It is possible to prepare a single event log and add as many columns as you wish in order to include additional information.
However, with increasing number of columns and replicating case-specific data for each activity in the event log, performance might suffer. On the other hand, this is the easiest way of preparing data.
Minimal Eventlog
In order to set up an event log for SAP Process Mining by Celonis 4.2, you need at least the following information in three columns:
The following column is optional.
However, we strongly recomment to use a sorting column if you can, as it can be useful when dealing with large data sets.
The screenshot shows the minimal eventlog with a CaseID column, an Activity column and a Timestamp column.
Additional Information
When analyzing processes, topics of analysis are not restricted to the process flow itself. Therefore additional information can be useful.
In case of a single event log, the information has to be directly attached in additional columns.
Additional information columns in an event log file. Replicated data in the last three columns due to one-file-event log-structure.