Configuring the Advanced Options

You can set advanced options that you want Isight to take during execution. The options differ based on the analysis type that you selected.

  1. Double-click the Six Sigma Component icon .

    The Six Sigma Component Editor appears.

  2. From the Six Sigma Component Editor, click the General tab.

  3. In the Executions Options area, click Advanced Options and set the following:

    Option Description
    Reliability Technique and Monte Carlo Sampling
    • Execute subflow only once. Select this option if you want to execute the subflow only one time. This capability is useful in models that need to turn the driver logic on/off parametrically. This option is also helpful in the debugging process if the model does not execute successfully.

      You can map this setting to a parameter. For more information, see Mapping Options and Attributes to Parameters.

    • Allow the following items to be turned off by parameters. Select this option if you want to turn off the selected types of design parameters (random variables, responses) using input parameters to the Six Sigma components. If this option is selected, Boolean input parameters are created in an Active Random Variables/Active Responses aggregate under the Mapped Options and Attributes aggregate parameter. The parameters are selected by default. If any of the parameters are not selected at run time, those design parameters will not be used during execution.
    Design of Experiments
    • Execute designs in random order. Select this option if you want the design points defined by the design matrix to execute in random order.

      Note: For computer simulations, which are deterministic, the order of execution has no bearing on the results. This option is provided primarily for cases in which the design matrix is going to be exported for use in physical experiments where randomness can alter the results through the influence of noise (unknown) effects.

    • Execute subflow only once. Select this option if you want to execute the subflow only one time. This capability is useful in models that need to turn the driver logic on/off parametrically. This option is also helpful in the debugging process if the model does not execute successfully.

      You can map this setting to a parameter. For more information, see Mapping Options and Attributes to Parameters.

    • Read response values from file (don’t execute subflow). Select this option if you do not want the DOE component to actually execute an Isight subflow for each design point but to instead read the response values for each design point from a specified file. Click Browse to locate the file. The format of the file must be a first row with parameter names, with each subsequent row containing the values for the parameters for that design point. This option is useful when you have a complete data set (input and output values) already compiled and you want to use DOE as a postprocessing tool. This capability is more directly accessible using the Data File technique and selecting the File contains responses option. For more information about this technique, see About the DOE Techniques.
    • Allow the following items to be turned off by parameters. Select this option if you want to turn off the selected types of design parameters (factors, responses) using input parameters to the DOE components. If this option is selected, Boolean input parameters are created in an Active Factors/Active Responses aggregate under the Mapped Options and Attributes aggregate parameter. The parameters are selected by default. If any of the parameters are not selected at run time, those design parameters are not used during execution.

  4. Click Import configuration at runtime if you want to import the Six Sigma component configuration from a file at run time.

    If selected, Isight creates an input file parameter on the Six Sigma component called Configuration. You can point the Configuration file to a specific file or map it from a file parameter from a previous component in the simulation process flow. Click to configure the file parameter to point to the desired file. You can also configure this file on the Design Gateway Files tab. For information about importing/exporting and the file format, see About Importing and Exporting Configuration Files.

    You can map this setting to a parameter. For more information, see Mapping Options and Attributes to Parameters.

  5. Click OK to save your changes and to return to the Six Sigma Component Editor.