Before you start to create the PPM configuration files, you must define the source system activity flows or processes you are analyzing and the variables you want to use. The information required to calculate and process the process instances is identified in the source system (values for process merging, typification and measure calculation).
The procedure for extracting data from the source system and storing the process instance fragments in the PPM system is defined by configuring the relevant PPM import adapter. Importing XML data into the PPM system is described in detail in the technical reference PPM Data Import.
If all of the required source system information is known, an assignment of source system information carriers to PPM attributes is created. Depending on the desired analysis results data types and attributes for the measures are determined, along with their calculation rules and attributes for the creation of dimensions.