Sum of Values

Overview

The Sum of Values calculator aggregates (sums up) values for a selected numerical attribute across all cases or events. This calculator is essential for calculating totals such as total revenue, total costs, total quantities, and other cumulative metrics.

Common Uses

• Sum up total costs across all cases
• Calculate total revenue
• Aggregate total quantities
• Count total number of items processed
• Add summation values to dashboards for financial overviews

Settings

Activity Attribute: Select the numerical attribute you want to sum (e.g., Total Cost, Invoice Amount, Quantity, Revenue).

Example

Creating a Financial Overview Dashboard

Scenario: You want to create a dashboard showing key financial metrics for your operations.

Step 1 - Total Cost of Items:

Settings:

• Activity Attribute: Item Cost

Output: The calculator displays the total cost across all items.

Step 2 - Total Quantity:

Create another Sum of Values calculator with:

• Activity Attribute: Quantity

Step 3 - Total Number of Invoices:

Create another Sum of Values calculator with:

• Activity Attribute: Invoice Count

Final Result:

Add all three calculators to the dashboard to create a comprehensive financial overview showing:

• Total Item Cost: $2,450,000
• Total Quantity: 45,000 units
• Total Invoices: 1,247

Insights: This dashboard provides at-a-glance financial metrics that can be:

• Monitored over time to track business growth
• Combined with filters to show totals for specific periods, customers, or products
• Used to calculate derived metrics (e.g., average cost per invoice)

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This documentation is part of the mindzie Studio process mining platform.