A process instance is analyzed based on calculated measures. Measures are the properties of a process or a function calculated from measured variables. A distinction is made between function and process measures. Alongside predefined standard measures, including the Number of processes and Process cycle time indicators, any number of measures can be defined in the configuration using the associated calculation rule.
Dimensions are criteria according to which the measures of process instances and functions can be differentiated, for example the process type or the location.
For the process types contained in the process tree, the specified measures are calculated depending on the dimensions. The result is permanently stored in the PPM database. The values are stored in so-called data cubes to ensure that time-efficient queries can be made.
Example: Data cube