Interpreting the ProcessAnalyzer Visualization

The various icons, labels, and popups found in the ProcessAnalyzer are explained here.

Activity

• An activity is an individual step in a process. (See image below)

• It is displayed as a node (or circle) in the diagram.

• It consists of the donut chart with an outer ring, an inner circle, the name of the activity, and certain key figures.

  • Inner circle
    • Changes shade from light to dark as its measure increases
    • To change the measure associated with the inner circle, click on the burger symbol, then the nodes symbol, then choose the between the measure options in the list.
  • Outer ring
    • Shows a colour-grading scale that will fill in as its measure increases
    • Reflects the third measure in the node's Context Menu popup box
  • Key figure 1: Displayed on the left. Default setting: Frequency
  • Key figure 2: Displayed on the right. Default setting: Average processing time
  • Key figure 3: Displayed in the donut chart's outer ring and must therefore be a relative key figure. It can be filled differently depending on the scenario. Default setting: Relative share of cases that contain this activity

• Clicking on a node opens the Context Menu popup box.

  

  Node with KPIs

Context menu of the activity

• Displays the three key figures of the activity

• The first measure is visually shown by the intensity of the shade of the node's inner circle.

• Occurs in: Specifies the number of displayed process variants in which the activity is contained

• Often from: Specifies the most frequent predecessor

• Often to: Specifies the most frequent successor

• SELECTION: There are four selection options:

  1. processes that contain this activity
  2. processes that do not contain this activity
  3. processes that start with this activity
  4. processes that end with this activity

• Button 1: Jump to a stored worksheet and select the activity

• Button 2: Jump to a deposited worksheet without selection

  

  Node Context Menu Popup Box

Edge

• An edge is a line joining two activities and indicates the flow of work through the steps in the process (or activity transition).

• The thickness of the line indicates the volume of cases that follow that path (or the average waiting time between two activities, if configured this way).

• Key figure: Displayed as a label. Default setting: Frequency

  

  Edge with KPI

Context menu of the edge

• Displays the three key figures of the edge

• From: Specifies the predecessor

• To: Specifies the successor

• Occurs in: Specifies the number of displayed process variants in which the activity is contained

• SELECTION: There are two selection options:

  1. processes that contain this edge
  2. processes that do not contain the edge

• Button: Jump to a deposited worksheet

  

  Edge Context Menu Popup Box