Analysis - Event analysis

Introduction

Analysis - Event analysis is the main dashboard where you can analyze the events that occur in the Purchase-to-Pay process. See the illustration below.

The information displayed in the dashboard is based on the creation date of the purchase order items. The Period filter in the Filters panel enables you to select a period to display the purchase order items that were created in the selected period.

Note: Since the process graph displays all purchase order items which are created within the selected time period, the graph can also contain changes to these purchase order items that might be outside of the selected period.

KPIs

Below is a description of the KPIs that are displayed at the top Analysis - Event analysis dashboard.

KPI	Description
Avg. event throughput time	The average event throughput time for purchase order item events.
Total item value	The total value of the purchase order items.
Number of items	The total number of unique purchase order items.

Timestamps

Throughput time is the duration between the event end timestamps of two events that follow each other. In this case, waiting time and idle time are also calculated. Processing time is the time actually spent on the event. In this case, waiting time and idle time are not taken into account.

Details

With the Details dashboard item, you can analyze the purchase order item events in more detail.

You can create various different contexts by selecting different fields from the drop-down list. For example, when you select the Activity trigger you can analyze the reason that triggered the purchase order item event.

The metric selector enables you to select different metrics. Below is a description of the metrics that can be used to analyze the purchase order item events regarding the selected field.

Metric	Description	Base
Number of items	The number of unique purchase order item, created within the selected period.	Purchase order items
Number of events	The number of unique purchase order item events, within the selected period.	Purchase order item end to end events
Avg. number of events	The average number of events that were performed on purchase order items, within the selected period.	Purchase order item end to end events
Avg. event throughput time	The average throughput time of all purchase order items events, within the selected period.	Purchase order item end to end events

Note: The selected metric applies to all the different dashboard items of the Analysis - Event analysis dashboard. If you select a different metric, the charts will also change accordingly.

Distribution

The Distribution chart enables you to analyze the frequency of events based on the Event throughput time. See the illustration below.

Process graph

The process graph displays the Purchase-to-Pay process based on the number of events. See the illustration below.

You can select a different metric from the metric selector to display the process graph based on a different metric. Below is a description of the available metrics.

Metric	Description	Base
Number of items	The number of unique purchase order item, created within the selected period.	Purchase order items
Number of events	The number of unique purchase order item events, within the selected period.	Purchase order item end to end events
Avg. number of events	The average number of events that were performed on purchase order items, within the selected period.	Purchase order item end to end events
Avg. event throughput time	The average throughput time of all purchase order items events, within the selected period.	Purchase order item end to end events

Note: You can use the Detail slider to change the number of activities and/or edges shown.

See also Working with process graphs.