Estimator Dashboard

Updated 1 month ago by Sean Ellner

About the Estimator Dashboard
Accessing the Estimator Dashboard
Metrics in the Estimator Dashboard
Using the Estimator Dashboard
Estimator Reports

This dashboard delivers estimated timelines for users to prepare bots for production following migration.

About the Estimator Dashboard

Export Simulation in Blueprint

Blueprint simulates exports to Power Automate Desktop to generate the metrics listed below. By default, processes are not automatically calculated. Once a scope is selected, users will have the option to initiate a job to calculate Estimator stats.

Calculation Status

While a project is being calculated or recalculated, users won't be able to view Estimator Stats until the job is completed. The status of the job can be found on in Jobs. For more information, see Jobs.

Automatically Calculate on Import (For System Administrators)

System Administrators have the choice to enable automatic calculations upon import. To enable automatic calculations upon import:

Select the hamburger menu in the top left in the main header
Choose Settings
Expand RPA Management
Select Dashboards and Reports
Check the box for Automatically Calculate Estimations on Import

Enabling this option can significantly increase the time required for importing RPA files.

Accessing the Estimator Dashboard

Choose RPA Dashboards and Reports dropdown in the main header.
Select Estimator.

If Estimator is not visible in the RPA Dashboards and Reports menu, ask your Blueprint Administrator to enable it in Settings.

Select the desired scope on the top right by clicking Change Scope and click on ok. For more information on selecting a scope, please see Selecting a Scope.

The Estimator Dashboard supports Per Call Tree View only.

Metrics in the Estimator Dashboard

Metrics available on the Estimator Dashboard:

Change Scope: Changes the scope of where Blueprint will look for Processes to present in the dashboard. For more information, see Selecting a Scope and View. (The Estimator Dashboard supports Per Call Tree View only).
Parameters: Allows users to adjust an array of productivity rate values. Although Blueprint supplies a set of default values for these metrics, users have the flexibility to modify them to more accurately reflect the needs of their organizations. At any time, these values can be set back to their default values.
Advanced: Additional advanced functionality such as Viewing and Exporting a Call Tree and Recalculating Estimations.

Recalculating Estimations is needed when changes are made to the Blueprint project containing the current Scope.
Examples: Blueprint product upgrades, changes to processes contained in the current Scope, etc.

Refresh: Refresh the data in the Dashboard

Using the Estimator Dashboard

Planner

The planner form allows for users to connect effort calculated by the estimator dashboard and to connect a dollar value and schedule to the migration. There are inputs from the user and system, and the final outcome is the cost of migration.

User Inputs

Annual Fulltime Employee (FTE) Salary in Dollars ($)
One of: Number of fulltime employees, project start date, project end date, or desired project duration.

System Inputs

Days of effort (8hours/day) to complete migration

System Output

Total Labor Cost in Dollars ($)
One of: Number of fulltime employees, project start date, project end date, or desired project duration.

The relationship between start date, end date, duration, and # of FTEs is a 3 variable relationship. The way this form works is by allowing the user to lock one variable as a constant, modify the second variable, and then allowing the system to update the third value.

For example, in the screenshot above the Start Date is locked. Therefore, if the user updates the Duration the system will update the End Date.

The Duration and # FTEs lock and change together since they are completely dependent on each other.

Process Stats in Aggregate

Displays average, total and/or max (highest) metrics for all Bots in the selected scope.

Glossary

TODO Fix Rate
	Attributes & Parameters Mapping	Refers to tasks associated with defining and verifying data mappings, handling JSON values, managing RPA integrations, and adjusting environment variables.
	Error Handling & Refactoring	Refers to tasks that involve the identifying, managing, and refactoring of portions of RPA processes relating to error handling.
	FilePath & FileHandling	Refers to tasks that involve the identifying, managing, and refactoring of file or folder paths.
	Format & Standards Validation	Refers to tasks related to validating and adjusting various formats and standards in your code, such as DateTime, regular expressions, passwords, etc.
	Input Validation & Verification	Refers to tasks related to verifying and validating various inputs and operations in your code. Usually verifying correctness of migrated code in more complicated instances.
	RPA Action Implementation	Refers to tasks related to the implementation of various RPA actions that could not be completely migrated.
	Unmapped Actions	Refers to actions Blueprint has not yet mapped.
	Unsupported Conditions	Refers to conditionals that Blueprint cannot map due to a lack of support in the current export options.
	Unsupported Features & Actions	Refers to actions Blueprint cannot map due to a lack of support in the current export options.
	Variable Assignments & Definitions	Refers to tasks related to validating and adjusting various parameters related specifically to variables.
Compiler Error Fix Rate
	Argument	Any error relating to arguments.
	Data Table	Any error relating to data tables.
	Expression	Any error relating to expressions.
	Image	Any error relating to image actions (OCR).
	Miscellaneous	Unspecified errors.
	Subflow	Any error relating to the calling of a subflow.
	Syntax and Logic	Any syntax and logic errors. Can relate to expressions, conditionals, loops, or variables.
	UI Element	Any error relating to interacting with UI elements.
	Variables	Any error relating to variables not exist or not having as specific parameter.
Other
	RPA Developer Productivity	Estimate for how many lines of code an RPA developer can code per hour.

Estimator Reports

For information about Estimator Reports, click here.