From version 10.1, PPM provides the process variants feature. The process variants feature helps you to obtain an overview of the most typical process variants, to identify irregular processes, and to analyze them (for example, to detect critical outliers).
For details on how to use the variants feature in PPM, see the PPM Process Analysis Quick Start Guide.
The Process Variants widget adapts the PPM process variants feature to the requirements and use cases of the dashboard editor.
The Process Variants widget provides a bar chart that shows the configured measure of the variants. In addition to the graphical representation, the measure values are displayed in the bars.
On the left side of the bar chart, the values of the column assigned to the Variant dimension field are displayed. In most cases, these are the names of the variants.
On the right side, optional measure values are displayed. A column with the values to be displayed can be specified as required. See Assign data sources for details.
When you move your mouse pointer over a bar, a tooltip displays all information for this variant.
Axis scaling
You can select the axis scaling in the widget properties dialog.
Linear axis scaling - The X-axis values are scaled linearly from 0 to the highest value (bar completely filled).
Logarithmic axis scaling - The X-axis values are scaled logarithmically.
Variant names
The names of the variants depend on the variant dimension level selected. Variant has two dimension levels, Combined variant (rough step width) and Precise variant (refined step width).
The variant v0(n/a) contains all process instances that are not assigned to a variant.
Examples
Combined variant with rough step width: v1, v2, v3,...
Precise variant with refined step width: v1-1, v1-2, v1-3,.... ,v2-1, v2-2, v2-3... ,v3-1, v3-2, v3-3,....
Pagination and navigation
Depending on the number of variants and space available for the chart widget, the variants are displayed on multiple pages. The current page and the total number of pages are shown at the center of the page, for example, 1 / 5 pages. You can use the links <<, <, > and >> to browse the pages. With the links << and >> you can navigate to the first or the last page, respectively. With the links < and > you can navigate one page backward or forward, respectively. If you click a link, the variants of the new page are loaded immediately without resetting the selections of the previous page.
When the data of the widget is refreshed, the pages are updated automatically.
Example of the Process Variants widget