Variants bar

Use the Variants bar to get an overview of the most typical process variants, to identify irregular processes, and to analyze them for, for example, critical outliers. Accordingly, you can select variants for filtering your current analysis.

The Variants bar contains all process variants of your analysis, taking your current filter settings into account. It shows how often certain process variants occur in your analysis and shows their frequency graphically and numerically. You can set the scaling of the variant values (linear or logarithmic) to adjust the bars displayed (context menu (button_down_small.png) -> Preferences).

The variants are listed descending by their frequency on one or more pages of the Variant bar. The number of variants displayed per page can be set (context menu (button_down_small.png) -> Preferences).

The variants listed depend on the variant dimension level selected. Variant has two dimension levels, Combined variant (rough step width) and Precise variant (refined step width), and the Name as dimension value. The Combined variant level is set initially. The dimension level can be changed in the context menu (button_down_small.png).

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,....

Similar to other dimensions, you can set a filter for the Variant dimension. (See Introduction to filters for details.) The filtered variant dimension values are highlighted graphically. But only the filtered variants of the selected dimension level are displayed.

Example

The filter set for the variant dimension contains the following values: v1; v4; v6-3; v12-1. If the Combined variant level is selected only the values v1 and v4 are displayed. If you switch to the Precise variant level the values v6-3 and v12-1 are displayed.

The variant v0(n/a) shows the number of all variants without values assigned (values are "not maintained"). The variant v0(n/a) is always displayed at the end of the dimension value list.

The "Others"-entry informs you how many other variants exist besides those listed and (in brackets) how many process instances are covered by these other variants. If the number of dimension values exceeds this maximum of displayed values (Default is 5000) an "Others"-entry is added at the end of the variants list. The entry is not selectable.

The Variants bar is only available if the Variant dimension is configured in PPM.

Example: Variants bar with six precise variant values selected for filtering

variants bar