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Create historical analysis scenarios

When you define a historical analysis scenario, you provide information that the Optimizer requires such as the processes to include, the business data (variables) by which to filter the analysis results, and whether to include only completed or also currently running process instances.

  1. In the Designer in Lombardi Authoring Environment, click the plus sign next to Processes and select Historical Analysis Scenario from the list of components.
  2. Enter a name for the scenario and click Finish.
  3. In the Scenarios editor, provide the following information:

    Dialog area Field or control Description
    Common Documentation Optionally provide a description in this field.
    Historical Data Filters Include Process Instances By default, the All option is enabled, which means that data for both completed and currently running process instances is analyzed by the Optimizer. To analyze data for only currently running process instances, select In-Flight Only. To analyze data for only completed process instances, select Completed Only.
    Time Range Select a time range for the data that the Optimizer will analyze such as Last Week. Select Custom to use the calendars to pick a Start and End Date.
    Process Apps to Include in Analysis Click the Add button to choose the process applications that you want from the Lombardi repository. Choose the process applications that contain the processes that you want to analyze. Be sure to select the correct snapshot (version) to analyze. To analyze all versions, select the snapshot named (All) for the process application that you want. To remove a process application, click the application name and then click the Remove button.

    If you do not add any process applications to this table, all process applications in the Lombardi repository to which you have Read access are included, which means that you can analyze processes from any of those applications. If you select multiple snapshots (versions) to analyze, the first version listed in the table determines the participant group definition used. You can use the Up and Down buttons to change the order of the process applications if you know you want to use the participant group definition from a different version for your scenario.

    Processes to Include in Analysis Click the Add button to choose the processes that you want. The processes available are the ones that reside in the process applications that you added in the preceding table. To remove a process, click the process name and then click the Remove button.

    Tip: Be sure to add sub-processes so that you can drill down during analysis.

    If you do not add any processes to this table, all processes that reside in the process applications that you added in the preceding table are analyzed.

    Business Data Click the Add button to select the tracked variables by which you want to filter the results of this scenario. The variable names that you add must be tracked variables for each of the processes included in this scenario. If a process included in the scenario does not have a matching tracked variable for each variable name that you add here, no instances of that process will be returned in the analysis results. Choose an operator using the drop-down list in the Comparison column and then enter the Value to compare. To remove a variable, click the variable name and then click the Remove button.

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