# Activity Analysis

Activity Analysis lets you map business activities, allocate effort across positions, and analyze how time is spent across your organization.

## Accessing Activity Analysis

Navigate to your scenario > click the org chart icon next to it > select **Activity Analysis**.

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## Mapping Business Processes and Activities

1. Hover over the root node and click **+** to add Level 1 business processes (e.g., Sales, Finance, Product)

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2. Hover over a business process and click **+** to add activities beneath it (e.g., Offline Sales and Conferences under Sales)

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## Assigning Roles and Effort

1. Hover over an activity and click the **Positions** icon to assign positions to it
2. Set a time percentage allocation for each position

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3. Confirm allocations to track effort distribution

## Categorizing Activities

Click on an activity box to assign it a category indicating its business impact:

* **Value Add** — Directly contributes to business goals
* **Non-Value Add** — Not directly beneficial but still requires effort

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## Navigating Activity Maps

1. Use the left-hand panel to move between activities and expand activity trees

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2. Click on any activity to drill down further or edit details.

## Analyzing Activity Effort Split by Category

1. Open **Workforce Hub** and navigate to the **Activity Split by Category** chart to visualize your operating model by category. Analyze data through three perspectives:

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2. Analyze data through different perspectives:

* **Effort Split by Activity Level** — Use the filter dropdown to select the activity levels you want to visualize

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* **FTE Count or Cost** — Assess effort based on full-time equivalent allocation or salary cost. Hover over bars to see FTE count or cost details for each activity.

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* **Percentage Distribution** — Visualize workload distribution across functions as Absolute, Total %, or Group %

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