Tracking Automation Business Performance using BAM

Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) allows you to measure the activities performed in your automation by sending data such as counters and timers that you insert at chosen points in your automation. You can also download the BAM data in a CSV file.

Use BAM in Your Automation

On the Automation information side panel, type monitoring in the search bar.

In the Monitoring section, you can find the different Business Activity Monitoring timer, counter, and notify activities .

Timer activities

The different types of timer activities:

  • Start timer: the start timer allows you to start a timer.

    In the input parameters, you must enter an ID.

  • Split timer: the split timer allows the Desktop Agent to send a message counting how much time passed between the execution of the start timer and the execution of the split timer.

    In the input parameters, you must enter an ID matching the ID of a previously defined start timer.

  • Stop timer: the stop timer sends the duration from the start timer to the Factory as data and then it resets the timer to zero.

    In the input parameters, you must enter an ID matching the ID of a previously defined start timer.

  • Cancel timer: the cancel timer stops the timer without sending any data to the Factory.

    In the input parameter, you must enter an ID matching the ID of a previously defined start timer.

Counter activities

The different types of counter activities:

  • Initialize counter: the initialize counter starts a counter with an initial value.

    In the input parameters of the counter, you must enter:

    • an ID

    • an initial value for the counter.

  • Increment counter: the increment counter allows the Desktop Agent to count how many times a specific activity occurs.

    In theinput parameters of the counter, you must enter:

    • an ID matching the ID of a previously defined initialize counter

    • an increment value

Notify activity

The notify activity sends a notification message to the Factory. In the inputparameters, you must enter:

  • a message

  • the severity of the message ("info" , "warning" , "error")

Drag and drop the Start timer in the workflow of the automation. In the input parameters of the statement, enter an ID. Add any activity following the timer in the workflow of the automation.

Drag and drop a Split timer in the workflow. In the input parameters of the activity, enter the same ID you entered for the start timer.

Once you have tested your automation, choose the Monitoring tab and Data. Select Business Activity Data (BAM) in the type of records.

Choose Download CSV to download a file with the measurement data of your automation activities.