Adjusting logs

The mapping of a log is defined by the different variables which are mapped onto the specific characteristics.

For an eventlog:

  • case identifier (case_id)
  • activity type (activity_id)
  • activity instance (activity_instance_id)
  • transaction status (lifecycle_id)
  • timestamp (timestamp)
  • resource (resource)

For an activitylog:

  • case identifier (case_id)
  • activity type (activity_id)
  • timestamps (timestamps)
  • resource (resource)

More information on these characteristics can be found here. Each of these can be modified to approach event logs from a different angle. This can be done using the eventlog() or activitylog(), auxiliary set_-functions, or by using an existing mapping.

library(bupaR)

Using eventlog()/activitylog()

The eventlog() and activitylog() functions are not only used to instantiate a log object, but can also be used to modify it, by using a log object as input and setting only the identifiers one wants to change.

For example, consider the traffic_fines data. We could change case_id argument to the vehicleclass column as follows (This is a purely hypothetical example). You will see that the number of cases has changed after this modification.

traffic_fines %>%
    eventlog(case_id = "vehicleclass")
## # Log of 34724 events consisting of:
## 4 traces 
## 4 cases 
## 34724 instances of 11 activities 
## 16 resources 
## Events occurred from 2006-06-17 until 2012-03-26 
##  
## # Variables were mapped as follows:
## Case identifier:     vehicleclass 
## Activity identifier:     activity 
## Resource identifier:     resource 
## Activity instance identifier:    activity_instance_id 
## Timestamp:           timestamp 
## Lifecycle transition:        lifecycle 
## 
## # A tibble: 34,724 × 18
##    case_id activity        lifecycle resource timestamp           amount article
##    <chr>   <fct>           <fct>     <fct>    <dttm>              <chr>    <dbl>
##  1 A1      Create Fine     complete  561      2006-07-24 00:00:00 35.0       157
##  2 A1      Send Fine       complete  <NA>     2006-12-05 00:00:00 <NA>        NA
##  3 A100    Create Fine     complete  561      2006-08-02 00:00:00 35.0       157
##  4 A100    Send Fine       complete  <NA>     2006-12-12 00:00:00 <NA>        NA
##  5 A100    Insert Fine No… complete  <NA>     2007-01-15 00:00:00 <NA>        NA
##  6 A100    Add penalty     complete  <NA>     2007-03-16 00:00:00 71.5        NA
##  7 A100    Send for Credi… complete  <NA>     2009-03-30 00:00:00 <NA>        NA
##  8 A10000  Create Fine     complete  561      2007-03-09 00:00:00 36.0       157
##  9 A10000  Send Fine       complete  <NA>     2007-07-17 00:00:00 <NA>        NA
## 10 A10000  Insert Fine No… complete  <NA>     2007-08-02 00:00:00 <NA>        NA
## # ℹ 34,714 more rows
## # ℹ 11 more variables: dismissal <chr>, expense <chr>, lastsent <chr>,
## #   matricola <dbl>, notificationtype <chr>, paymentamount <dbl>, points <dbl>,
## #   totalpaymentamount <chr>, vehicleclass <chr>, activity_instance_id <chr>,
## #   .order <int>

Using set_-functions

If we only want to change one of the elements, as in the example above, set() provides a very convenient way to do so. The same change as before can be done as follows:

traffic_fines %>%
    set_case_id("vehicleclass")
## # Log of 34724 events consisting of:
## 4 traces 
## 4 cases 
## 34724 instances of 11 activities 
## 16 resources 
## Events occurred from 2006-06-17 until 2012-03-26 
##  
## # Variables were mapped as follows:
## Case identifier:     vehicleclass 
## Activity identifier:     activity 
## Resource identifier:     resource 
## Activity instance identifier:    activity_instance_id 
## Timestamp:           timestamp 
## Lifecycle transition:        lifecycle 
## 
## # A tibble: 34,724 × 18
##    case_id activity        lifecycle resource timestamp           amount article
##    <chr>   <fct>           <fct>     <fct>    <dttm>              <chr>    <dbl>
##  1 A1      Create Fine     complete  561      2006-07-24 00:00:00 35.0       157
##  2 A1      Send Fine       complete  <NA>     2006-12-05 00:00:00 <NA>        NA
##  3 A100    Create Fine     complete  561      2006-08-02 00:00:00 35.0       157
##  4 A100    Send Fine       complete  <NA>     2006-12-12 00:00:00 <NA>        NA
##  5 A100    Insert Fine No… complete  <NA>     2007-01-15 00:00:00 <NA>        NA
##  6 A100    Add penalty     complete  <NA>     2007-03-16 00:00:00 71.5        NA
##  7 A100    Send for Credi… complete  <NA>     2009-03-30 00:00:00 <NA>        NA
##  8 A10000  Create Fine     complete  561      2007-03-09 00:00:00 36.0       157
##  9 A10000  Send Fine       complete  <NA>     2007-07-17 00:00:00 <NA>        NA
## 10 A10000  Insert Fine No… complete  <NA>     2007-08-02 00:00:00 <NA>        NA
## # ℹ 34,714 more rows
## # ℹ 11 more variables: dismissal <chr>, expense <chr>, lastsent <chr>,
## #   matricola <dbl>, notificationtype <chr>, paymentamount <dbl>, points <dbl>,
## #   totalpaymentamount <chr>, vehicleclass <chr>, activity_instance_id <chr>,
## #   .order <int>

Using existing mapping

It is also possible to extract the log mapping at a certain point of time using mapping().

mapping_fines <- mapping(traffic_fines)
mapping_fines
## Case identifier:     case_id 
## Activity identifier:     activity 
## Resource identifier:     resource 
## Activity instance identifier:    activity_instance_id 
## Timestamp:           timestamp 
## Lifecycle transition:        lifecycle

We can adjust the mapping incrementally by using the described approaches above.

traffic_fines %>%
    set_case_id("vehicleclass") %>%
    set_activity_id("notificationtype") -> traffic_fines

Later, we can always undo these changes and “reset” the original mapping using re_map().

traffic_fines %>%
    re_map(mapping_fines)
## # Log of 34724 events consisting of:
## 44 traces 
## 10000 cases 
## 34724 instances of 11 activities 
## 16 resources 
## Events occurred from 2006-06-17 until 2012-03-26 
##  
## # Variables were mapped as follows:
## Case identifier:     case_id 
## Activity identifier:     activity 
## Resource identifier:     resource 
## Activity instance identifier:    activity_instance_id 
## Timestamp:           timestamp 
## Lifecycle transition:        lifecycle 
## 
## # A tibble: 34,724 × 18
##    case_id activity        lifecycle resource timestamp           amount article
##    <chr>   <fct>           <fct>     <fct>    <dttm>              <chr>    <dbl>
##  1 A1      Create Fine     complete  561      2006-07-24 00:00:00 35.0       157
##  2 A1      Send Fine       complete  <NA>     2006-12-05 00:00:00 <NA>        NA
##  3 A100    Create Fine     complete  561      2006-08-02 00:00:00 35.0       157
##  4 A100    Send Fine       complete  <NA>     2006-12-12 00:00:00 <NA>        NA
##  5 A100    Insert Fine No… complete  <NA>     2007-01-15 00:00:00 <NA>        NA
##  6 A100    Add penalty     complete  <NA>     2007-03-16 00:00:00 71.5        NA
##  7 A100    Send for Credi… complete  <NA>     2009-03-30 00:00:00 <NA>        NA
##  8 A10000  Create Fine     complete  561      2007-03-09 00:00:00 36.0       157
##  9 A10000  Send Fine       complete  <NA>     2007-07-17 00:00:00 <NA>        NA
## 10 A10000  Insert Fine No… complete  <NA>     2007-08-02 00:00:00 <NA>        NA
## # ℹ 34,714 more rows
## # ℹ 11 more variables: dismissal <chr>, expense <chr>, lastsent <chr>,
## #   matricola <dbl>, notificationtype <chr>, paymentamount <dbl>, points <dbl>,
## #   totalpaymentamount <chr>, vehicleclass <chr>, activity_instance_id <chr>,
## #   .order <int>

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