Configuration requirements for optimization (deprecated)

To optimize your processes, you must configure IBM® BPM to capture data.

Using historical data captured by IBM Business Process Manager Business Performance Data Warehouse, the Optimizer pinpoints areas in your process models where you can make design changes to help streamline execution and, thus, improve performance. If you are planning to deploy one or more processes and you want to capture the performance data that will enable you to optimize those processes, you must complete the following tasks in the order shown:

Task	Description
Ensure autotracking is enabled	With autotracking enabled, IBM BPM captures data that automatically includes tracking points at the entry and exit of each item in a process definition (such as activities and gateways). This data enables the Optimizer to analyze runtime task duration as well as compare how a process performs when it follows one path versus another.
Specify the business data (variables) to track	To capture the value of business data at every point as it flows through the process, specify the variables to track. Doing so ensures that you get the most value out of your process analysis. For example, knowing which of your suppliers is causing the most exceptions in your quality assurance process is valuable information.
Send tracking definitions	The data described in the preceding tasks is captured to the Business Performance Data Warehouse only if you send tracking definitions as instructed in the following procedures.
Create historical analysis scenarios	After your processes have been running for a while and you want to analyze the collected data using the Optimizer, create historical scenarios to specify the process models 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. The advantage of historical scenarios is that they enable you to group and compare performance for different sets of processes.

Optional configuration for optimization

IBM BPM provides the following configuration options for the Optimizer, which may prove useful or helpful in your environment:

Option	Description
Generate historical data	You can set up a Simulation Profile and generate historical data based on that profile if you want to run historical analyses based on data that you generate. This option is helpful if you want to simulate your processes using business data versus the timing data that is normally available with simulations.
Analyze data from Business Performance Data Warehouses in runtime environments	You can configure IBM BPM to enable the Optimizer to performs its analysis on the data from Business Performance Data Warehouses in runtime environments. This option is helpful if you want to be able to select a Business Performance Data Warehouse other than the local warehouser when running an analysis.