Process variants and conformance checking
See the real paths work takes, and where reality deviates from the intended process.
Updated Aug 2, 2026
A process is rarely one clean path. Variant analysis shows the routes work actually takes, ranked by how often each happens — so the "happy path" and the exceptions sit side by side.
Variants
Open a process in the Process graph and switch to the Variants view. Each variant is a distinct sequence of steps with its share of total volume. The top few usually cover most of the work; the long tail is where rework and special-casing hide.
Conformance
Conformance checking compares what happens against the intended process and flags the deviations — steps taken out of order, skipped approvals, loops that shouldn't be there. Each deviation is a candidate for either fixing the process or automating around it.
Why it matters
Bottlenecks are easiest to justify automating when you can point at exactly how often the painful variant occurs and what it costs. Variants turn "this feels slow" into "this exception happens 140 times a month." Convert a bottleneck straight into a scored opportunity from the graph.