Data required for a Process Mining study

The tables below describe the essential (mandatory) and / or optional (optional) data that the software needs to perform an analysis.

Any input format (file) must contain these fields, which will be used in the data feed API.

Name	Description	mandatory/optional
Case ID	Allows to distinguish, in the traces, the case to which the activity relates (examples: client ID, which one seeks to analyze the succession of activities, production batch, client file number, ...)	mandatory
Activity	Description or name of an activity (can be combined with an activity ID)	mandatory
Activity Start date	Date on which an activity begins	mandatory
Activity End date	Date an activity ends	recommended (*)
Resource	Description of the resource involved in the activity (ex: Customer advisor, Production resource, ...)	recommended (**)
Other information	If the data source contains other information allowing, such as Resources for example, to complete the business analysis, to categorize, to understand or to deduce the behavior of the process, this information is obviously to be kept. They are not formally described as necessary data, but can add much to the analysis. Examples: promotion period, commercial context, production plant, ...	optional

(*) If we want to take advantage of the time spent in activities

(**) If we want to obtain relevant information on the Resources associated with the process

Fictitious example of an industrial process The second line indicates the business mapping corresponding to the necessary data

Case ID	Activity	Start date	End date	Resource	Other
lot number	step	entry timestamp	output timestamp	robot id	production line
1	cutting	13:46:00	13:46:24	R2	RENNES
1	stamping	13:46:26	13:46:28	R2	RENNES
1	marking	13:46:30	13:46:33	R2	RENNES
1	setting	13:46:36	13:46:40	R2	RENNES
1	labeling	13:46:45	13:46:46	R2	RENNES
2	cutting	13:46:05	13:46:29	R2	LYON
2	stamping	13:46:30	13:46:32	R2	LYON
2	marking	13:46:35	13:46:37	R2	LYON
2	labeling	13:46:40	13:46:41	R2	LYON

Case ID	Activity	Start date	Resource	Other	Other
order number	activity	date	advisor	product	quantity
57021	order	28/01/2016 11:10:05	Ludovic	iPhone	1
57022	order	28/01/2016 12:34:23	Sarah	Hard disk 2 To	2
57023	order	28/01/2016 13:30:20	André	Headphones	1
57021	stock check	28/01/2016 11:15:05	Ludovic	iPhone	1
57022	livraison	28/01/2016 12:35:23	Sarah	Hard disk 2 To	2
57023	cancellation	28/01/2016 13:33:10	André	Headphones	1

Case ID	Activity	Start date	End Date	Resource	Other	Other
patient	care	entry date	output date	staff	age	cost class
883	radiology	10/12/2016 09:10:05	10/12/2016 09:23:09	Dr Durant	45	A
884	reception	10/12/2016 09:12:50	10/12/2016 09:20:30	J. Dupuis	65
884	blood test	10/12/2016 10:02:20	10/12/2016 10:23:12	A. Joyeux	65	C
884	billing	10/12/2016 10:45:05	10/12/2016 10:50:22	J. Dupuis	65
880	scanner	10/12/2016 11:10:00	10/12/2016 11:50:09	Dr Poisson	36	E