Mining for processes

A mining run identifies and analyzes variations in how a business process is performed.

Determine your mining strategy

Before you create your first mining run, decide on a mining strategy. We suggest the following strategies, however, you should use the strategy that is appropriate for your use case.
  • Find the most popular screen in your event reporting interface. You can use the most popular screen as the Center screen. Create a Butterfly Mining Run first using the Center screen Screen Signature to identify the Start and End Screen Signatures. Next, create a Path-Based Mining Run using the start and end Screen Signatures to identify processes.

    For more information, see Create a Butterfly mining run and Create a Path-based mining run

  • Select a single Observer first and delve into their data. Also known as a "day in the life" view, with this strategy, you review the Events for the Observer and identify their processes through mining. Then, mine all Observers together to see which processes they have in common.

    For more information, see Create a Mining Run

  • Select all Observers and mine all data for processes without using Screen Signatures or parameters. The number of processes generated by the Mining Run might be too many to analyze. This strategy is more appropriate with smaller data sets and a small number of Observers.

    For more information, see Create a Mining Run