Compare

Introduction

When in Compare mode, you can compare two sets of paths from your process. This enables you to visualize, compare, and analyze the performance of a process and its variations in all dashboards of your process app.

Displaying the Compare by Panel

In the Compare by panel you can select which field you want to use for the comparison. Follow this step to display the Compare by panel.

Click on the Compare button in the top right corner of the dashboard.

The process app is displayed in Compare mode and the Compare by panel is displayed to the right. See the illustration below.

Note: The Compare button is a toggle button. When the Compare by panel is visible, click on the Compare button to hide the Compare by panel.

Note: Compare is disabled for Root cause analysis, Automation potential and Process data. In Compare mode, the period filter is not available.

Adding a Compare by Filter

Follow these steps to add a Compare by filter.

1. Click on Add filter and select one or more fields for comparison from the drop-down list.

   The Compare by panel displays two scenarios: A and B. Scenario A is the main scenario and Scenario B is the comparing scenario. If you have selected a filter, scenario B will automatically be set as the inverse of scenario A. Each scenario has a different color. These colors correspond to the colors of the two scenarios in the dashboard.

2. If you want to compare specific field values, select the desired values for the filters displayed in the Compare by panel.

See the illustration below.

If you have already specified filters in the Filters panel, these filters will be displayed in the Compare by panel.

Note: The compare filters are included in the page URL. This enables you to share the link to a compare view.

Removing Compare by Filters

Follow this step to remove any Compare by filters.

Click on the Clear all button at the top of the Compare by panel.

The filters are cleared and both scenarios are removed from the Compare by panel.

Comparing

KPIs

Both scenarios are displayed for the KPIs in the context bar according to the color legend in the Compare by panel, which enables you to analyze the differences between the two scenarios for the KPIs. The value for Scenario A is displayed on the left and the value for Scenario B is displayed on the right. See the illustration below.

For the larger KPI charts, for example on the Summary dashboards, both scenarios are displayed as trend lines according to the color legend in the Compare by panel, which enables you to analyze the differences between the two scenarios for the KPIs over time. See the illustration below.

Bar Charts

In the bar charts, both scenarios are visible for each bar. You can hover over a bar to view the context information. See the illustration below.

Process Graphs

With the process graph, it is possible to compare two different processes based on different fields or different time periods. Both scenarios are combined in the process graph. See the illustration below.

For the selected metric, both scenarios are visible on the edges. Similar activities for both Scenario A and Scenario B are white and activities that are different for Scenario A and Scenario B have the color of the scenario. Dotted lines indicate deviating edges.

When hovering over an edge, the context information is displayed. See the illustration below.

Distribution Charts

In the distribution charts, both scenarios are visible for each bar. See the illustration below.

Line Charts

In the line charts, each scenario is displayed as a separate line. See the illustration below.