QueueTime

QueueTime[protocol]⟹time

estimates the time for which the protocol will remain in the queue before it is executed on the ECL based on recent historical queue data.

Details

The estimate is calculated from the recent historical queue data statistics stored in the latest Object[Report,QueueTimes] object.
If no Object[Report,QueueTimes] can be found for the last month, it will use hard-coded default estimates.

Estimate the time for which a protocol will remain in the queue:

Estimate the times for which multiple protocols will remain in the queue:

The minimum queue time is returned if the already elapsed wait time is greater than the estimated queue time for the input protocol type:

The average queue time across all protocol types is returned if the input protocol type has not been recently run:

To estimate the time until a backlogged protocol is started, the backlog time and queue time can be summed:

Requesting a queue time estimate for a protocol which is not in the backlog or the queue will fail:

If No Object[Report,QueueTimes] can be found for the last month, default times will be used: