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  • 18 October 2021
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I save the post on how to solve multiple instances of a model iteratively. However, the question I have is how can it be done when using AIMMS Pro? Right now the problem is all instances are being sent out to the cloud at the same time. I want to run one instance, and then the other after that, and based on its results. Can something like this be done? 

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Best answer by mohansx 20 October 2021, 20:32

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@mohammadansari  if you have all your solve statements in the same delegateToServer block, they will be executed in that order .

 

For example, in the below code - first model1 will be solved, then some postProcessing, and then model2 will be solved - all as part of the same job. 

 

if not ProjectDeveloperMode() then
if pro::DelegateToServer( waitForCompletion : 1,
completionCallback : 'pro::session::LoadResultsCallBack' )
then return 1;
endif ;
endif ;

 

solve model1;

postProcessing;

solve model2;

 

I suppose you have some FOR loop and/or a delegateToServer block with the argument waitForCompletion set to 0. That will indeed create an asynchronous workflow where all the different solve statements will be started simultaneously. 

 

Solve in a Loop — AIMMS How-To

 

The code in this example is below - 

 

for i_fn do
sp_Workbook := sp_BatchExcelInputFolder + sp_InputFileNames(i_fn);
pr_ExecuteSingleRun(sp_Workbook);
endfor;

 

If you add the delegateToServer block inside the procedure pr_ExecuteSingleRun with waitForCompletion set to 0 - then that will create jobs for each i_fn simultaneously. 

 

If you put the delegateToServer block outside the FOR loop, then the entire loop will be executed in the same job, one i_fn after another i_fn. 

 

if not ProjectDeveloperMode() then if pro::DelegateToServer( waitForCompletion : 1, completionCallback : 'pro::session::LoadResultsCallBack' ) then return 1; endif ; endif ;

 

for i_fn do

sp_Workbook := sp_BatchExcelInputFolder + sp_InputFileNames(i_fn); pr_ExecuteSingleRun(sp_Workbook);

endfor;

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Thank you Mohan. As you guessed, the problem is that I want to both solve consecutively, and also set the “wait for completion” value to 0, which it seems to be impossible. In other words, If it is possible to pass a function run to the cloud (including multiple consecutive runs), rather than just the solve statement.

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@mohammadansari You actually don't delegate the solve at all, you delegate the entire procedure run. 

If you want to do multiple solves within that procedure, feel free to do so.

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