- Release notes
- Before you begin
- Getting started
- Integrations
- Working with process apps
- Working with dashboards and charts
- Working with process graphs
- Working with Discover process models and Import BPMN models
- Showing or hiding the menu
- Context information
- Export
- Filters
- Sending automation ideas to UiPath® Automation Hub
- Tags
- Due dates
- Compare
- Conformance checking
- Root cause analysis
- Simulating automation potential
- Starting a Task Mining project from Process Mining
- Triggering an automation from a process app
- Viewing Process data
- Creating apps
- Loading data
- Customizing process apps
- Publishing process apps
- App templates
- Additional resources
Simulating automation potential
The Automation potential dashboard enables you to see potential savings for activities in your process. For example, if you determine an activity as a bottleneck in the process graph, you can calculate the impact of automating the activity. From the Automation potential dashboard you can simulate various What-if scenarios to identify which activities are most costly and how much time or money possibly could be saved when automating one or more activities.
event_log as input, you can also specify the event_processing_time as a column in that file. Values specified on event level will take precedence over values specified per activity using the
seed file.
The Automation potential charts highlight the simulated activities with the highest simulated automation rate.
For each activity, the Automation rate, and the Manual processing time are displayed.
The Modify simulation button on an activity chart enables you to modify the parameter values for the existing simulation.
If you have not set any simulation parameters for the activity, you can select the Configure simulation button on the activity chart to open the Modify simulation panel where you can change the simulation parameters.
Below is a description of the KPIs that are displayed at the top Automation potential dashboard.
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KPI |
Description |
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Automation rate | Percentage of events that are automated. |
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Manual processing time | The total amount of time that is actually spent working on the events. |
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Manual processing cost | The total costs spent on the events. |
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FTE |
The total time that is needed to perform the work for events. |
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Number of events |
The total number of events. |
automated field is set to true.
The manual processing time is the total amount of time that is actually spent working on the events.
Event start and the Event end.
Event start is not available, the Automation potential simulation will display the throughput time between the Event end and the previous Event end as the Manual processing time.
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Duration |
Description |
|---|---|
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Cycle time |
The time between the
Event start and the Event end. The actual time worked on an event.
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Throughput time |
The time between the
Event end and the previous Event end.
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The All automation opportunities chart displays the activities based on the current Automation rate, which is determined by the percentage of events that are automated. The activities with the lowest automation rate are displayed first.
Below is a description of the elements.
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Element |
Description |
|---|---|
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Activity |
The name of the activity. |
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Automation rate |
The percentage of events that are automated. |
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Manual processing time |
The total amount of time that is actually spent working on the events. |
| Manual processing cost |
The total costs spent on the events. Note:
Manual processing cost is only displayed if the event_cost field is available in your dataset. |
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FTE |
The total time that is needed to perform the work for events. FTE is calculated by dividing the manual processing time in hours by the number of working hours. The number of working hours is calculated from the number of working days in the selected period * 8 working hours per day. |
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Simulate |
A toggle button that displays the results of the simulation. If you have not performed a simulation for the action, the Modify simulation panel is displayed, where you can enter different values to use for calculating the automation potential. |
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Enables you to open a context menu with the following options:
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Follow these steps to change the visible columns.
- Select the
Columns icon to display the list of columns.
- Select the columns you want to display in the selected All automation opportunities chart.
Follow these steps to display the Modify simulation panel.
- Select Automation potential in the menu on the left of the dashboard.
- Locate the activity for which you want to perform a simulation.
- Select
in the Actions column of the activity, and select Modify simulation from the context menu.
The Modify simulation form is displayed to the right.
You can also click on the Simulate or Modify simulation button on an activity in the Automation potential chart, to display the Modify simulation panel.
This simulation parameters are used to determine how much of the activity can be successfully automated. Below is an overview of the parameters that can be set to perform an automation potential simulation.
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Context |
Parameter |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Process ways of working | Number of ways to complete the process | The number of different variations possible in which the process or activity can be completed. |
| Data input |
% of digital input |
A percentage value that indicates how much of the input is digital. |
| Data input |
% of structured digital input |
A percentage range that indicates how much of the digital input is structured. |
If all the input data is structured and digital and if there is only one way to complete the process, then the process is 100% automatable. If the Automation potential is 90%, this indicates that 90% of the activity or process can be automated.
For a detailed description on how these parameters are used to perform an automation potential simulation see the Automation Potential section on the Detailed Assessment Algorithm page.
Follow these steps to perform an automation potential simulation to calculate the automation potential.
The impact on the automation rate, the manual processing time, and the FTE for the activity is displayed in the Automation potential dashboard. Next to the current Automation rate, the Automation rate calculated from the simulation is displayed, as well as the difference percentage. For the Manual processing time and the FTE the difference between the current value and the simulated value is displayed.
The automation simulations are saved. When you reopen the Automation potential dashboard, all active simulations are displayed.
From the Automation Potential dashboard you can investigate reusable RPA components to accelerate your automation journey. With Marketplace recommendations you can explore possible solution accelerators and custom activities related to your process.
Follow these steps to explore Marketplace recommendations.
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In the Automation Potential dashboard, select the
icon to open the Actions menu.
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Select Explore Marketplace recommendations from the menu.
The Marketplace recommendations panel opens displaying a list of recommended solution accelerators.
By default, Solution accelerators are displayed. You can clear the search bar to see solution accelerators and custom activities. You can also start entering a term to search for a particular solution accelerator or custom activity.
To see all available custom activities and solution accelerators in Marketplace, select See all recommendations. The Marketplace listings are displayed in a new browser tab.
Follow these steps to try out a solution accelerator or a custom activity.
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In the Marketplace recommendations panel, locate the solution accelerator or custom activity you want to try out.
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Select the Try it option on the card.
Marketplace is opened in a new browser tab displaying the selected solution accelerator or a custom activity. Here you can download the solution accelerator or a custom activity and install it to try it out.
- Introduction
- Providing data input using dbt seeds
- Automation potential
- KPIs
- Green and red arrows
- Automation rate
- Manual processing time
- All automation opportunities
- Selecting visible columns
- Displaying the Modify simulation panel
- Simulation parameters
- Performing an Automation potential simulation
- Exploring Marketplace recommendations
- Trying out a solution accelerator or a custom activity
- Exploring all available solution accelerators and custom activities
