Process costs

Capture annual process costs and track improvements in changes to processes.

The cost is calculated based on the Annual role cost values recorded for the user role (s) assigned to the process.

Before you start 

Promaster A Nintex Promapp system administrator who administers a Nintex Promapp site and has rights to view and edit all areas of a Nintex Promapp site. privilege is required.

  • Go to Admin > Configure > Process Timeframes:
    • enable the > Enable Process Costs (Default: Off) setting.
    • Select the Currency (default: $).
    • Specify a value in the Default role cost per annum (NOTE: This value is used to calculate the process cost for roles that do not have a specified cost) field.

How are the costs calculated?

Cost Calculation
Ave Cost/Hr Annual cost of the role divided by the assumed annual working hours (48 weeks x 5 days x 8 hours). If multiple roles are assigned to an activity the average cost of the roles is used.
Cost Active Time (in hours) x Ave Cost/Hr
Cycle Cost Sum of the cost of each activity
Total Annual Cost Cycle Cost x Annual Volume

View process costs

When you assign a role to a process activity and save the process, the cost details are displayed. You can view costs using any of the following options after navigating to a process:

Complete one of the following actions:

  • Use the Search box at the top-right of the main navigation bar.
  • On the Home Page:
    • Use the Search box.
    • Click Recently viewed or My favourites.
  • Click Processes > All Processes.
  • Click Processes > Recently viewed.
  • Click Map.
    • Use the $ Cost toggle option on the process map to display cost details in the map view.
  • Select Cycle Cost option from the Process attributes drop-down.
  • Select the Changelog option from the Process attributes drop-down to see a history of the costs for each published version of the process.
  • Click Procedure.
    • The Procedure section displays the cost details for each activity to the right of the description.
    • Scroll down to the Costs section to view detailed cost and variance information.

Print process costs

You can print a PDF with the process cost details.

  1. Navigate to the process and on the top right of the process toolbar, click print.
  2. In the Print Options dialog box, select the Costs check box and select/update the required options.
  3. Click Print. The PDF file will be printed with the cost details included.