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Main perspective

The MAIN perspective displays process views and can host one or many in different tabs in the top part of the screen.

Process view information​

When the mouse hovers over a node or transition, it displays detailed statistics about averages, median, aggregates, numbers, etc… of the occurrences (e.g., patients) traversing the node or transition, as shown in figures 1.a and 1.b. In the case of nodes, it also displays the node name at the top.

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Figure 1.a. Node information tooltip

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Figure 1.b Transition information tooltip

Right-clicking on a node or transition brings a contextual menu with two options (figure 2)

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Figure 2. Contextual menu for accessing node or transition information

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Figure 3. Menu for each process view

The actions that can be performed in each process view – that is, in each tab – (figure 3) are:

  • Zoom in/out (1). Zoom in or out in the process view.
  • Add background (2). Add an image to the background.
  • Delete background (3). Remove the image that was added to the background.
  • Save as (4). Save information from the process view. As shown in figure 4 there are different options, including:
    • JPEG Image (*.JPG). Save the process view as an image.
    • JSON TPA Positions Model (*.json.tpa). Save the way the nodes are organised/positioned in the process view.
      • This can then be used by the process miner to update the default positions of the nodes when the experiment is run.
    • The other options save the process view as a CSV file, which allows opening it in Excel for further calculations:
      • TPA Node Stats (*.csv). Stats associated to nodes in the process view.
      • TPA Node Durations (*.csv). Duration of the nodes in the process view.
      • TPA Trace Stats (*.csv). Stats associated to traces in the process view.

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Figure 4. SAVE AS

  • Disable/Enable floating information window (5). If you click on a node or transition, a floating window will appear, with the same information that appears when hovering the mouse over the node or transition. The button in the menu is used to show or hide these floating windows once a node or transition has been selected. An example of a floating window is the following figure.

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Figure 5. Floating screen with statistical information

  • Disable/Enable legend (6). Both nodes and transitions appear colored in process views. To know the meaning of these colors, a legend is shown that may be visible or hidden, depending on this option.

  • Process view information (7). This option displays a screen where you can make annotations associated with the process view.

    • The default name of the process view (which is generated when opening PMApp and executing the experiment) will be "PROCESS".
      • In the case of having generated new groups, the name will instead be a list of the selected options from the categories that do not have all options selected (only if there is any).
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From this screen you can change the name that appears in the tab, modifying it in Name and then clicking on the SAVE button.

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Figure 6. Screen with the information about the process view

On the other hand, this perspective allows taking certain actions related to process views. These are found in the left menu:

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Figure 7. Left menu

  • Groups (1). From the preloaded data, select a subset of that data to generate new process views for easier analysis. For more information check Groups menu
  • Enhancements (2). Here you can add colour maps to the present process views. This helps to highlight different aspects. For more information check Enhancements menu
  • Statistics & Charts (3). In this menu you can configure the stats to show, choosing the type of data to show and the right representation (graphics, tables…). For more information check Satistics and Charts menu
  • Other views (4). In addition to the MAIN perspective, other perspectives are available from this menu. For more information, check Other views menu
  • More options (5). This menu shows information regarding the experiment. For more information check More options menu