The features in this lesson are embedded directly into each SAP Signavio product, and they are not add-ons and do not require Joule to be activated. Each one is a purpose-built AI capability that targets a specific point in the process lifecycle where AI can remove manual effort, make expert-level tasks more accessible, or accelerate decision-making.
All features in this lesson are Generally Available (GA) and are listed in the SAP Discovery Center AI Catalog under SAP Signavio solutions.
At a Glance: GA Embedded AI Features
| Feature | SAP Signavio Product | License | Primary User |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI-Assisted Process Modeler (Text to Process & Image to Process) | Process Manager | Premium * | Process Modeler/Analyst |
| AI-Assisted Process Recommender | Process Collaboration Hub | Premium | Process Owner/COE Team |
| Performance Indicators Recommender | Process Collaboration Hub | Premium | Process Owner/Analyst |
| Process Analyzer — Text to Insight | Process Intelligence | Base** | Business User/Analyst |
| Process Analyzer — Text to Widget | Process Intelligence | Base | Business User/Analyst |
| Insights Description Generator | Process Transformation Manager | Base | Process Analyst/Owner |
| Transformation Advisory — Initiative Builder | Process Transformation Manager | Base | Transformation Lead/COE |
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*Premium: Requires an additional Premium license. If a Premium feature is not available in your workspace, contact your workspace administrator or SAP account team.
**Base: Included in the standard SAP Signavio license. Available to all licensed users once activated by your workspace administrator.
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AI-Assisted Process Modeler — Text to Process and Image to Process
SAP Signavio’s AI-Assisted Process Modeler quickly transforms text descriptions or hand-drawn sketches into editable BPMN diagrams, significantly accelerating process creation.
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AI-Assisted Process Recommender
The AI-Assisted Process Recommender lets you search and import from over 5,000 best-practice models in SAP Signavio by simply describing your business needs.
How to Use the Process Recommender
- Open SAP Signavio Process Collaboration Hub and navigate to the Process Recommender.
- Enter a description of the process you need (example: "invoice approval for accounts payable").
- Review the ranked list of recommended models. Filter by line of business or industry if needed.
- Select the best match and import it into your workspace.
- Open the imported model in SAP Signavio Process Manager and customise it for your organisation.
Performance Indicators Recommender
With thousands of available metrics in SAP Signavio, identifying the right KPIs for a specific process manually is time-consuming. The Performance Indicators Recommender uses AI-powered semantic search to solve this. You describe what you want to measure in natural language and the AI returns a ranked list of best-practice KPI recommendations with supporting context.
How to Use the Performance Indicators Recommender
- Open SAP Signavio Process Collaboration Hub or SAP Signavio Process Insights.
- Navigate to the Performance Indicators Recommender.
- Type a query describing what you want to measure (example: "time to process a supplier invoice").
- Review the AI-recommended metrics and their relevance rankings.
- Select the most appropriate KPIs and add them to your process documentation or monitoring setup.
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Business Value
- 5,000+ Best-practice process models available to import immediately.
- Weeks to hours: Time to first process model draft — from months of workshops to near-instant recommendations.
Process Analyzer — Text to Insight
Text to Insight in SAP Signavio Process Intelligence enables any user to gain immediate, AI-driven process insights by asking natural language questions without the need for technical SIGNAL queries.
The table shows the example question types and sample natural-language queries for SAP Signavio Process Intelligence’s Text-to-Insight features
| Question Type | Example |
|---|---|
| Bottleneck / Performance | "What are the top bottlenecks in my Order-to-Cash process?" |
| Rework / Deviation | "Which process steps have the highest rework rate?" |
| Conformance | "How many cases deviated from the standard path?" |
| Root Cause | "What are the main reasons for late invoice payments?" |
| Comparative | "How does cycle time differ between Region A and Region B?" |
| Follow-up | "What is the average additional time caused by those deviations?" |
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Process Review Without a Specialist
A regional operations manager wants to understand why her team's Goods Receipt process is slower than expected. She has access to SAP Signavio Process Intelligence but has no technical process mining background.
She uses Text to Insight to ask: "What is causing delays in the Goods Receipt process?" The AI identifies that 38% of cases include an unmodeled manual verification step. She follows up: "Which supplier is most associated with this step?" — and receives a ranked list.
A root cause that would previously have taken a specialist analyst and several days of data preparation is found in under ten minutes.
Business Value
- 50% Reduction in time to access process mining insights.
- No SIGNAL: Process mining becomes accessible to business users without specialist query skills.
Process Analyzer — Text to Widget
Text to Widget uses natural language to instantly create and save persistent dashboard visualizations in SAP Signavio Process Intelligence without manual configuration.
The following table shows a comparison of Text-to-Insight vs Text-to-Widget. It shows each output type, the best use case, and whether the result is saved or one-time.
| Output | Best for | Saved? | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Text to Insight | Conversational analytical response (text) | Answering a specific process question | No — one-time response |
| Text to Widget | Saved dashboard visualization (chart) | Ongoing monitoring and team dashboards | Yes — saved to your dashboard |
How to Use Text to Widget
- Open a dashboard in SAP Signavio Process Intelligence.
- Select the option to create a new widget using AI (Text to Widget).
- Describe the visualization you want — for example: "Show average invoice processing time by region as a bar chart."
- Review the generated widget. Refine your description and regenerate if needed.
- Save the widget to your dashboard.
- Up to 50% reduction in time to access relevant process insights.
- 30% reduction in user onboarding time.
Insights Description Generator
The Insights Description Generator in SAP Signavio Process Transformation Manager automates plain-language summaries of process findings, helping analysts quickly communicate insights to stakeholders.
How to Use the Insights Description Generator
- Identify a meaningful finding in your process analysis.
- Select the option to generate a description using AI.
- The AI produces a structured plain-language description based on the data and context of the finding.
- Review and edit the description for your specific audience.
- Save and share as part of your process review or transformation documentation.
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- 80% reduction in time to write insight descriptions.
- Consistent Quality: All insights written in a clear, professional format regardless of who produced them.
Transformation Advisory — AI-Assisted Initiative Builder
The AI-powered Initiative Builder in SAP Signavio Process Transformation Manager converts strategic documents into actionable initiatives. It automates task creation and integrates real-time data from SAP Signavio Process Insights to accelerate process transformation.
How It Works
- Open the Initiative Builder in SAP Signavio Process Collaboration Hub (under Initiatives in the navigation).
- Upload a document (PDF, strategy report, and operational review) or paste text directly.
- The AI extracts a list of business challenges, each linked to the exact section of the document used as evidence.
- Review and select the challenges most relevant to your transformation priorities.
- The AI generates a pre-populated initiative for each selected challenge — including a summary, recommended tasks, and linked assets.
- Save initiatives to the Initiatives Management View for owner assignment, tracking, and refinement.
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Annual Strategy Review to Transformation Roadmap
A transformation lead receives a 60-page operations review identifying inefficiency, compliance risk, and customer experience concerns. Normally, converting this into a structured roadmap takes two to three weeks.
Using the Initiative Builder, she uploads the document and within minutes has 12 AI-extracted challenges, each linked to the relevant passage. She selects five and generates pre-populated initiatives — each with a description, tasks, and process data links. Her team refines them in a two-hour session. The roadmap is ready the next morning.
Business Value
- Week to hours: Time to identify and articulate transformation initiatives from strategic documents.
- Evidence-backed: Every challenge links to the exact source passage in the original document.
