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Im having some trouble understanding how the built-in Number of process variants KPI is calculated. I dont understand why these two statements are not equivalent. KPI("Number of process variants") versus COUNT( DISTINCT VARIANT( "_CEL_P2P_ACTIVITIES"."ACTIVITY_EN" ) ) image.png900323 21.4 KB
Hi, the reason for this is that the Number of process variants saved formula uses the following formula: COUNT( DISTINCT SHORTENED(VARIANT( "_CEL_P2P_ACTIVITIES"."ACTIVITY_EN")) ) SHORTENED reduces the cycle length to 2. So if you have variants A->B->B->B->C and A->B->B->B->B->B->C, they are both shortened to A->B->B->C. This is why your number without the SHORTENED is larger. Cheers David