# Analysis - End to end process

> **Analysis - End to end process** is the main dashboard where you can analyze the complete Purchase-to-Pay process regarding purchase order items.

## Introduction

**Analysis - End to end process** is the main dashboard where you can analyze the complete Purchase-to-Pay process regarding purchase order items.

## KPIs

The following table describes the **KPIs** that are displayed at the top of the **Analysis - End to end** dashboard.

| KPI | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Automation rate | The percentage of automated events in the Purchase-to-Pay process from end-to-end. |
| Variants | The number of various process paths different purchase order items have taken from end-to-end.  A variant is a specific path through the process, a set of activities that were taken in a specific order. Usually, several purchase order items have followed the same variant. |
| Avg. throughput time end to end | The average throughput time for the end-to-end process, from creating a purchase requisition to the actual payment for the related invoice. |
| Total item value | The total value of the purchase order items created during the selected period. |
| Number of items | The total number of purchase order items created during the selected period. |
| Purchase orders | The total number of purchase orders created during the selected period. |

## End to end process

With the **End to end process** chart you can analyze the purchase order items and throughput times in more detail. You can create various contexts by selecting different categories from the drop-down list. The metric selector enables you to select different metrics.

![End to end process chart](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/process-mining/process-mining-end-to-end-process-chart-303666-85a972d6-3d4c488a.webp)

The metric of the selector determines the value displayed on the bar chart. The following table describes the metrics.

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     Metric  
     Description  
     Base  
  
 
 
  
     Number of items  
     The number of unique purchase order items.  
     Purchase order items  
  
  
     Avg. item value  
     The average purchase order item value for the selected category.  
     Purchase order items  
  
  
     Total item value  
     The sum of the purchase order item values for the selected category.  
     Purchase order items  
  
  
     Avg. throughput time end to end  
     The average throughput time for the end to end process, from creating a purchase requisition to the actual payment for the related invoice.  
     Purchase order items  
  
  
     Avg. throughput time PR creation to PR approval  
     The average throughput time from the creation of a purchase requisition to the approval of the purchase requisition. Note: The throughput time is calculated only if both dates are available and occurred in the right order. 
     Purchase order items  
  
  
     Avg. throughput time PR creation to PO approval  
     The average throughput time from the creation of a purchase requisition to the approval of the purchase order. Note: The throughput time is calculated only if both dates are available and occurred in the right order. 
     Purchase order items  
  
  
     Avg. throughput time PR approval to PO item creation  
     The average throughput time from the approval of a purchase requisition to the creation of the purchase order item. Note: The throughput time is calculated only if both dates are available and occurred in the right order. 
     Purchase order items  
  
  
     Avg. throughput time PR approval to PO approval  
     The average throughput time from the approval of a purchase requisition to the approval of the purchase order. Note: The throughput time is calculated only if both dates are available and occurred in the right order. 
     Purchase order items  
  
  
     Avg. throughput time PO creation to GR  
     The average throughput time between the complete approval of the purchase order and the post of the receipt of the goods. Note: The throughput time is calculated only if both dates are available and occurred in the right order. 
     Purchase order items  
  
  
     Avg. throughput time GR to INV item creation  
     The average throughput time from the post of the receipt of the goods to the creation of the last invoice item. Note: The throughput time is calculated only if both dates are available and occurred in the right order. 
     Purchase order items  
  
 

:::note
Metrics in the **Purchase-to-Pay** app template never take Purchase order items with missing data into account when the metric is calculated. For example, if a Purchase order item does not have a value for the selected category and the metric calculates the average over this category, the Purchase order item is not taken into account.
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### Trend

The graph on the **Trend** tab shows the metric values for the selected category over time.

![End to end trend line chart](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/process-mining/process-mining-end-to-end-trend-line-chart-303670-68772f40-f64aec72.webp)

## Process graph

The process graph displays the end-to-end process based on the number of purchase order items.

:::note
You can use the **Variants** slider to change the number of activities and/or edges shown. Check out [Working with process graphs](https://docs.uipath.com/process-mining/automation-suite/2023.10/user-guide/working-with-process-graphs#working-with-process-graphs).
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You can select a different metric from the activity and edge metrics selector to display the process graph based on different metrics.The following tables describe the available metrics.

### Activity metrics

| Metric | Description | Base |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Number of items | The number of unique purchase order items created within the selected period. | Purchase order items |
| Avg. item value | The average value of purchase order items created during the selected period. | Purchase order items |
| Total Item value | The sum of the values of the purchase order items created during the selected period. | Purchase order items |
| Avg. event throughput time | The average throughput time for the end-to-end process. | Purchase order item end to end events |

### Edge metrics

| Metric | Description | Base |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Number of items | The number of unique purchase order items. | Purchase order items |
| Average throughput time | The average throughput time between the activities. | Process |
| Number of transitions | The number of transitions between the activities. | Process |

## Submitting automation ideas

When you identify a bottleneck in the Purchase-to-Pay process while monitoring, for example when a manual activity takes a long time to be executed, you might want to send a request to automate the activity to **Automation Hub**. You can do this directly from the process graph. Check out [Sending automation ideas to UiPath Automation Hub](https://docs.uipath.com/process-mining/automation-suite/2023.10/user-guide/sending-automation-ideas-to-uipath-automation-hub#sending-automation-ideas-to-uipath%C2%AE-automation-hub) for more information.

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