Aggregation of process instances can be automated using the runppmcompress command line program. The process instances to be aggregated are determined by a paramset that is transferred to the program as an XML file when the program is run. You can set up this paramset conveniently using the analysis component of the PPM user interface and save it to an XML file.
Please note the following when creating the paramset:
The XML file may contain only one paramset (paramset XML element).
The paramset may only contain the query of the PNUM (number of processes) measure (kiquery XML element).
It must not contain any filters or iterations on function dimensions.
It must not contain any user-defined step widths and user-defined dimensions.
It must either contain a time filter or the -excluding option must be specified.
The Process type dimension must be included. The step width is automatically set to Level 2 (detailed).
Any number of additional filters can be defined to limit the set of process instances to be aggregated.
If one of the above conditions is not met, the program will abort with an error message.