# Starting a Task Mining project from Process Mining > Different UiPath® products work together to discover, investigate and build automation and communicate process improvements. **Task Mining** is an AI driven discovery product. It collects employee desktop data comprising screenshots and logs data upon each user action (mouse click, keystroke). Then it leverages AI to analyze the data. ## Introduction Different UiPath® products work together to discover, investigate and build automation and communicate process improvements. **Task Mining** is an AI driven discovery product. It collects employee desktop data comprising screenshots and logs data upon each user action (mouse click, keystroke). Then it leverages AI to analyze the data. ### Process Mining and Task Mining With **Process Mining**, you extract the data from your business applications to get a detailed understanding of overall business processes. From **Process Mining,** you can zoom in on certain activities with **Task Mining** to gain deeper understanding of the disparate applications used to perform the activity (in addition to the system of record as observed in Process Mining) on employee machines. ### Starting a Task Mining project from Process Mining When you identify a bottleneck in your process while analyzing or want to get more granular visibility, you can start a **Task Mining** project from any process graph in **Process Mining**. This enables you to get an end-to-end view of your process including system and desktop level interactions along with the different applications used to perform the activity. This can help you to better understand task level drill down of activities during the process execution. :::note You can also start a **Task Mining** project when performing a Root Cause Analysis or Simulating Automation Potential. ::: For more information on Task Mining, refer to the [Task Mining documentation](https://docs.uipath.com/task-mining/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/introduction-as). ### Attaching a Task Mining trace to a Process Mining activity You can attach a **Task Mining** trace to a **Process Mining** activity directly from the trace diagram window in Task Mining. This allows you to easily view the ideal trace created in **Task Mining** in your **Process Mining** app along with the associated activity details. For more information, refer to the **Task Mining** documentation on [Attaching a trace to a Process Mining activity](https://docs.uipath.com/task-mining/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/attaching-a-trace-to-a-process-mining-activity). ## Prerequisites The **Start new Task Mining project** option in **Process Mining** will be enabled when the following prerequisits are met. * The **Task Mining** service must be enabled on the same tenant as **Process Mining**. * You need access rights in **Task Mining** to create **Task Mining** projects. * You must have the **Administrator** or **Project Creator** role in Task Mining. ## Starting a Task Mining project Follow these steps to start a **Task Mining** project. 1. In the process graph, select the activity for which you want to view task level information. 2. Select **Task Mining ->Submit to Task Mining project** from the context menu. The **Submit to Task Mining** wizard is displayed to the right. 3. Enter a name for the **Task Mining** project in the **Project name** field. 4. If desired, change the **Description**. By default, the name of the selected activity and the link to the **Task Mining** project that will be created are displayed in the **Description** field. 5. Select **Next** to go to the **Invite users** step. 6. Add recording users by typing the **username**, **group name**, or **email** and select the desired result from the dropdown list. :::note Users will receive an email invitation to the project and a link to download the Task Mining recorder. ::: 7. Select **Create** to create the **Task Mining** project and to start the recording. You can select the **Task Mining project** link to view the **Task Mining** project and to analyze the results. ![View Task Mining project](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/process-mining/process-mining-view-task-mining-project-469669-3c1d9fbb-ba477027.webp) Also, see [Introduction to Task Mining](https://docs.uipath.com/task-mining/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/assisted-task-mining-introduction). ## Viewing Task Mining projects You can view the **Task Mining** projects that were created for the activity directly from the process graph menu and open the project in **Task Mining**. :::note If a **Task Mining** project has been submitted from an activity, this is indicated by the **Task Mining** icon displayed on that particular activity. ::: Follow these steps to view the **Task Mining** projects started from your process. 1. In the process graph, select **Task Mining -> View Projects** from the menu. The Task Mining projects panel is displayed, showing the Task Mining project cards for the projects created from the process app. 2. Locate the project card for the **Task Mining** project you want to view and select **View data**. The **Task Mining** trace diagram for the project is shown alongside key KPIs, which provide trace details such as application usage, number of steps, and comparisons between waiting and cycle time. :::note The trace diagram displays the trace that is marked as the **Ideal trace** in the Task Mining project. The **Ideal trace** is the Task Mining trace that is representative of the applicable Process Mining activity scenario. Refer to [Trace details](https://docs.uipath.com/task-mining/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/trace-details) in the Task Mining guide for more information on the ideal trace. ::: ### Task Mining trace The Task Mining trace displays the sequence of steps taken to complete the particular activity. Each step in the trace includes the title or description of the step, its duration, waiting time, and the application that was used. This provides a detailed view of the activity, that can be used to analyze and optimize the performance of the activity. ![Task Mining trace in Process Mining](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/process-mining/process-mining-task-mining-trace-in-process-mining-517612-7ae4b738-b2a4d2c9.webp) ### Trace details The Trace details panel provides more detailed information about the activity trace. The following table describes the KPIs. | **Metric** | **Description** | | --- | --- | | Number of steps | The total number of steps in the trace. | | Event throughput time (expected vs real) | The total execution time of the activity.**Note:** The actual amount of time it took to execute the activity, including waiting time, is displayed in red. | | Waiting time | The total waiting time for the activity. | | Applications | The applications/domains recorded in the trace.**Note:** For each application/domain the percentage of total event throughput time is displayed. | ### View in Task Mining In Task Mining, you can combine similar step sequences recorded from different instances of an activity and merge them into a merged trace. By merging these similar traces, you can get a clearer, high-level view of the process, which should make it easier to identify common patterns, bottlenecks, and opportunities for automation or process improvement. Select the **View in Task Mining** option to open the project in Task Mining and select the traces you want to merge. Refer to [Merge traces](https://docs.uipath.com/task-mining/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/merge-traces) in the Task Mining guide for more information on merging traces.