Use BIND function to enable multiple DOMAIN_TABLE

 Posted on 2021-09-11  |  3 minutes  |  520 words  |  Kazuhiko Takata

Variant Explorer is the major Celonis Analytical view to find process pattern by GUI operation. Of course I used it many times and enjoyed it at first, and found that I had a lot of effort to filter on and off to observe process. Today I would like to create collective list of variant to see major process KPI. Also I would like to show you BIND function that is difficult to understand but quite convenient if you know it. [Read More]
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Convert count unit of KPI by COUNT DISTINCT

 Posted on 2021-09-04  |  3 minutes  |  430 words  |  Kazuhiko Takata

Last week I was asked to convert count unit of some KPI (that returns 1 or 0) from delivery item to delivery document (convert if all items in the document are 1 then document KPI is 1, else 0). In this case delivery document and item columns are stored at Activity table like this post’s third topic. I already used DOMAIN_TABLE to group activity record by delivery item then calculate KPI. [Read More]
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Count rows of Tables in various way

 Posted on 2021-08-28  |  2 minutes  |  425 words  |  Kazuhiko Takata

Counting rows of tables is frequently used so we are not aware about how to do it. But sometimes I got stuck to do it so I would like to deep dive this topic today. For this demo case I use P2P data model and three tables, header EKKO (key columns are MANDT/EBELN), item EKPO (MANDT/EBELN/EBELP) and activity. Also I used sum of item Net value. Below screen is the result of this demo. [Read More]
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Make Conditional Function to return 1 or NULL

 Posted on 2021-08-21  |  3 minutes  |  427 words  |  Kazuhiko Takata

Previously I posted Handle NULL efficiently in Aggregation Function and discussed how to unite formula of COUNT, SUM, AVG functions. Today I will create boolean function and use it for conditional aggregation. Imagine you would like to calculate net value of Sales Order (VBAP.NETWR_CONVERTED) in O2C process, but there are some conditons to calculate it. First condition is that sales order is active, means rejection reason column (VBAP.ABGRU) is not set. [Read More]
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Create Matrix of Throughput Time by Pivot Table

 Posted on 2021-08-07  |  2 minutes  |  300 words  |  Kazuhiko Takata

At the previous post of Customize Process Explorer, I showed how to determine throughput time between two activities. This KPI is visible when expanding Process Explorer, but font size of Process Explorer become smaller and smaller when expanding connections, so it is difficult to grasp overview of throughput time. Until previous post, I usually used OLAP table to show the list of KPI value. Of course it is good enough to grasp overview, but today I used different component Pivot Table to show KPI. [Read More]
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Create Additional Entry to Button Dropdown

 Posted on 2021-07-31  |  3 minutes  |  500 words  |  Kazuhiko Takata

I looked at the Celopeers post that had issue when variable input is blank (NULL) then PQL using this variable had error. I already used work around below to skip FILTER execution if variable is null. But I also felt troublesome in two points. First is this is not officially documented so myself need to instruct to my colleagues. Second is more important, I would like to unfilter this selection if variable is not set, but there was no way to do it. [Read More]
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Categorize and Name Activity

 Posted on 2021-07-24  |  3 minutes  |  471 words  |  Kazuhiko Takata

In the previous post Transform Source System Tables to Minimize Data Model Tables, I recommended to convert some kind of source system tables to Activity. Today I focus on Activity and would like to share my way how to categorize and name Activity. First point is to split Activity name to two parts, more general part and detail part. For example, in SAP ECC or S4HANA Order to Cash process, general Activity name is Create Sales Order when data committed in VA01 transaction. [Read More]
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Utilize N-M relationship between Activity and Dimension Tables

 Posted on 2021-07-10  |  2 minutes  |  313 words  |  Kazuhiko Takata

When you determine data model structure by yourself, basically you should follow snowflake schema writtern in Understand how Tables are joined in Data Model. From case table perspective, n side is case table, and 1 side is another dimension table. On the other hand, activity table is the first case that 1 side is case table. If you determine second dimension table that 1 side is case table, please note that you can not use both activity and that dimension table at once because those tables are N-M relationship via case table. [Read More]
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Maintain Saved Formulas effectively

 Posted on 2021-07-03  |  3 minutes  |  485 words  |  Kazuhiko Takata

In the last post Handle NULL efficiently in Aggregation Function, I used saved formulas to split long and complex PQL to reusable components. Today I would like to share my best practice to use saved formulas. For example I would like to ananlyze throughput time between arbitrary two activities. As below screenshot I created three dropdown buttons, switching time unit (sec, min, hour, day etc.) and two activities (from / to). [Read More]
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Handle NULL efficiently in Aggregation Function

 Posted on 2021-06-26  |  3 minutes  |  552 words  |  Kazuhiko Takata

I looked at many PQLs that can be simplified if they know about NULL handling well. Today I would like to tell how to handle NULL efficiently in Aggregation Functions (COUNT,SUM,AVG etc.). Today I would like to use O2C process to explain my case. I determined KPI Send Invoice within a day after Ship Goods, because sales company will Ship Goods then should Send Invoice immediately. Same as previous posts, first I would like to create OLAP table to look into the cases. [Read More]
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