Hi,

It looks a bit daunting at first, but it's actually pretty straightforward, I'll get you an example using your data.

Can you let me know your slot name and type please. If it is an instance slot can you let me know the class you are using.

Thanks

John

Hi, This view calculates the capability fit by aggregating the scores of the applications per process supporting the capability. You need to capture the fit of the application when it supports a specific process, e.g. An internal HR application could be rated as very good at supporting a payroll pro...

Hi Joshua,

Apologies for the slow response, the modelling required is here. https://enterprise-architecture.org/vie ... p_dash.php

Hope that helps

John

Hi Andy, Protege, the ontology editor, allows you to capture your data and populate against our meta model. That holds the instances and their relationships. When you publish, there is a tab in Protege, if you install the Essential components, that publishes a data file that is used in the web brows...

Hi Enrico,

The plan is Q4 this year. We'll keep you updated.

John

Hi Angela, No, check the repository meta model you are using. Look in the class tree, right at the end for the Meta Model Version and click it. That will tell you which version you are on. You only need to apply any updates from that version. Screenshot 2021-09-10 at 22.46.56.png You should be on 6....

You do need a process, however, we do say if you don't have this then you can just create placeholders. As you say, you could use the bus cap or the application service. We usually use the bus cap - to do this we either reverse the lowest level capability name or add the word process to the end of t...

Hi Matt,

We've made a change can you try this version of the view, replace your current one in the technology folder?

Thanks

John

Hi Matt,

Sorry, it hasn't attached, can you try again please. If the repo is dummy data and you are happy to share, then if you could zip up the 3 protege files and upload those, or email it to us, then we can see exactly what is going on.

Thanks

John

Hi Matt, We're trying to work out what is going wrong as we've not seen this before. Don''t worry too much about the reds, you only need the bottom right to light up for the view to work, the other bits are other things you need if you want the filtering and standards, so not critical. The tech comp...

Hi Matt, . We're working on a view helper , it highlights the classes different views use and whether there is data there. It's a work in progress but try this, drop it in your user folder and just open it directly (xsl=user/el_views.xsl). In the technology reference model, check if every class is g...

Hi Joshua,

If you want every field then the attached will export any class and you can save as Excel. Drop it in your user folder and then map a report to it. (or for a quick test type XSL=user/class_export.xsl in the URL)
Any problems then let us know

John

Please see the attached. There are 3 XML import specs in there and an instructions file, with links to video explainers. Note this is a bit manual at the moment, which we'll sort as we get demand (which surprisingly has been limited so far) - or someone in the community could help address that. I've...

Hi, Have a look here. https://enterprise-architecture.org/docs/reporting_and_analysis/creating_new_reports/ You need to write a query to extract the data from Essential and then render the data using HTML, Javascript and/or whatever library you are using. It may sound/look daunting at first but once...

Hi

We've fixed the link, although the page is a bit messed up which we'll look into.

The new link is https://enterprise-architecture.org/dow ... morepo.zip

This is now a 6.11 demo repository.

Quick update, we're documenting this and will create a supporting video. We're just waiting on someone to QA the documentation, we'll test it and then will get onto the video. Hopefully it will be available in the next week or so

Hi, Note, for that view it is gray until you have data loaded, or there is an error in the data. Have you got data in OK? Put this in the URL to see enterprise/core_el_it_asset_dashboard_checker.xs. If that is all green then it may be a data issue, open the console and send us a screenshot of any er...

Sorry, can you reattach the image please. It's not showing properly.

Hi

Apologies, this has fallen down the priority stack as, surprisingly, we've not had too many requests for it.

I've asked one of the team to have a look and document it, and will get that across as soon as it's done.

Hi John,

If you have the latest Launchpad installed, the Launchpad Loaders page has a Technology Lifecycles download. You can populate that, import it into Essential and the vendor lifecycle view will work

John

Hi Sayed,

We'll contact you directly to try and work out the issue. We can post the outcome back here

Regards

John

Can you check the browser console (right click > Inspect in Chrome) for any errors please, and let us know if you find any and also what they are.

Hi,

Thanks for letting us know, this is fixed in the next release. If you need the file now, then it is attached

Sorry about this, minor tweak to the code, does this work?

Hi, We can't recreate the missing assessment values, but have an idea on why you may be getting nothing, can you try the attached, it's had a little rewrite. Can you drop this in your user folder and map to this to see if this works. Note, we've restructured it, the pop-ups are a table in a modal to...

Hi,

It looks like one of the library updates has affected the pop-ups, I'll ask the team to have a look.

Thanks

John

Hi,

This is released now, for more information on the caching see this page https://www.enterprise-architecture.org ... lainer.php

Regards

John

You are right, those slots are a different type. One of the team has had a look and the attached should work, all slots should be returned for every instance.

Hi Rob,

Apologies, I missed this, let me have a look and come back to you on this.

John

Hi Rob, You are right the graphical Editor in Essential EDM models dependencies, i.e. App B depends on App A, whereas the new editor is showing flow of data, App A sends data to App B, which most people find more intuitive. Launchpad does has a worksheet that allows high-level data being passed to b...

Hi, We don't support Protege 4.3, that is OWL based and we use frames, can you install the version provided here please (which we can support) https://enterprise-architecture.org/os_download.php. Please, install that then retry running the Essential installer - on the page you have shown in the scre...

Hi Rob, Owner You need a 'Group_Business_Role' name 'Process Owner' You add a stakeholder for the process which needs to be an actor for whom the role is set to 'Process Owner'. Inputs Set the Information Used slot for the process Output From a Product, set the Implemented by Business Process slot t...

Hi, We've introduced the ability to precache data. If you look in EA Support > Essential Viewer > Report you will see a Data_Set_API folder. Within there you will see some reports, these point to files that are called in views via APIs - we are using these in some heavy reports to speed things up. Y...

Hi Enrico,

I've spoken to the team and they say the security will almost certainly block the Continuous Delivery approach at the moment. We are looking to make this much simpler and are looking at a few options (e.g. WebDav).

Let me speak to the team about some short-term options for you

John

Hi, Sorry, the editors only work in the commercial versions so you can't use them with Open Source, however, the view will work in Open Source. The model is below. You only need the top left portion (technology product, supplier and lifecycle data) to get the view to show, the rest to the right allo...

We don't produce executable BPMN out of Essential. It is possible to transform the scope of Business Process data that we do manage into BPMN 2.0 but it would not be directly executable

Hi

Yes, you are correct, it's a bit confusing - the views are inconsistent in the way they show the composite applications. The data is correct, and the views viewed independently are correct, but the output could be clearer. We're going to address this.

Regards

John

Hi,

The definitions are here https://www.ucisa.ac.uk/Groups/Enterpri ... lity-Model

Look under resource downloads at the bottom of the page

Hi,

The definitions are here https://www.ucisa.ac.uk/Groups/Enterpri ... lity-Model

Look under resource downloads at the bottom of the page

Hi, have a look at the Managing Costs 'how to' towards the bottom of the Meta Model Diagrams section here https://enterprise-architecture.org/howto.php

If you associate costs with your apps (the Repository Element) in line with this then it should work

Thanks Keith, I'll raise it with our UX guys and we'll see if they can do something

A few things:
1) Can you see the data in Protege?
2) Have you published?

Can you try the 'Generate DUP' option in the Import Utility and then upload that into your baseline using the Essential Update tab.

Let us know if that works

Hi,

Can you let us know what steps you've followed please.

Thanks

Hi John,

Can you try zipping the file up and see if that works, make sure you tick the unzip box.

John

That's an old post to an older version of viewer, the latest view is here https://essentialviewer.com/demo69/repo ... w&cl=en-gb

Thanks for letting us know, we'll update the link. If you still need it there is an example here https://essentialviewer.com/demo69/repo ... t&cl=en-gb

Hi Sylvia,

It looks like the url has changed, try https://enterprise-architecture.org/doc ... w_reports/

John

We suspect this is to do with characters breaking the JSON structure. We can replicate something similar and have a fix attached. We'll look to push this into the next release. If you need it now, the file is attached.

Hopefully that resolves the issue for you.

Hi Prasanna,

Can you drop this file in your user folder, open the standards view with your framework selected, change the xsl part of the url to user/core_el_standards_checker.xsl and then post a screenshot of the output please
Thanks

John

Hi, there's a variant of this in 6.10 see the view application/core_al_bus_cap_support.xsl

Hi, change PrintGrandChildFrontCap to PrintChildFrontCap In row 686 of the brm view template: <xsl:apply-templates mode=" PrintChildFrontCap " select="$childCaps"> <xsl:sort select="own_slot_value[slot_reference = 'business_capability_index']/value" data-type="numb...

Hi,

Try the Data Object Provider Model (provided you've mapped Data Representations to Data Objects). That should give you what you want

Hi Rob, You need Performance Measures, Business Service Qualities and Business Service Quality Values. An app has a Performance Measure associated with it. The pattern is: Application > Performance Measure > Service Quality Value > Service Quality so, for example: Technology fit: App1 > Technology P...

Hi Chris,

Sorry I missed this. You can use the Utility API in Cloud/Docker for this. Apologies, it's not on the API webpage but we're going to update that. I've attached a Postman collection here for you

Any questions then please do let us know John

Sorry John, one more question have you downloaded the latest views too from github when you updated the meta model? https://github.com/essentialproject/essential_viewer/tree/master/integration Thanks PS The filename is still L4_Launchpad_export but it is updated to support L5 - sorry for the confusi...

Have you applied the 6.9 release? The v5 supporting view is in there?

James, sorry for the delay. We've used the name as the control ID but you've used the ref. This file uses the ref, push this to your user folder and map the report to this file. We've had a quick test and it seems to work OK, let us know if you have any problems

Hi John Q1 - open the XML file and save it as an Excel file, the import utility component you are using will look for an Excel file Q2 - No, it can be whatever you like Q3 - Select Create Import Activity, upload the Excel file you saved in step 1 (not the XML version), ignore the XML boxes, they are...

Ah, sorry James, I was talking about the new version in 6.9. - the xsl file for the URL is enterprise/core_el_standards.xsl. If you select you framework on that view then it will show. If you are using the 6.9 viewer then apply the Essential Updates (EUP download here https://enterprise-architecture...

It only validates column C, you shouldn't have duplicates in there. The parents should be defined in column E, which can have multiples, and which isn't validated in the red columns

Hi James 1) Your level 1 caps aren't attached for the bus caps Banking (root) > Resource Management (level 0) > Platform Operations (level 1), the level 1 isn’t connected to an Application Capability 2) Not all your codebases have styles defined, if you fill those then they will work (I’ll raise a t...

Hi James,

Have you selected NIST as the framework in the top right hand corner? If you want to default to NIST then add the PMA value to the end of the filename in the report instance

Can you provide a bit more information on what you see.
1) Can you see the viewer from the Tomcat Manager?
2) Are you seeing any errors?

You need to set up a Control Framework and associate the controls. See the below

The version you are using uses the data APIs, you need to be using the latest version of the meta model with the latest download from Github. It looks like ether your viewer version is the latest but your meta model isn't, or you haven't pulled down the data APIs, look in the api folders of each lay...

The app caps are mapped to bus caps on the App cap worksheet under the supported Bus Capability column. Also, which version of Essential are you using and which IT Asset Dashboard? The latest uses the data APIs and if you haven't got those published then the view won't work. If you put core_el_it_as...

Hi James,

Can you expand on what you are looking for with an example please.

Thanks

Are your deployments tied to locations?

Can you share a couple of lines from each sheet if possible?

Thanks

Hi James,

What version of the meta model are you on?
Are you seeing any errors in the console?
If you type _checker.xsl in the url can you post a screenshot as to what the result is please?

Thanks

John

Here's the path you need...

I'll pass to the team but I suspect you don't have a menu item for Application Suite defined. The Link Classes <xsl:variable name="linkClasses" select="('Application_Suite')"/> will look for a menu for Application_Suite that it can show when you click the link. You can create the...

Hi Tshitshi,

Apologies for the delay on this. This only works in Cloud/Docker at the moment as it makes use of some infrastructure within the those versions that aren't in OS. We're working out how to create an OS version at the moment so bear with us please.

John

Hi,

We're just packaging it up at the moment, it's likely to be next week

Regards

John

Hi, Have a look here https://enterprise-architecture.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=2267&p=30356&hilit=slow#p30356 . It could be this. John PS I assume that this is the Docker version of Essential OS from Github? If so, then please note we didn't create that version - We can help with t...

Hi Keith, Sorry, but at the moment that's a commercial view. However, we are updating the commercial views with new features and depth, and moving some of the ones being replaced across to the free views. There are a couple moving across shortly, you'll see a new release in the next few weeks, but t...

The first view consolidates application costs only, not technology. Sorry, but for now to add costs for technology, you'd need to write a view. To do this, capture the costs against the technology as shown in the 'Managing Costs' diagram here https://enterprise-architecture.org/howto.php. Write a te...

At the moment there isn't a simple way to carry this across. We're looking to build a form for Cloud/Docker to manage this and maybe an import for Open Source For now do you need both portals and views, or would just views be OK? Creating an export to turn views on an off, or replicate those switche...

Hi,

One of the guys has created an OS install video, can you take a look, make sure you are doing as in the video and let us know at which point you are failing.

https://youtu.be/PvDGpadUQyA

Thanks

Thank you Rajaraman, it's great when people contribute to the project.

Apologies, you get that if you aren't on the latest version. If you comment out row 77 '<xsl:call-template name="RenderModalReportContent"><xsl:with-param name="essModalClassNames" select="$linkClasses"/></xsl:call-template>' it should then work. If it doesn't, let me k...

We've rewritten this to be JSON based, which improves performance, especially for large data sets. The attached should see better times. Please drop it in your user folder, point your report at it and let us know if that helps. Caveats, it's been system tested but not fully UAT'd so any bugs then do...

Hi,

We can't replicate this. Can we check a few things?
1) Does the existing product have a supplier?
2) Are you republishing the repository after you make the changes in the editor?

Thanks

It should cope with both. We'll take a look and come back to you.

Hi

Do you have Launchpad 4? If so then if you run the Launchpad Pre-Complete on the Launchpad Loader page then the Business Caps tab has this information for you. If you don't then let us know and we'll send it across

Thanks Chris,

The team are going to look into setting up a git repository, it's likely to be after the next release before they can look at this, so probably towards the end of next month. I'll keep you updated.

John

Hi, Whilst it remains in Open Source (OS), we removed it from Essential Cloud/Docker as the assumption is that you load data into Essential and maintain it in the tool, which is simpler in those platforms over OS. We also took the decision that we didn't want large files hanging around on the platfo...

See here for Cloud/Docker APIs https://api.enterprise-architecture.org/?version=latest

Please drop us an email and we can discuss

Hi Jan, You are correct you cannot do this in Open Source, but you can control access in Cloud/Docker. You can set classifications up at an instance level if required, plus you can set permissions across instances as well, think of it as a matrix of security - so you can create roles that can see sh...

Tshitshi, We can see that you have some characters that Essential won't like that will cause some, if not all of these issues. As we move to JSON base views it is a bit more sensitive to the data, so using " in names and descriptions can cause issues unless it is escaped. Speaking to the develo...

I suspect it's your Product Family Name, if you use 'experience platform' rather than 'experience_platform' (the underscore is the issue) I think it should work. I've just replicated your issue and this was the issue.

Let me know if that works

Quick update, we've finally found the issue, it's to do with how Windows handles some unicode characters. The guys are working on a fix - it's a bit fiddly but we'll come back once it's done.

Thanks Colin, I'll get this logged.

Also, any chance you can share your version?

Thanks

John

You can have multiple families, and shortly, we are going to extend the meta model to allow family hierarchies. That may help you but if not, if we can get the fuzzy matching working it should flag close matches and get over this issue.

We'll keep you posted

We've made some performance improvements and it seems to be a lot quicker now - we had the first file running in about 10 mins, we have that down to about 10 seconds on our data set now by taking a slightly different approach. Re 'I can't get it to show anything in "Vulnerabilities" (i.e. ...

Ok, we've rewritten this, please treat this as early BETA. It has 3 tabs, one matches to exact products and versions you have in your repository, one to vendors you have in your repository, and the final one is hidden, if you click the button on the right hand side it adds a tab that has all the ven...

Thanks Tshitshi, Happy New Year to you too.

The team are looking into this now and we'll get back to you.

John

OK, we've worked out the issue, the JSON structure has recently changed, so the view won't work (they do say the JSON structure is beta). It's quite a significant change they have made so we are having to rewrite the view. Apologies for that. We'll aim to get something out this week here and push it...

Leave this with us. I’ll speak to the developer and come back to you.

Hi, is there any data you can share so we can replicate this - you can email us if you prefer? The team have tried but can't seem to get the error. The suspicion is that some characters you are using are causing this but they can't work out which.