Associating process variables to a tracking group

To track process variables for performance monitoring, you can associate them to a tracking group.

Before you begin

Create a tracking group to hold the process variable data that you want to track. See Creating a tracking group.

About this task

Associate process variables with each tracked field in the tracking group by completing the following steps:

Procedure

  1. Open the process.
  2. To add a Pre Tracking Point or a Post Tracking Point to an activity, gateway, or event in the process editor, follow these steps:
    1. In the Definition view, select an activity, gateway, or event.
    2. In the Properties view, open the Tracking tab.
    3. Select either Pre Tracking Point or Post Tracking Point, which corresponds to a point before the activity starts or after the diagram node finishes. You can set a tracking point in either one or both. A tracking point is the point in a process where data from process variables is sent to a tracking group.
    4. For the Tracking Group field, click Select and select the tracking group that you want to use. The tracking group fields are added in the Pr section you are working with. You can also create a new tracking group. For each tracked field defined in the tracking group, you must ensure that there is no other tracked field with the same name but with a different type defined in any other tracking group, either in the same process or in different processes or toolkits. Likewise, you must not change a tracked field type within the same tracking group.
    5. (Optional) Sort the tracked fields by selecting a sort order from the Sort tracked fields by list. Sorting can be helpful when you work with many tracked fields.
    6. Bind a process variable to each tracked field you want to use by clicking the selection icon (The selection icon). Your process variable must be a simple type. You can also assign expressions and literal values to tracking group fields.
  3. Click Save.