Optimizer: process incl. optimizer action with import on timeout should continue in case of timeout

svmoeller

For optimizer actions, there is the possibility in the action setup to enable "Import on timeout" to fetch back the results from Gurobi processing when the specified timeout is reached but the desired MIPGap is not achieved yet.

If the optimizer action is embedded within a process, the process is shown as failed when this import on timeout happens and actions after the optimizer action in that process do not get run anymore.

 

Rather the subsequent steps in the process should be run comparable to a process where an import action was only partly successful but did not fail completely. Only when e.g. no feasible solution was found or the "Import on timeout" is not set in the specifications of the optimizer action, the failing of the whole process should be handled like it currently is.

EvgyK

Thank you for this suggestion. We will consider it as part of our future roadmap for the Optimizer

eang92

I second this, especially the ability to show the status of the optimizer if it partially failed (result non within MIP Gap) on the new UX.

By displaying the "Failed" message, end users will automatically assume that the optimizer is not working at all.

EvgyK

We recently released a fix that would allow the results to be imported and process to continue if "import on timeout" was chosen.