IOTEL: A Tool for Generating IoT-enriched Object-Centric Event Logs

TL;DR

IOTEL is a tool that systematically integrates IoT data into object-centric event logs, facilitating analysis of IoT-enhanced business processes while maintaining compatibility with existing process mining tools.

Contribution

IOTEL introduces a novel method for integrating IoT data into OCEL logs, addressing limitations of previous tools and supporting structured analysis of IoT-enriched processes.

Findings

Enables structured IoT data integration into OCEL logs

Supports analysis of IoT-enhanced business processes

Demonstrated effectiveness in a real-world scenario

Abstract

Integrating Internet of Things (IoT) data with business process event logs is crucial for analysing IoT-enhanced processes, yet remains challenging due to differences in abstraction levels and the separation of data sources. Simply incorporating raw IoT data increases the size and complexity of the resulting log, often requiring additional processing before process analysis can be performed. While tools for generating IoT-enriched event logs exist, they either rely on specialised schemas or focus on extracting event logs from sensor data, offering limited support for integrating process-relevant IoT data into existing event logs. To address this gap, we present IOTEL, a tool for systematically generating IoT-enriched object-centric event logs (OCEL). By building on the OCEL schema, IOTEL enables structured IoT data integration compatible with existing process mining tools. It support practitioners and researchers in analysing IoT-enhanced business processes, as demonstrated in a real-world scenario. A video demonstrating the tool is available online.