The Process Funnel Widget is a specialized visualization tool within SAP Signavio Process Intelligence designed to analyze case flow through a predefined path. Its primary benefit is to show the volume of cases, or 'traffic', that successfully pass through a specific sequence of activities. It clearly illustrates the drop-off rate at each step, helping analysts identify where cases deviate from the expected path, which is crucial for pinpointing bottlenecks or inefficiencies in a process.

A. To visualize the different variants of the process

This is the function of the Process Discovery or Variant Explorer widget, which automatically discovers and displays all paths taken in the process.

C. To visualize the process conformance and non-compliant steps

This is the specific purpose of the Conformance Check widget, which compares the actual process data against a target BPMN model to identify deviations.

D. To visualize the revenues each region produces

This describes a generic business intelligence chart (e.g., a bar chart). While possible in a dashboard, it is not the specific function of the Process Funnel widget.

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1. SAP Help Portal

SAP Signavio Process Intelligence Documentation: "The Process Funnel Widget". The documentation states

"The process funnel widget visualizes how many cases follow a certain path. For a sequence of activities you define

the widget displays how many cases contain the first activity

how many of these cases also contain the second activity

and so on." This directly supports the concept of visualizing data 'traffic' along a path.

2. SAP Training

SIGNAVIO1 - SAP Signavio Process Manager and Process Intelligence: In the module covering SAP Signavio Process Intelligence widgets

the Funnel Widget is presented as a tool to "analyze the drop-off rates between activities for a predefined path." This confirms its purpose is to track case volume through a sequence.

3. van der Aalst

W. M. P. (2016). Process Mining: Data Science in Action. Springer. Chapter 1

"Introduction

" pp. 7-11

outlines the three main types of process mining: (1) discovery

(2) conformance

and (3) enhancement. Funnel analysis is a technique used for performance analysis

which falls under the 'enhancement' type. This academic source distinguishes this function from process discovery (variants

option A) and conformance checking (option C). (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49851-4)