Haul Infinity can create a live connection with any mine planning package that enables scripting, including Microsoft Excel. Advanced users can connect Haul Infinity to their projects directly, without having to do any imports or exports. This feature is referred to as the interop, which is short for inter-operability.

To interop with Haul Infinity:

Navigate to the sample data \NodesVersion folder.
Open SampleModelWithNodes.hinf
Open Interop.xlsb
If you have dual screens, arrange Haul Infinity and Microsoft Excel side by side.
In the Interop, click "Enable Editing"
In the Interop, click "Enable Content"
Locate the "Update from Haul Infinity" button in the top left of the Steps tab, and press it.
The table should now be updated with cycle time values.

We can query any number of hauls by changing the haul parameters in columns F through column M. The dropdown boxes have automatically been populated with every source, destination, truck, loader and material in the open project.

If you change any haul parameters in the Interop, the calculations update instantly.
If you change the network in Haul Infinity, the calculations update instantly.

The Interop formulas can be copied and pasted into any format or layout, from daily dispatch calculations to three month plans. For advanced users, the macros can be edited in Visual Basic for Applications.

A Haul Infinity project must be open for the Interop to connect to.

Browser not supported