Measurement Mark

Measurement marks are checkpoints in the process to measure time or business variables.

Measurement Marks allow you to measure performance metrics, workload metrics and business variables on an event driven basis.

The Measurement Mark gathers these metrics when the instance flows through the transition and immediately after it stores this information to the Engine database. Then the BAM Updater processes this information and adds it to the BAM and Data Mart databases.

You can only associate business variables of type measurement to a Measurement Mark.

Use a Snapshot Start and Stop Measurement Mark to measure:

the value of a business variable when it leaves an activity.
the instance flow between flow objects.
the performance in the previous flow object.

Use a combination of Snapshot Start Measurement Mark and Snapshot Stop Measurement Mark to measure:

the workload of a set of flow objects.
the performance of a set of flow objects.
the value of a business variable for a set of flow objects.
the elapsed time for a certain part of the process.

The following table describes the available types of Measurement Marks:

Measurement Mark Type	Description
Snapshot Start	Snapshot Start Measurement Marks indicate the start of a measurement. They record the time and the initial value of the associated Business Variables.
Snapshot Stop	Snapshot Stop Measurement Marks are always associated to a Snapshot Start Measurement Mark. They indicate the end of the measurement.
Snapshot Start and Stop	Measure predefined an associated business variables when the instance flows through the transitions.

Adding a Measurement Mark
When you add a Measurement Mark, you should take into account the following considerations.
Viewing a Measurement Mark in WorkSpace
Describes how you can view a Measurement Mark in WorkSpace.
Running a Measurement Mark
Describes how the Process Execution Engine processes a Measurement Mark.

Parent topic: Artifacts