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Enabling and configuring core processes

While you can configure your own object-centric data model (OCDM), an efficient way to begin modeling objects and events is by using the Celonis-provided core processes in the Catalog. These core processes include predefined object types, event types, relationships, and perspectives for your selected process, which you can use to explore the Process Intelligence Graph and build content with Celonis Platform features such as Studio.

The following core processes can be enabled and configured for your team within the Catalog:

  • Accounts payable

  • Accounts receivable

  • Inventory management

  • Order management

  • Procurement

Before you begin

To use your data for modeling objects and events, you need to create a connection between your data source and the Celonis Platform. The commonly supported connections are:

  • SAP ECC / Oracle EBS: Celonis supplies prebuilt extractions and transformations for SAP ECC and Oracle EBS systems. These are available by downloading the extraction package from the Celonis Marketplace. For the steps, see: Quickstart: Extract and transform your data into objects and events.

  • Other source systems: For other source systems, you can use the supplied extractor or create one with the Extractor Builder. You then import your data tables or upload a sample file, before creating SQL transformations using the editor. For the steps, see: Quickstart for other source systems.

Enabling and configuring core processes from the catalog

Now that you have access to an OCPM data pool, you need to enable the core processes that you want to work with. To do this:

  1. Click Data - Objects and Events and select the data pool you want to use.

  2. Click Catalog.

  3. Click the name of any of the Celonis processes, such as Procurement, and use the Enable process slider to enable it.

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    The Celonis object types, event types, relationships, and perspective for that process are enabled.

  4. To add the Celonis transformations, select your data connection from the dropdown and click Add.

    For each process, enable either SAP ECC or Oracle EBS transformations—never both on the same connection. If you have multiple source systems, create a separate data connection for each one.

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  5. Optional: If your source system lacks some data needed for Celonis objects or events, you can enable Skip missing data to let transformations run despite errors.

    • Missing columns: Your objects and events will be created with null values in these fields.

    • Required columns with mismatched data types: These are automatically converted to the expected format.

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  6. You can now create a version of the data model. To do this, click Data - Objects and Events and then click Create version.

    To learn more about creating versions and deploying them to production, see: Versioning and deploying OCDM

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  7. You can now deploy the latest version to production. To do this, click Deploy and then follow the wizard.