Trace Variant Explorer

This node implements the trace variant explorer. The trace variant explorer represents an event log as a multi-set of unique activity sequences (called trace variants).

Options

Case ID: The column that contains the case/trace identifiers.
Activity: The column that contains the activity/event identifiers.
Timestamp: The column that contains the timestamps.
Column Name: The name of the column that will be appended to the event log containing the variant ID for each trace.
If column already exists: Defines the behaviour if a column with the specified name already exists in the input table. Select 'Fail' to stop execution, or 'Overwrite' to replace the existing column.

Input Ports

: an event table

Output Ports

: a trace variant table
: the input event table extended with an additional variant ID column

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Trace Variant Explorer: Trace Variant Explorer

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Installation

To use this node in KNIME, install the extension Process Mining Extension from the below update site following our NodePit Product and Node Installation Guide:

v5.11

Plugin provider: Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology

Plugin version: 3.0.0.202604230115

On NodePit since: 2026-03-10

Last update: 2026-04-25

Tags: Modern UI

KNIME versions: v5.11, v5.10, v5.9, v5.8, v5.5, v5.4, v5.3, v5.2, v5.1

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