Hi, Look at the Security Impact link here https://enterprise-architecture.org/howto.php. Note: you have to make sure you are consistent with the NIST names, we're looking into how to simplify that, but for now it is a bit of a manual process looking at the NIST JSON structure - we suggest an exercis...

Hi, apologies we missed this as part of our library updates. We've had to rewrite the view, which is good as it is zoomable now and has a highlight function. It's not been through full UAT testing but seems OK. It will be in the next release but below is what will go into UAT. Regards John core_bl_b...

That looks like a library issue, apologies, we'll take a look and try and get it fixed

John

Hi Brian, The problem is that you had some of the commercial views switched on when you were trialling Essential Cloud, so when you exported the repository you also exported the links to the commercial views of which that view is one. Your other views will all work, but the commercial ones will need...

If you are a Essential Cloud or Essential Docker user then you just need to apply the latest updates and activate them in the Editors class. Sadly, if you are using Open Source then they aren't available, this is due to technology limitations in the Open Source technology stack.

Hi Rob,

The guys will contact you directly to address this.

Regards

John

This is done using bootstrap popovers. You would need to add popovers to the xsl that you want the popover to appear in, then pass the values you want to appear in the popover.

Hi,

If you complete this form https://enterprise-architecture.org/contact.php someone will contact you.

Regards

Hi, it looks like your import file is corrupted. We'll send you a new one.

Hi,

Can you download the import spec you are using and post it here please. It's the middle button at the top on the Import Activity page, next to the upload button.

Thanks

Your ids need to be the same so BPF001 for lines 1-3. It's a bit of a hack but we'll look at in Launchpad 5

We'll look at adding a populated example to the file in Launchpad 5. There are now examples on this page https://enterprise-architecture.org/launchpad_step_by_step.php that should help. Regarding business process family, good point. We'll look to fix in Launchpad 5. To get around it for now, create ...

Hi Glyn,

We'll contact you directly to explain the options.

John

This line needs correcting: <xsl:variable name="thisBusinessproc" select="$businessCaps[name=current()/own_slot_value[slot_reference = 'realised_by_business_processes']/value]"/> Create a variable at the top (after the business capability one) to hold all the Business Processes <...

There is a tutorial here. https://enterprise-architecture.org/doc ... w_reports/ the Writing XSL element steps through a simple example

This should work - I haven't tested it. Explanation at the bottom. <xsl:output method="text"></xsl:output> <xsl:variable name="businessCaps" select="/node()/simple_instance[type = 'Business_Capability']"/> <!-- Grab all the business capabilities --> <xsl:template match=...

Attached is a rough version, just countries (if you have them) or orgs and the apps they use. We'll look at more detail such as stakeholders later.

I think we only have views that map to organisation rather than organisation out, e.g. organisations that use an application. I'll speak to the team to see if we have anything else We could append apps used to the bottom of the group actor summary - it's about 20 mins to do. We do have a request to ...

You should use the APIs for this. The underlying structure is not accessible (and pretty meaningless without the structure). The APIs will allow you to do what you need.

Hi Rob,

Yes, you can get your API key if you have admin permissions from the setting panel (top right). We can send you the API doc. There is a utility API that can fetch any class and a whole set of others that are more specific.

John

Hi sorry for the delay, the answer is not currently but we could probably add it to a BP summary quite quickly. Let me know if that would help and we'll stick it on the stack

You can use the Supporting Documentation section of reports to hold this information and it can apply to pretty much any instance. There is a how to guide on this on the 'how to' page. We've seen clients use this for links to SharePoint, external sites, videos, YouTube, File Shares, etc.

As mentioned previously we are looking into this and are aware of the requirement. It is quite complex and will impact a lot of views so we have to design this carefully rather than do this as a one-off. There is no current idea on date as this is not a simple change so you will have to bear with us.

This view was intended as an opportunity for a project to say I am building a solution using these apps/services, these technologies/components and adhering to these principles. If there is any deviation from strategy, i.e. the tool says waiver required, then the user should refer to the EA team. It...

Agree, we're looking into allowing you to scope so you can carry selections, e.g. Org, through multiple views. You need to retain the selection then filter views when they open to that selection. There are some considerations and complexities which we're working through.

Hi, In the 6.5 meta model there is a slot on Business Process, bp_sub_business_processes which can be of type Business Process or Business Activity. It goes from parent to child in one direction, so the child process doesn't have awareness of its parent(s). This allows you to have your hierarchy of ...

Sorry, but we need to see this for the application services. Where your capability says supporting application services, we need to see the instance summary for the app service - one that has apps and one that doesn't. Click the app service and in the pop up open the Application Service Summary for ...

Not currently, we'll put on the backlog for discussion

Hi,

The process steps code doesn't like the event to decision relationship, it's expecting some activity to initiate the decision after the event. If you put a step between them then the steps will populate. We'll put something on the backlog to look at this.

Excellent. Thanks

The IT Asset Dashboard currently only works at two levels for display but does pull through any data held in child capabilities. To make it 3 or more levels needs a bit of a tweak to the code (and also consideration as to what it may look like as it could get quite busy - we are looking to create on...

For the bus cap model, you create a root business capability (Your Org business or something similar) and then tie the children of that to them via the Parent Business Capabilities or Contained Capabilities slots. You tie the capabilities directly related to the root capability to a front, middle, l...

Not at the moment, we're looking at ways to do this. A workaround for now would be a quick view to select all caps with no parent and then use that as a reference and do a multi select and delete that way. The query would be: Select all Bus Caps where the parent capability slot is empty and the capa...

Go to this view. https://essentialviewer.com/demo/report?XML=reportXML.xml&XSL=enterprise/core_el_it_asset_dashboard.xsl&LABEL=IT%20Asset%20Dashboard&cl=en-gb Scroll down so the business capability is in view (Manage HR in Corporate Support is key here). In the roadmap bar at the top cha...

Hi Rajaraman, We understand that you have a problem but we do need to just check a few things first. Can you refer to my previous post please and follow the steps and tell us if you see values in the 'provided_by_application_provider_roles' slot in columns 2 and 3 please? This is step 1. Also, do yo...

So, from how we read this, you see the Application Services in the Business Capability view but there are no applications associated with them. Can you open a duplicate tab and in there go to View Library > Support > Instance Overview by ID Now back in the original tab, open the Application Service ...

Hi, can you elaborate a little more please as the answer is select the capability and click delete, but I suspect there is more to the question

yes, exactly that

Hi,

Apologies, they will be available shortly, we'll be pushing some new views up to github shortly that utilise this update.

Regards

John

Hi John, The differences are here https://enterprise-architecture.org/comparison.php. As you'll see we don't limit Open Source, you just get some additional features with the commercial versions. Regarding meta model and views they are exactly the same, so you can have as many layers as you like, th...

I can't find a snippet but the below gives you the upfront variables and it should be straightforward to write the query based on this (a variation on the third block, focused on the selected app, is what you need in the <xsl:template> you call for the app). Remember you need the app > app deploymen...

Hi Nicholas,

You'll need to register for Essential Launchpad see here https://enterprise-architecture.org/ess ... nchpad.php

John

Hi,

Apologies, we're aware of the issue and hope to get a fix out with the next release which is imminent.

As a workaround, you can revert your catalogues to the non roadmapped version by adding _v6.xsl to the xsl path in the report

We'll keep you updated

regards

John

add 'visible': false to the column and it will hide in the view but print in the pdf: { "width": "15%" }, { "width": "15%" }, { "width": "15%", "visible": false }, { "width": "15%", "visible": false }...

Can you let us know which view you are looking at and post a screenshot please

Thanks

Hi,

Before we answer, can you provide a concrete example as to what you are expecting to see at each point and what question you are trying to answer first please.

Thanks

Hi, It really about fidelity. Think of the 'Supports Business Process' field as being where a user is interacting with a system as part of the business process and the 'Automates Business Process' field as being where the system is doing the work that a human could do. Most people stick with using '...

You could extend the report. We use datatables so in the code if you look for the columns section, you can add to the columns here, see below: catalogueTable = $('#dt_apps').DataTable({ ...... columns: [ { "width": "20%" }, { "width": "40%" }, { "width&qu...

Hi, To get these to work, they are all pretty similar, you need to define a roadmap, strategic plan, then for impacted elements set planning actions. There are some nuances in each, but look at the variables in the code to see what they are or post here the particular view you are looking at and we'...

Rajaraman, If you mean the red and green goals at the top, you'll notice they are using a different case so they are different objects. The demo is based on a broad test data set we use so I suspect you're looking at an object that someone has created in a test. We'll take that out of a future demo....

Hi,

It may take up to a day or so, just depends how busy the team are. If you haven't heard back within a few days then check you spam folder then drop us an email if there isn't anything.

Fixed and will be in the next release. file is attached if you need urgently.

The standards for this view are defined under EA_Support > Standards_Management > Technology_Standards_Management > Technology_Provider_Standard_Specification Select the Technology Provider Role, e.g. MongoDB as a NoSQL Database, and assign a standard strength. Note that Launchpad Plus has a spreads...

Thanks, we'll take a look

Hi Francois, This is fixed in the latest viewer, you can download that here https://github.com/essentialproject/essential_viewer. The latest version tries to fit to page and also has a zoom button. You'll see an example here https://essentialviewer.com/demo/report?XML=reportXML.xml&PAGEXSL=&...

Any chance you could post a screenshot please (blur out any sensitive content)?. John PS for anyone following this thread the steps are: Application Technology Strategy Alignment 1. Create or select an application 2. Find the Physical Deployment slot 3. Create a new Application_Deployment 4. Find th...

Hi Francois, Can i just check, is this the type of view you are looking for https://essentialviewer.com/demo/report?XML=reportXML.xml&PAGEXSL=&PMA=eas_prj_HH_baseline_rep_v11e_Class9221&XSL=technology/core_tl_app_tech_alignment.xsl&LABEL=Application%20Technology%20Strategy%20Alignmen...

Thank you for the kind words. Re a demo repository, not currently, we are working on a completely fresh demo at the moment and will share once done but it will take a little while. A few tips: for the roadmap enablement, it looks at strategic plans then the architecture states (in that order - plans...

See 'How to add your brand to Essential Viewer' on the How to page

https://enterprise-architecture.org/howto.php

You can publish any repository to any viewer. The repository you are current in will be the repository published and the viewer selected will be the viewer that receives that data. We suggest that you publish Sandbox to Viewer 3, PreProd to V2 and Prod to V1 but in some cases you may want to publish...

Hi Brendan, At the moment there is no automation, it is on our backlog but there are some questions we are kicking around, namely: 1) What is the rollover process? how long do we retain before we overwrite? 2) What if people have golden copies that they want to retain longer and not rollover? Any vi...

You have a few options, you can take a snapshot of the blank repository. Go to Configure > Repository Administration > Create Snapshot and create a copy of the blank repository. This will remain in your snapshots folder and you can restore that at any time. Alternatively, you can take a Protege expo...

Hi Alex,

I suspect the description comes from the Business Activity itself (it does for name). On the Usage there is a 'Business Activity Used' slot, can you try changing the description in that please and let me know if that works.

Thanks

John

This is because one is looking at the applications that could provide the capability (logical layer) and the other at the applications that are actually providing the service (physical). The first looks at the logical business process supporting the capability and maps the application services to th...

No, it's the data centre view, it has logic from node to process via apps. Ignore the process logic but the rest of the logic should be fine for you to reuse in a view. We'll look to build something at some point but we can't promise dates so if you have a go, please do share what you come up with

Sorry for the delay on this. The unit is mapped as below as a Group Business Role of Technology Organisation User (or Application Organisation User for the application reference model). Hope that helps

In the Technology Product Selector, once you have got to step 5 you will see the export panel at the bottom: tps.png Click copy and paste that into a new spreadsheet, save that then load that spreadsheet into the import utility. Don't rename the tab at the bottom, that will say Sheet 1, as the impor...

We don't have a 'wiring' diagram type view but you could create one using the network diagram in Labs as the basis (That's application focused). Also, in Labs we recently pushed up a view that links processes > apps > technology recently so you can see the impact of a data centre failure or a node f...

Hi,

Docker is exactly the same as Cloud, you can edit the data capture forms within the console and add, remove, hide fields, change the layout, create groups, etc

John

Yes, the slider will be above the views and shows the view as it looks at the roadmap point you select

We'll try and get something for you. Bear with us.

John

Hi,

The views look the same, however they show data depending on what roadmap state or timeline you are looking at. As a sneak preview of part of it (it's in test and may change slightly look and feel wise) see the attached which opens above the views. John

Hi, To do this you'd need to write a view that creates the spreadsheet structure you need. The All Instance by Class view is a good starting point as it has the ID (Important for importing back in with the Import Utility), name and description plus the ability to export to Excel. see: https://essent...

Hi, The open source is limited by what we can do with Protege. You are correct, Essential Cloud and Essential Docker have a more elegant interface, much better security, SSO, user control, REST interfaces, etc that improve on Essential Open Source. Essential Docker will get around your restrictions ...

Hi, The name slot isn't autotext, the values above have been brought in using the Launchpad spreadsheet load and use the long format. If the value isn't showing in the view then it suggests that the Standard Strength slot on the Technology Provider Standard Specification Class isn't being set, can y...

Richard, Sorry, it's taken a little while to work this one out. Apparently, this was put in a several years ago as a template for Open Source users to code against, based on a customer request and so the outline was there but the query logic was never added. We decided to keep it in the Viewer, but ...

Hi, I presume you’ve followed the Application Technology Strategy Alignment video here https://enterprise-architecture.org/howto.php so you have your technologies tied to the applications. This gives you the foundation of the view. To add the standards, You should have a set of Technology Product Ro...

around row 152 in the xsl you will see columns: [ { "width": "20%" }, { "width": "40%" }, { "width": "25%" }, { "width": "15%" } ], The width attribute corresponds to each column - change that to whatever you want it to ...

Hi,

Complete the form at the link below and someone will send you the pack

https://enterprise-architecture.org/ess ... ontactform

John

StephV,

Can you confirm the services are tied to the application capabilities? In the application service, is the 'Realises Application Capabilities' slot showing the capabilities ?

Yes, you need to tie the top level capabilities to the taxonomy terms Management, Shared, Enabling, Core or Foundation, using the 'Classified As' slot in the capability

The <xsl:call-template name="RenderInstanceLink"> calls a template for putting the pop-up menu box on the link. Note, the menu is assigned to the class of the subject instance in the repository. The subject instance is the focus of that link, so in the code: <xsl:with-param name="theS...

Can I just check that you've included the taxonomy terms required (Shared, Enabling, Core, Management and Foundation) ? See the meta model diagram here https://enterprise-architecture.org/howto.php under meta model diagrams look at the Application Reference Model.

Thanks

John

The Labs view is a demonstrator as to how you could build an interface and then export to Excel for importing via the import utility. If you wished to use XML, you would need to build the XML structure as an output from the form and specify the XML mappings for that to be imported via the service in...

Hi Richard, This is via the External Reference Links slot on a class. Create one of these, and give it a name. Next, in the External Reference slot of the created class, add the URL to the document, which will create a link in the Supporting Documentation section of a view. For some types, e.g. png,...

Hi Rajaraman, In Open Source, not really. We have a sample as to how you could do it in Labs but it is a manual process - create a web form and generate an import file using the form, which can then be loaded through the import utility. Look for 'Simplified Project Dates Data Capture' in Labs to see...

Hi Tshitshi, We have the Product class that we use to map business services - although it is called Product, we do say it can be either products or services. This allows you to tie a service to a physical process ('Implemented by business processes' slot), which in turn can have applications associa...

Julian, Apologies, we didn't come back on the map question. You need to set your map to point at a map of the continent or country you want to show. It needs a little tweak to the view code, see http://jvectormap.com/maps/world/europe/ for an example. Note, check the <head> tag in the code and make ...

You should probably create the process first, once you have a second similar one then create the family. Views wise, the business process family is in the business process catalogue see: http://essentialviewer.com/demo/report?XML=reportXML.xml&XSL=business/core_bl_bus_process_list_as_table.xsl&a...

Alex, Not sure why your email hasn't come through so we have contacted you directly. For the business layers, have a look at the tutorials as they have examples: http://docs.enterprise-architecture.org/en/latest/business_architecture/business_capability_modelling/ - Business Capability (Conceptual) ...

Hi, In Essential OS you need to have a new instance in your webapps folder (so yes rerun the install with a different location) and when you publish, point protege at the viewer you want (note: this doesn't apply to Essential Cloud users - they just need to select the viewer to publish to). Publish ...

Hi Julian, Regarding part one of your question, I think the physical process view should do this. To get it to work you need to populate the “Contained Physical Process” slot on the Physical Process that you want to see. It's a bit cumbersome, but the contained physical processes have to correspond ...

If you are looking at interfaces between applications then you need to use the Application Information Dependency Model. The Business Service Interaction model you are looking at is mapping business services to applications, not application to application which it seems your example is asking for. R...

Hi Tshitshi,

Yes, sorry this is a bug in 6.2 on Open Source. It gets fixed if you apply the Launchpad v3 eup, and will be fixed in the next update.

If you need the EUP please drop us an email and we'll send it to you

Regards

John

Set the Data Attribute Label on the Data Attribute instance and it should work

You need to use a data object as the data type of the attribute rather than primitive data object. By associating the data type of the Data_Object_Attribute with a Data Object you get a relationship. Cardinality is set on the attribute
Hope that helps

Hi, This is mixing Apps, Databases and Tables with logical data modelling. What you are trying to achieve is in the logical data layer only. To populate the Data Object Model, just create Data Object Attributes against a Data Object and then set the "Data Type" of the Data Object Attribute...

This looks like a duplicate of viewtopic.php?f=21&t=1970

We'll answer on that thread

Can I just check that you added a new report and that it is opening the correct XSL file?

Thanks

John

See the Application Information Dependency Model here https://enterprise-architecture.org/howto.php. One really important thing to remember is that you should define the depends on for each application, e.g. if I am capturing Application A, in the dependency architecture (Application Dependencies sl...