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jacob.visse14Level 2
asked in General Product Q&A
I am using the " target=_"blank" statement in a text button to open a new tab with a link to Celonis documentation. But it opens in the same tab as my analyses. How to solve this?

Below an example of the code I am usingFor detailed information go to Celonis info page:<a href="https://docs.celonis.com/en/process-ai.html"target=_"blank"> Process AI</a>

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milan.eric
Level 3
andres.naran12
Level 4
andres.naran12Level 4
asked in Data Ingestion & Infrastructure
How to get KPIs values through PyCelonis?

Hi everyone, some months ago, I faced a challenge related to getting variables from a view using PyCelonis. Today I have another challenge where I need to get the result from multiple KPIs and send it back to the data pool.At the beginning, I used the module “Get Rows” from action flows, and I was able to get the values from each KPI. However, in some KPIs, the values that I’m getting inside actions flows, are completely different from the ones that exist in an OLAP’s table where those KPIs are being used. I don’t understand the reason for this, so I was thinking of a workaround solution with PyCelonis, where I would get the values from each KPI and create a dataframe that can be sent to the datapool.I can see in the documentation that we can get the values from records, but only of those records that exist in a data model. But I cannot see in the documentation how to deal with KPIs.Does anyone know if is there a way to get the value of multiple KPIs with PyCelonis, pls?

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andres.naran12
Level 4
bhargav.bhima
Level 2
bhargav.bhimaLevel 2
asked in General Product Q&A
Need help with PQL filtering

Hi,What I’m trying to do is essentially pick the last but one non-automated user from the event log and pull it to object level. The previous non-automated user needs to be different from the last non-automated user.In the sample data shown below the desired output would be JANE.I’ve tried looping one PU_LAST and using it as filter for another PU_LAST but doesn't seem to be working.PU_LAST( OBJECT ,  EVENT_LOG , EVENT_LOG NOT IN (PU_LAST( OBJECT, EVENT_LOG,EVENT_LOG NOT IN (‘AUTOMATED’) ))  ,  ’AUTOMATED’).EVENT LOG ID USER 1 JACK 2 JANE 3 JOHN 4 AUTOMATED 5 JOHN  Any insights would be much appreciated.

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julia.bauer
Level 5
julia.bauer
Level 5
julia.bauerLevel 5
asked in Process Improvement
Augmented Attribute Behavior

Hello everyone, I’m using an augmented attribute  “Sendout y/n” which is based on this record identifier: EORD → Material || Plant || Supplier. This attribute is used within a dashboard and can be manually set for the default value “no” to “yes”.  In the case a user changes this combination: Material: 123456, Plant: XY, Supplier: SupplierA → 123456XYSupplierA → Sendout (Augmented Attribute): Yes, I can then use this attribute for a connected AF. Let’s say the SAP EORD table data changes → orderbook changes the record identifier would now be: Material: 123456, Plant: XY, Supplier: SupplierB → what would now happen? Would the combination 123456XYSupplierB be on Sendout: Yes? Or would the augmented attribute as it is based on the MATNR, WERKS, LIFNR know that the identifier itself changed and be by default No again? When changes occur I would need the combination 123456XYSupplierB to have the augmented attribute with: No by default. I’m assuming that this will be the case, however, I’m no

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julia.bauer
Level 5
fabian.altendorfer
Level 3
fabian.altendorferLevel 3
asked in Process Analysis
Is it possible to open link to view with filter in link parameter?

Hi, I would like to link from a dashboard to a View with Process Explorer. In the dashboard, an object is selected and I would like to give the object identifier with the link to celonis, so that I can filter in the process explorer based on that (so that I only see this individual object and it’s event log).Is this possible to achieve with a Celonis View?Many Thanks,

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julia.bauer
Level 5
A Rab
Level 2
A RabLevel 2
asked in General Product Q&A
Executing Data Model Schedule from Action Flow

Hi,Do you know if there is a way to execute an already exist Schedule in the Data Model from the Action flow. I have an Action Flow that updates some fields in the source system, and I want the data jobs (extraction, transformations, and data model load) to be executed as the last step of the Action Flow, so the updates will be available in the dashboard as well. Thanks.

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julia.bauer
Level 5
manuel.wetze
Level 5
manuel.wetzeLevel 5
asked in General Product Q&A
How to analyze User behaviour within Views for UX improvement?

Dear all,I was wondering if there are any approaches on how to measure how endusers are actually using the dashboards. With the purpose of improving usability.Does anyone have any approach on how to do this within the platform or by any workarounds on logs or even third party tools? Do you have any other appraoch to determine what the user really needs? Example key question would be:Which views get accessed how often?Which tabs get viewed how often?Which filters get used?Context: Naturally when developing custom dashboards you are implementing a lot of small requirements and end up always adding more functionally and therefore complexity. To have an aggregated analysis on how the users navigate a series of linked dashboards would help to remove less frequent used parts. 

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devesh.jinda11
Level 2
miguel.ferna11
Level 3
miguel.ferna11Level 3
asked in AI
How to download a zip file from ML Workbench directory?

I have generated a zip file with the content-cli module and now I need to download it locally, but every time I press the “Download” button it creates an HTML file. That HTML redirects me to a “Secure download” which re-downloads the same HTML. How can I avoid the HTML and just retrieve the zip file?

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michael.hamme13
Level 2
michael.kaemp
Level 3
michael.kaempLevel 3
asked in Process Analysis
Concat references

Hi together, there's spaghetti in my head. I have the feeling like it should be possible, but can't figure out how to.I've a table like this A B 0 NULL 1 0 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 Column A contains the case key, B can contain a case key as a reference. E.g. case 1 refers to case 0. And the cases 2, 3, 4, and 5 refer to case 1. Now I want to "turn around" the reference so that there is a new column that shows e.g. for case 1 that it's referenced by 2, 3, 4, and 5. The result should look like this: A B C 0 NULL 1 1 0 2, 2, 3, 4 2 1 NULL 3 1 NULL 4 1 NULL 5 1 NULL Any ideas? 

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michael.kaemp
Level 3
andres.naran12
Level 4
andres.naran12Level 4
asked in General Product Q&A
Send messages through Google chat

Hi everyone, I have an issue that I would like to share in case anyone knows how to solve it.I’m currently looking for a way to send messages to multiple end users by Google Chat. I don’t want to send messages to a group, but instead to end users. I noticed that Celonis provides a module called "Inject Message Into Room", but I need the webhook URL from each user. Additionally, I cannot send messages bigger than 4096 characters.Does anyone know if there is another module where I can use just the email address from users to send a message through Google Chat to each one of them, and change the length of the message body limitation, since there are some messages that might exceed the 4096 characters.Thanks! 

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andres.naran12
Level 4
emily.helve
Level 2
emily.helveLevel 2
asked in Process Analysis
Combine ERDAT and ERZET fields into single timestamp

Using PQL in the VBFA table, I need to combine the date and time into a single timestamp.Both the ERDAT (date) and  ERZET (time) fields are formatted as complete timestamps in our data model.I succeeded by converting both fields to strings, combining them, then converting the combined string back to a date.TO_DATE(TO_STRING ("VBFA"."ERDAT" , FORMAT ( '%Y-%m-%d' ) )||' '||TO_STRING("VBFA"."ERZET", format ('%H:%M:%S')), FORMAT ( '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' ) )Is there a more direct approach I could use to obtain the same result? The conversion to string seems  unnecessary.Thank you.

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Celonaut
bhargav.bhima
Level 2
bhargav.bhimaLevel 2
asked in General Product Q&A
having issues using PU within another PU as filter

Hi ,I am trying to use a PU function and use the result as a filter within another PU function.When i try below PQL it works fine.PU_LAST( OBJECT, EVENT_LOG,EVENT_LOG NOT IN ( PU_LAST(OBJECT,EVENT_LOG)))But when i try to add another argument for the ‘not in ‘ it returns nulls . In this example the ‘ABC’ is the additional argument for the ‘not in’ PU_LAST( OBJECT, EVENT_LOG,EVENT_LOG NOT IN ( PU_LAST(OBJECT,EVENT_LOG),’ABC’)) .have also tried splitting the filter using AND but still same issue persists.Any insights would be much appreciated.

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bhargav.bhima
Level 2
louis.forst11
Level 3
louis.forst11Level 3
asked in Process Analysis
Stacked Bar Chart

Hi, i have a Bar chart with the time axis on the x-axis and on the y axis how much the money was. Is there a way to break down the y axis graph into the specific vendor_names, there are around ten. How could i do it in a view.  Thanks in advance

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Celonaut
michael.kaemp
Level 3
michael.kaempLevel 3
asked in Process Analysis
assign date value from an augmented attribute to a variable and use it

Hi together, I'm working with legacy views and can't manage to pass the value of an augmented attribute of type date to a variable to use it as parameter for KPIs. The record containing the augmented attribute  - id: CM_MONTHS    identifier:      id: id      displayName: Id      pql: '"CM_MONTHS"."MONTH"'    attributes: []    newAttributes: []    augmentedAttributes:      - id: late_creation_deadline_date        displayName: "Late Creation: deadline date"        possibleValues: []        columnType: DATE        format: "%Y-%m-%d"        housekeeping: false        type: AUGMENTED_ATTRIBUTE    flags: []    priorities: []    triggers: []    businessRules: []    type: RECORD    origin: PACKAGE The component to update the augmented attribute  type: table  settings:    data:      columns:        - id: 3486adcd-a996-49a5-97e0-af17da07e9af          field: CM_MONTHS.MONTH          order: 100        - id: 10c08937-649f-48a0-88fe-929d3107e824          field: CM_MONTHS.AUGMENTED_late_creation_dead

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michael.kaemp
Level 3
natnapin.ketch
Level 2
natnapin.ketchLevel 2
asked in General Product Q&A
How to sort the filter in Platform Adoption View

In the Platform Adoption View downloaded from the Marketplace, there is a filter bar, and the list of dropdown values in each filter is sorted alphabetically. However, I noticed that there are numbers displayed next to each value, indicating the number of views.I would like to know if it's possible to sort the list by the number of views (e.g., from highest to lowest) instead of alphabetically by name. Alternatively, is there a way to hide the number of views displayed next to each value? Example of dropdown filter: 

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natnapin.ketch
Level 2
Chethan Shetty
Level 2
Chethan ShettyLevel 2
asked in Process Improvement
Form Design in Celonis

Hey, I’m beginner in Celonis and started my learning. I wanted to know Can we build a user form which helps me to collect the data from user and store it designated table. I also have set of rules for forms like show this field if user in particular role or make the field editable only if certain condition matches with current logged in user otherwise just keep it as read only and so on. Can this be achievable in celonis. Looking forward for response. Note: Pease share screenshot how it will look if you have anything sharable in this forum. Thanks & RegardsChethan Shetty

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Chethan Shetty
Level 2
emilia.stepi
Level 2
emilia.stepiLevel 2
asked in Data Ingestion & Infrastructure
Restricting access to specific data model column

Hello everyone,I want to restrict access to a specific column in a data model so that non-admins cannot see the values in that column or the column itself. Is there a way to achieve this using data permissions? Thank you!Best,Emilia

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benjamin.delay
Level 2
jagjeet.singh12
Level 2
jagjeet.singh12Level 2
asked in General Product Q&A
Duplicate Vendor/ Invoice Identifier

I would like to understand how we can leverage Celonis functionalities to identify duplicate invoices or vendors. What are the different approaches available in Celonis to achieve this

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jagjeet.singh12
Level 2
shane.proct
Level 3
shane.proctLevel 3
asked in Process Analysis
Filtering for last activity of each day.

In an OLAP table, I am looking at sales documents "VBAK"."VBELN".  I only want to see the last change of each day.  How do I filter for the last "_CEL_O2C_ACTIVITIES"."EVENTTIME" of each day?  I’ve experimented with PU_MAX, but I keep getting errors.

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julia.bauer
Level 5
julia.bauer
Level 5
julia.bauerLevel 5
asked in Process Analysis
Input Button Dropdown in JAB Views

Hello everyone, I’m currently migrating an old view to a JAB view. In the old view I had an input dropdown (made with a custom object “Time Dimension” with the content columns: Year, Year-Month, Quarter, Week, Day). In the new JAB view I now want to implement this as well (filtering charts according to Quarter, Week and so forth). I’m already aware of the Celonis documentation: Configuring user inputs (input box, input dropdown, button), but this is really too intransparent for me.  Can someone give me a step by step guide on how to implement this?I already created a variable as object like this: {"Year": "String","Year-Month": "String","Quarter": "String","Week": "String","Day": "String"} However, within the input dropdown component, I don’t know how to proceed as the dimensions Year, Year-Month, Quarter, Week, Day are not stored in a single attribute/dimension. They are all calculated with the EVENTTIME separately. Thanks in advance! Best regardsJulia Bauer 

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julia.bauer
Level 5
julia.bauer
Level 5
julia.bauerLevel 5
asked in Process Improvement
Add Powerpoint Attachment to Mail Sent by AF

Hello everyone, this is my current AF setup: The setup works fine, however, I have received the requirement to add a powerpoint attachment to the mail sent via the AF. This powerpoint is static and is only a training document for the recipient. Is it possible to add attachment from your computer to be sent out by the AF itself? I cannot add this via the data and title fields since it’s already ready and static. Thanks! BRJulia Bauer

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julia.bauer
Level 5
kandi.naidu
Level 4
kandi.naiduLevel 4
asked in Process Analysis
How to configure input dropdown in views

Hi Team, I’m working on input dropdown where my timestamp should be convert into daily,weekly,monthly and if it is daily I need 8 hrs , for weekly 40 hrs and monthly 173 hrs in one single dropdown. How I can achieve it. Regards,Ajith Naidu.

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julia.bauer
Level 5
Saba
Level 4
SabaLevel 4
asked in AI
Annotation

Hi everyone,I want to use the Annotation Builder, but I don’t have a unique ID.For example, the same material number exists in two different business units as you see in the picture.What’s the best way to handle this? Thanks for your help!  

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Saba
Level 4
leonardo.spina
Level 3
leonardo.spinaLevel 3
asked in Process Analysis
Change in default display of columns within the Case Explorer

Hi team, I want to know more change the default display of columns within the Case Explorer component of Studio Views, after having added two more attributes.Best regards, Leonardo

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Gaya Balasubramanian
Celonaut
Yannick Noubissi
Level 2
Yannick NoubissiLevel 2
asked in Process Analysis
How to filter table rows based on aggregated column values in Celonis?

Hi everyone, I’m working on an analysis in Celonis and I have a question regarding filtering table rows.In my case, one of the columns in my table displays a sum of values retrieved from the backend (e.g., SUM("SomeColumn")). I would like to exclude all rows where this sum equals zero, so they don’t appear in the final table.How can I apply such a filter directly in the table configuration or via a filter condition?Thanks in advance for your help!

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