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Template Event Log Files

Download Free Process Mining Template Log File Examples

In this example file, you will find a template event log file that you can use to get started with process mining in ProcessMind. This log file contains the essential columns required for process mining analysis, along with some optional attributes that can enhance your insights. To understand how you can use this log file in ProcessMind, see the documentation on uploading your first dataset.

ProcessMind supports many formats for uploading datasets, including CSV, TSV, TXT, XES, Excel (XLS, XLSX, XLSB), Parquet, ORC, and JSONL/NDJSON, optionally gzip-compressed. See Supported Data Formats for the full list. Ensure your file is formatted correctly to avoid any issues during the upload process. In the following tables, you can find the required and optional columns for your event log file. Keep in mind that the uploaded file should combine case-level and event-level data into a single log, as shown in the example file.

Case Attributes

All attributes that do not change during the case progression are listed below.

Category Attribute Attribute type Info
Mandatory Case ID Text Internal ID of the case. Must be unique.
Optional Amount Double A numeric value (Liters, Euros, Weight, etc.).
Optional Amount group Text Group to which the amounts belong (High, Med, Low).
Optional Case Text A human-readable label used when the Case ID is a numeric value.
Optional Case type Text Categorization of a case (Simple case, Complex Case, Case department).
Optional Case owner Text The owner of a case (User name, ID, department).
Optional Customer Text Descriptive field about a case customer (Customer, Brand, Relationship No., company).
Optional Customer type Text Group of Customer.
Optional Supplier Text Descriptive field about a supplier (Company, Brand, Relation).
Optional Supplier type Text Group of supplier.
Optional Variation type Text Group of variation(s).
Optional Custom case attributes Text Your own case info attributes
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Event Attributes

Category Attribute Attribute type Info
Mandatory Activity Text The events in a case (Open, Close, Screen X, Document created, etc.).
Mandatory Case ID Text The unique case identifier from the Case Attributes table.
Mandatory Event end Datetime Format: YYYY-M-D h:mm[:ss[.zzz]] (the end time of an activity / timestamp of the activity). Other formats are also supported.
Optional Event start Datetime Format: YYYY-M-D h:mm[:ss[.zzz]]. If an activity has a defined start and end time, you can map the start time of the activity here.
Optional Country Text Country where the event (activity) took place.
Optional Event cost Double Cost related to the event.
Optional Event detail Text Information related to the event.
Optional Team Text Team which executed the activity.
Optional User Text User which executed the activity.
Optional Custom event attributes Text Your own event info attributes
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This template event log file is in Excel format and contains the essential columns required for process mining analysis, along with some optional attributes that can enhance your insights.