Usage Metrics

the usage metrics dashboard allows you to view time and cost savings that relate to the usage of your tasks the graphics in the dashboard are a powerful visual indicator of your return on investment you control the view on the usage metrics dashboard adjust the time frame and the applications you want to display in the usage metrics dashboard header scroll down to see the usage metrics for your organization, including automations performed records created hours saved cost savings executions over time total time saved task usage default usage metrics values if you don't customize usage metrics, swimlane will apply default values the time default is three (3) minutes, and the cost default is $74 23 swimlane determined the time value based on a general time estimate for processing a task the cost default is based on the median salary for information security analysts according to https //money usnews com/careers/best jobs/information security analyst/salary# %7e\ text=other%20best%20jobs,computer%20systems%20administrators%20made%20%2487%2c070 the united states department of labor, bureau of labor statistics, list that median salary in the 50th percentile of employer costs for employee compensation, which then calculates to $74 23 ($98,350 1 419 (fringe))/1880 (average hours worked a year) = $74 23/hour adjusting the usage metrics configuration to adjust the usage metrics configuration on usage metrics dashboard, click configure on usage metrics configuration, view the list of applications, then click > to expand your view of an application from here you can view the time expenditures and cost amounts for the application, listed by the integration tasks created for the application additionally, you can see whether the integration task is part of an application layout or workflow note the time default is three (3) minutes, and the cost default is $74 23 for more information, see adjust the time in manual time expenditures (by minutes), and the cost in personnel cost (by $/hr) to what is applicable for your organization click apply and close the expanded view of the application note you can also set usage metrics in integration tasks within application builder and within workflow actions using tasks click dashboard to return to the dashboard view of usage metrics usage metrics formulas this table displays the formulas that swimlane uses behind the scenes to calculate your usage metrics usage metric formula totalcostsavings = manualtimecost • ( totaltimesavings/3600 0 ) totaltimesavings = ( manualexecutiontime • 60 • totalexecutions ) totalexecutionduration totalexecutions = σ ( usageentry executioncount ) totalexecutionduration = σ ( usageentry totalexecutioncount ) averagecostsavings = manualtimecost • ( averagetimesavings/3600 0 ) averagetimesavings = ( manualexecutiontime • 60 ) averageexecutiontime averageexecutiontime = totalexecutionduration/totalexecutions manualexecutiontime = usagetask manualtimeexpenditure