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Reviewing heat map results
The Optimizer displays a color-coded heat map to visually illustrate where bottlenecks and other problems exist in the processes included in your scenario, and how severe those issues are. The darker the halo around an activity, the closer it is to the high end of the scale or range that you specified in the Heatmap Settings view.
You can see details about the data used to render the heat map color coding by mousing over an activity that is surrounded by a halo. When you do, the Optimizer displays relevant data in easy to read charts and graphs. These same charts and graphs are also included in the Live Reports view.
For simulations, the Optimizer uses the default simulation data or the simulation values that you provided when creating simulation profiles to show you where bottlenecks are likely to occur. For historical analyses and comparisons, the Optimizer uses stored performance data to indicate problem areas in your processes.
To display heat maps for other processes in the scenario, you can use the Smart Start view. Click an activity shown in the Hotspot list to go directly to the process in which that problematic activity resides. You can also click a process name shown in the Scenario Scope. However, some processes included in the scenario may not produce issues (halos around activities) or show results per the current visualization mode. See the related links at the end of this topic.