Process Protocol Creation for Cross-System Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods cannot efficiently analyze processes that span multiple computer systems, as data from different systems cannot be integrated for a comprehensive analysis, limiting the ability to reconstruct and analyze overall processes.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method creates a process protocol by importing and reconstructing data tables from multiple external computer systems, determining relevant relationships, and generating a transformation to extract and store data as a protocol, which can be analyzed by a Process Mining System.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If data from multiple external computer systems is imported and integrated into a local system, then the ability to analyze overall processes across different systems is improved, but the device complexity and data integration effort increase
Solution Approach 1:
A local computer system is introduced as an intermediary between multiple external computer systems and the process mining system. This intermediary imports data tables from different external systems, reconstructs relationships between them, and creates unified process protocols. This mediator approach enables cross-system process analysis without requiring direct integration between all external systems, thereby improving analytical capability while managing integration complexity through a centralized coordination point.
2Loss of information
If data tables from multiple external systems are imported and relationships are reconstructed, then comprehensive process information becomes available, but the time and computational resources required increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by importing and storing data tables from external computer systems in advance, before process mining analysis is required. The data tables are imported, relationships are reconstructed, and process protocols are created in a preparatory phase. This allows the actual process mining operations to be performed more efficiently on already-prepared data, reducing the time required during the actual analysis phase while maintaining complete information.
3Reliability
If the system integrates and processes data from multiple external computer systems, then the ability to reconstruct complete processes is improved, but the computational resources and processing effort required increase
Solution Approach 1:
The integration process is segmented into distinct, manageable steps: (a) importing data tables from external systems, (b) reconstructing relationships between tables, (c) determining relevant tables for process reconstruction, (d) creating process protocols from selected tables, and (e) performing process mining analysis. This segmentation allows each step to be independently optimized and executed, improving process reconstruction accuracy while managing computational complexity through structured, modular processing.
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AI summary
A computer-implemented method of creating a process protocol in a local computer system is provided. The local computer system comprises a processor and a storage device, wherein the process protocol is created from raw data, which is stored in part in a first external computer system and in part in a second external computer system, wherein the raw data in the external computer systems is stored in a number of data tables, wherein the raw data comprises data, which is created during the execution of processes in the first external computer system and in the second external computer system.