink List — is a set of links to an object. It is used to define multiple choices like sources in the Sourcing table.
    • Sourcing Split — is used for Sourcing Policy of Split type.
  • The defined variation parameters are listed at the bottom of the Variable parameters section.
• Finances stats unit — the monetary unit that will be used in the statistics.
• Product stats unit — the product measurement unit (also includes units defined in the Measurement Units table) that will be used in the statistics.
• Time stats unit — the time measurement unit that will be used in the statistics.
• Distance stats unit — the distance measurement unit that will be used in the statistics.

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