Data cleansing

You can use the Data cleansing options in IBM Process Mining to improve the representation of the process in the process analysis. The following two features are available in the Data cleansing page:

Alias

You can use the Alias feature to rename an activity for ease of identification and aggregate different activities.

Adding an alias for an activity

  1. Open a project.

  2. Go to Data & Settings > Data cleansing.

  3. Click Add activity alias.

  4. In the Add activity alias dialog, complete the following steps:

    1. In the Activity field, select the activity that you want to rename.
    2. In the Alias field, type the new name for the activity.
    3. Add and apply changes.

  5. Optional: Click Go to the analysis to see your changes in the process or stay in the Data cleansing section to view the list of alias created for the project.

Editing an alias of an activity

  1. Open a project.
  2. Go to Data & Settings > Data cleansing.
  3. In the Alias section, click the Edit icon corresponding to the activity you want to change.
  4. In the Alias field of the Edit activity alias dialog, type the new name of the activity.
  5. Save and apply changes.

Deleting an alias of an activity

  1. Open a project.
  2. Go to Data & Settings > Data cleansing.
  3. In the Alias section, click the Delete icon corresponding to the activity you want to delete.
  4. In the dialog, click Delete and apply changes.

Ignore activity

In IBM Process Mining, you can configure the process analysis to ignore specific activities that are not relevant to your business requirements. You can choose the activities to ignore in the model and process analysis.

Adding ignored activities

  1. Open a project.
  2. Go to Data & Settings > Data cleansing.
  3. Click Change ignored activities.
  4. Select one or more activities from the list.
  5. Save and apply changes.
  6. Optional: Click Go to the analysis to see your changes in the process or stay in the Data cleansing section to view the list of ignored activities created for the project.

Editing ignored activities

  1. Open a project.
  2. Go to Data & Settings > Data cleansing.
  3. Click Change ignored activities.
  4. Clear the activities that you do not want to be ignored and check that activities to ignore.
  5. Save and apply changes.