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Process Mining user guide

Last updated May 5, 2026

Input tables of Purchase-to-Pay Discovery Accelerator V. 21.4

Introduction

This section contains an overview of the attributes for each of the input tables of the Purchase-to-Pay Discovery Accelerator. For each entity the attributes are listed. For each attribute, the name and a data type are displayed. Apart from that, it is indicated whether the attribute is mandatory if the entity is included in the Purchase-to-Pay process.

EntityTableMandatory Y/N
Purchase requisitionPurchase_requisitions_baseN
Purchase orderPurchase_orders_baseY
Purchase order itemPurchase_order_items_baseY
Goods receiptGoods_receipt_baseN
InvoiceInvoices_baseN
Invoice itemInvoice_items_baseN
AccountingAccounting_documents_baseN
PaymentPayments_baseN

Purchase Requisition

Purchase_requisitions_base Table

Below is an overview of the attributes of the Purchase_requisitions_base table.

NameData typeMandatory Y/NDescription
Purchase requisition IDTextYThe unique identifier of the purchase requisition.
Creation dateDateYThe date on which the purchase requisition is created.
Approval statusTextNThe status of the purchase requisition in the process. For example, ‘open’, ‘closed’, ‘pending’, ‘approved’, etc.
MaterialTextNThe requested material.
Material groupTextNThe categorization of the requested material.
Purchase requisitionTextNA user-friendly name to identify the purchase requisition.
Purchase requisition typeTextNThe categorization of purchase requisitions.
QuantityTextNThe quantity and the unit of measurement requested.
RequisitionerTextNThe person who requested the purchase requisition
ValueDoubleNA monetary value related to the purchase requisition

Purchase Order

Purchase_orders_base Table

Below is an overview of the attributes of the Purchase_orders_base table.

NameData typeMandatory Y/NDescription
Purchase order IDTextYThe unique identifier of the purchase order.
Creation dateDateYThe date on which the purchase order is created.
Approval statusTextNThe status of the purchase order in the process. For example, ‘open’, ‘closed’, ‘pending’, ‘approved’, etc.
CompanyTextNThe company for which the purchase order is created.
Purchase orderTextNA user-friendly name to identify the purchase order.
Purchase order creatorTextNThe person who created the purchase order.
Purchase order typeTextNThe categorization of purchase orders.
Purchasing groupTextNThe purchasing group associated with the purchase order.
Purchasing organizationTextNThe purchasing organization associated with the purchase order.
SupplierTextNThe supplier associated with the purchase order.
One time supplierBooleanNAn indicator if the supplier is a one time supplier.
Supplier countryTextNThe country associated to the supplier.
Supplier regionTextNThe region associated to the supplier.

Purchase_order_items_base Table

Below is an overview of the attributes of the Purchase_order_items_base table.

NameTypeMandatory Y/NDescription
Purchase order item IDTextYThe unique identifier of the purchase order item
Purchase order IDTextYThe unique identifier of the purchase order
Purchase requisition IDTexTN*The unique identifier of the purchase requisition.
Business areaTextNThe business area associated with the purchase order item.
Cost centerTextNThe cost center associated with the purchase order item.
CustomerTextNThe customer on behalf of whom the purchase order item is created.
Customer countryTextNThe country associated to the customer.
Customer regionTextNThe region associated to the customer.
Delivery completeBooleanNIndicator if all ordered goods are received.
Latest actual delivery dateDateNThe latest actual delivery date for the purchase order item.
Latest expected delivery dateDateNThe latest originally confirmed delivery date for the purchase order item.
MaterialTextNThe ordered materials.
Material groupTextNThe categorization of the ordered materials.
PlantTextNThe plant associated to the purchase order item.
Purchase order itemTextNA user-friendly name to identify the purchase order item.
QuantityTextNThe quantity and the unit of measurement ordered.
Storage locationTextNThe storage location associated to the purchase order item.
ValueDoubleNThe monetary value related to the purchase order item.

* If you want to include purchase requisition events in the process graphs, the Purchase requisition ID field is mandatory.

Goods_receipt_base

Below is an overview of the attributes of the Goods_receipt_base table.

NameTypeMandatory Y/NDescription
Goods receipt IDTextYThe unique identifier of the goods receipt.
Purchase order item IDTextN*The unique identifier of the purchase order item.

* If you want to include goods receipt events in the process graphs, the Purchase order item ID field is mandatory.

Invoice

Invoices_base Table

Below is an overview of the attributes of the Invoices_base table.

NameTypeMandatory Y/NDescription
Invoice IDTextYThe unique identifier of the invoice.
Invoice ID (accounting relation)TextN*The unique identifier of the invoice as known in the accounting system.

* If you want to include accounts payable events in the process graphs, the Invoice ID field is mandatory.

Invoice_items_base Table

Below is an overview of the attributes of the Invoice_items_base table.

NameTypeMandatory Y/NDescription
Invoice Item IDTextYThe unique identifier of the invoice item.
Invoice IDTextN*The unique identifier of the invoice.
Purchase order item IDTextN*The unique identifier of the purchase order item.

* If you want to include events related to accounts payable in the process graphs, the Invoice ID and Purchase order item ID fields are mandatory.

Accounting

Accounting_documents_base Table

Below is an overview of the attributes of the Accounting_documents_base table.

NameTypeMandatory Y/NDescription
Accounting document IDTextYThe unique identifier of the accounting document.
Invoice IDTextN*The unique identifier of the invoice as known in the accounting system.

* If you want to include events related to accounts payable in the process graphs, both the Accounting document ID and Invoice ID fields are mandatory.

Payment

Payments_base Table

Below is an overview of the attributes of the Payments_base table.

NameTypeMandatory Y/NDescription
Payment IDTextYThe unique identifier of the payment.
Accounting document IDTextN*The unique identifier of the accounting document.

* If you want to include payment events in the process graphs, the Accounting document ID field is mandatory.

Events

Events_base Table

The Events_base table contains all sub-event logs for all entities. Below is an overview of the attributes of the Events_base table.

NameTypeMandatory Y/NDescription
ActivityTextYThe name of the event. This describes the step in the process.
Event endDateTimeYThe timestamp associated with the end of executing the event
Purchase requisition IDTextYThe unique identifier of the purchase requisition.
Purchase order IDTextYThe unique identifier of the purchase order.
Purchase order item IDTextYThe unique identifier of the purchase order item.
Goods receipt IDTextYThe unique identifier of the goods receipt.
Invoice IDTextYThe unique identifier of the invoice.
Invoice item IDTextYThe unique identifier of the invoice item.
Accounting document IDTextYThe unique identifier of the accounting document.
Payment IDTextYThe unique identifier of the payment.
Activity orderIntegerNThe number that defines in which order activities are executed in case they have the same Event end.
DepartmentTextNThe department that executed the event.
Event detailTextNInformation related to the event.
AutomatedBooleanNAn indicator whether the event is manually executed or automated.
UserTextNThe user who executed the event.
User functionTextNThe function associated with the user.
User typeTextNThe categorization of the user.
Note:

It is expected that for each record exactly one of the ID fields is filled in, which is the one of the entity on which the event takes place. The other ID fields may be empty. Next to the standard mandatory attributes (Activity and Event end), one entity ID is mandatory. This field depends on the entity the event is part of.

Attribute Type

Below is an overview of the different attribute types and their default format settings.

Attribute typeSpecification
Booleann/a
DateFormat: YYYY-M-D
DateTimeDate format: YYYY-M-D Time format: h:mm[:ss[[.zzz]]]
DoubleDecimal separator:. (dot) Thousand separator: none
IntegerThousand separator: none
Textn/a.

Input Format

Some of the attribute types of the input attributes can have multiple format settings which can differ. For example, two attributes can be both of type Date, but they can each have a specific format.

If your input data is of a different format than the default format in the Purchase-to-Pay Discovery Accelerator, you can edit the format settings for all the input attributes of that type in the Edit Datasource Attribute dialog in the Purchase-to-Pay Discovery Accelerator to match the format of your input data. See the illustration below for an example.

Changing the display format

If you want to use different display formats in the Purchase-to-Pay Discovery Accelerator than the default format that is set for the attribute type, you can change the display format settings in Purchase-to-Pay Discovery Accelerator. For example, if you want to use a different currency string you can change the settings in the Display Format dialog.

Follow these steps to open the Display Format dialog.

StepAction
1Click on the Home button and select Settings....
2Click on DISPLAY FORMAT....

See the illustration below.

In a similar way, you can change the decimal separator or thousand separator for specific attributes.

For more information see Display Format.

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