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Following are other operations that you can use in Power Automate Process Mining.

attributeName

Returns the event/case attribute value.

Output Data Type: BOOL, INT, STRING, FLOAT, TIME, DATE

Example: MAX(eventCost)

Metric applicable on process map calculates the maximum cost of the event per activity. Attribute name - eventCost - is case insensitive, valid formats are also for example EVENTCost, eventcost, or EventCOST.

GETVALUE([attributeName])

Returns the event/case attribute value.

Parameters:

  • [attributeName] - attributeName

    Data type: STRING (only fixed string is allowed)

Output Data Type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, TIME, DATE

Example: GetValue("invoice total")

If the attribute contains space in the name, it isn't possible to write it directly as part of the custom metric expression. In such cases, use the operator GetValue to access the value of a given attribute.

IF([condition],[valueIfTrue],[valueIfFalse])

Returns the first or second value based on the condition.

Parameters:

  • [condition] - boolean value or expression

    Data type: BOOL

  • [valueIfTrue] - value to be matched in input string

    Data type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

  • [valueIfFalse] - returned value if condition is not met

    Data type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

Output Data Type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

Example: IF(EventCount() > 10, "Complex", "Simple")

Metric applicable on case overview statistics screen. If the case contains more than 10 events, the returned value is "Complex", otherwise "Simple".

SOURCE([operation])

Changes the context of the operation to initial event path (only allowed for paths).

Supported context: edge

Parameters:

  • [operation] - value to be returned from the initial event path

    Data type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

Output Data Type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

Example: SUM(SOURCE(Duration())+Duration())

Metric applicable on process map calculates the sum of the initial event duration in the path and the path duration itself.

TARGET([operation])

Changes the context of the value to ending event path (only allowed for paths).

Supported context: edge

Parameters:

  • [operation] - input string

    Data type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

Output Data Type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

Example: SUM(SOURCE(Duration())+TARGET(Duration()))

Metric applicable on process map calculates total duration of path's starting and ending events for each path.

CASE([operation])

Changes the context of the operation to case event/path (only allowed for events and paths).

Supported context: event, edge

Parameters:

  • [operation] - value to be calculated on the case level of a current event or edge

    Data type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

Output Data Type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIM

Example: Duration() / CASE(Duration())

Metric applicable on event-level filter calculates the ratio of event duration to case duration.

FIRSTEVENT([operation])

Changes the context of the operation to the first event case (only allowed for cases).

Supported context: case

Parameters:

  • [operation] - value to be calculated on the context of the first event in the case

    Data type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

Output Data Type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

Example: FIRSTEVENT(Duration())

Metric applicable on case overview statistic calculates the duration of the first case's event per each case.

LASTEVENT([operation])

Changes the context of the operation to the end event case (only allowed for cases).

Supported context: case

Parameters:

  • [operation] - value to be calculated on the context of the last event in the case

    Data type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

Output Data Type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

Example: LASTEVENT(Duration())

Metric applicable on case overview statistic calculates the duration of the last case's event per each case.

PROCESS([operation])

Changes the context of the operation to a process.

Supported context: process, case, event, edge

Parameters:

  • [operation] - value to be calculated in the context of the actual process

    Data type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

Output Data Type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

Example: PROCESS(EventCount())

Metric applicable for any custom metric usage within the application. Returns total number of events in the current process (in actual view).

IN([operation], value1, value2, value3, ...., valueN)

returns TRUE if the operation is equal to any of given values. It is a shortened version of the logical operation OR.

Parameters:

  • [operation] - value to be calculated in the context of the actual process

    Data type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

  • [value1], [value2], .., [value3] - list of values for compare. All values need to be the same data type and the same data type as the operation

    Data type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

Output Data Type: BOOL

Example: COUNTIF(IN(userName, "Peter", "Martin", "Laura"))

Metric applicable on process map for activities. Returns the total count of events with users named "Peter" or "Martin" or "Laura" per activity.

NEXT([value],[default])

Returns the value of the next event in the case. If the next event doesn't exist, returns the default value.

Supported context: case (implicit)

Parameters:

  • [value] - value to be calculated in the context of the next event within the actual case

    Data type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

  • [default] - default value to be returned if there is no next event in the actual case.

    Data type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

Output Data Type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

Example: NEXT(eventCost, 0)

Metric applicable on filter metrics. Returns event cost of the next event in the case. If the current event is the last event in the case, returns zero.

NEXTIF([condition], [value], [default])

Returns the value of the first next event in the case which met the condition. If no such next event exists, returns default value.

Supported context: case (implicit)

Parameters:

  • [condition] - the condition which needs to be met for the event selection

    Data type: BOOL

  • [value] - value to be calculated in the context of the first next event which matches the [condition] within the actual case

    Data type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

  • [default] - default value to be returned if there is no next event in the actual case which matches the condition

    Data type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

Output Data Type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

Example: NEXTIF(userName == "Laura", eventCost, 0)

Metric applicable on any custom metric usage within the application. Returns total number of events in the current process (in the actual view).

PREVIOUS([value], [default])

Returns value of the previous event in the case. If previous event doesn't exist, returns default value.

Supported context: case (implicit)

Parameters:

  • [value] - value to be calculated in the context of the previous event within the actual case

    Data type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

  • [default] - default value to be returned if there is no previous event in the actual case.

    Data type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

Output Data Type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

Example: PREVIOUS(userName, "n/a")

Metric applicable on metrics filter. Returns value of userName attribute for the previous event in the case. If the previous event does not exist (for example, for the first event in case), it returns "n/a".

PREVIOUSIF([condition], [value], [default])

Returns value of the first previous event in the case which met the condition. If no such previous event exists, returns the default value.

Supported context: case (implicit)

Parameters:

  • [condition] - the condition which needs to be met for the event selection

    Data type: BOOL

  • [value] - value to be calculated in the context of the first previous event which matches the [condition] within the actual case

    Data type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

  • [default] - default value to be returned if there is no previous event in the actual case which matches the condition

    Data type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

Output Data Type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

Example: PREVIOUSIF(eventCost > 0, userName, "n/a")

Metric applicable on metrics filter. Returns value of userName attribute for the first previous event in the case with the eventCost greater than zero. If no such previous event exists, it returns "n/a".

MOVE([offset], [value], [default])

Returns the value of the event in the case retrieved by the offset. Offset 1 means next event, offset -1 previous, offset 0 current. If the event does not exist on the given offset, it returns the default value.

Supported context: case (implicit)

Parameters:

  • [offset] - offset to current event

    Data type: INT

  • [value] - value to be calculated in the context of the specified event within the actual case

    Data type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

  • [default] - default value to be returned if there is no such event in the actual case

    Data type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

Output Data Type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

Example: SUM(MOVE(2, eventCost, 0) + MOVE(1, eventCost, 0))

Metric applicable on the process map. Returns the sum of event cost for the next two (subsequent) events calculated per activity.

MOVEIF([offset], [condition], [value], [default])

Returns the value of the event satisfying the condition retrieved by the offset. Offset 1 means the next following fulfilling event, offset -1 the nearest previous fulfilling event, offset 0 the current fulfilling event. If such an event doesn't exist, it returns the default value.

Supported context: case (implicit)

Parameters:

  • [offset] - event offset

    Data type: INT

  • [condition] - the condition which needs to be met for the event selection

    Data type: BOOL

  • [value] - value to be calculated in the context of the specified event within the actual case

    Data type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

  • [default] - default value to be returned if there is no such event in the actual case

    Data type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

Output Data Type: BOOL, INT, FLOAT, STRING, DATE, TIME

Example: MOVEIF(3, userName == "Laura", eventCost, 0)

Metric applicable on metrics filter. Returns event cost for the third next event which was done by the user "Laura" in the current case.