Efficiency - Automation

Introduction

The dashboard Efficiency – Automation can be used to find automation opportunities in the process. For the selected category, the Automation rate is displayed for the current period. See the illustration below.

Note: The Automation rate is calculated from the events for which the Automated field is set to true.

See Purchase-to-Pay input fields.

KPIs

Below is a description of the KPIs that are displayed at the top of the Efficiency - Automation dashboard.

KPI	Description
Automation rate	The percentage of events that are automated.
Total manual event costs	The total costs of executing the events that are not automated.
Total manual processing time	The total amount of time actually spent working for the events that are not automated.
Number of events	The total number of events.

Trend

The graph on the Trend tab shows the metric values for the selected category over time. See the illustration below.

Below is a description of the different metrics.

Metric	Description
Automation rate	The percentage of events that are automated.
Total manual event costs	The total costs of executing the events.
Total manual processing time	The total amount of time that is actually spent working for the events.
Manual events	The number of events that are not automated.
Total events	The total number of events.

Process graph

The process graph provides a visual representation of event costs related to the number of cases in the process. When hovering over an activity, the metrics are displayed in the hint. See the illustration below.

When hovering over an edge, the number of items and the number of purchase orders are displayed in the hint. See illustration below.

Submitting automation ideas

When you identify a step in the Purchase-to-Pay process that might reduce maverick buying when it would be automated, you can send a request to automate the activity to UiPath Automation Hub. You can do this directly from the process graph. See Sending automation ideas to UiPath Automation Hub for more information.

Note: This function is only available if UiPath Process Mining is set up for integration with UiPath Automation Hub.