Sorry for the delay on this one, the Business Objective Summary
The Strategic Radar, may be changing so I'll come back when we know the new meta model
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- 22 Mar 2022, 21:14
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Views that are not in the How To Page
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10549
- 15 Mar 2022, 13:54
- Forum: Essential Cloud
- Topic: Budget Forecasting
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12245
Re: Budget Forecasting
Hi Scott, Every class has a budgets_for_element slot, so you can apply a budget to anything. We have a budget class and you can define Annual, Quarterly, Monthly or adhoc budgets for any instance. A budget can be categorised, and an instance can have multiple budgets. We don't hardcode the categorie...
- 15 Mar 2022, 13:32
- Forum: General
- Topic: View: Technology Reference Model is empty
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6557
Re: View: Technology Reference Model is empty
Hi,
Can you post the URL for the view, please we just need to know which file you are looking at?
It's the file name after xsl= in the URL. We'll use that to explain the view
Thanks
Can you post the URL for the view, please we just need to know which file you are looking at?
It's the file name after xsl= in the URL. We'll use that to explain the view
Thanks
- 07 Mar 2022, 08:58
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Integrate Essential OS with Active Directory
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8974
Re: Integrate Essential OS with Active Directory
Sorry for the delay Christian, I spoke to the team and, unlike Cloud/Docker, there’s no security capability in Open Source and no facility to connect to AD. If you run OS in server (multi-user) mode, you need to create user accounts to control who can access the server, but sorry there’s no integrat...
- 04 Mar 2022, 13:57
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Views that are not in the How To Page
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10549
Re: Views that are not in the How To Page
Hi, You can find the helpers for each view as below: Application Summary: https://enterprise-architecture.org/summaries/application_provider_summary.html Application Strategic Radar : I'll ask one of the team to look at this one Business Objective Summary : I'll ask one of the team about this one Bu...
- 21 Feb 2022, 19:59
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Group Actor Summary view in Release 6.15 - Process view
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7397
Re: Group Actor Summary view in Release 6.15 - Process view
Hi Rob, The route for the Process Implementations is Business Process > Physical Process > (either) (Composite) Application Provider. or Application Provider Role > (Composite) Application Provider. It is also looking at child orgs The app usage is also looking at applications related via an Applica...
- 21 Feb 2022, 19:49
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Display name of an Enumeration type
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7176
Re: Display name of an Enumeration type
Hi Rob, Sorry, not at the moment. We're looking into both, there's a few challenges to make sure the view works across both Open Source (the view is due to be pushed to OS later this/next week) and the commercial versions, of which the name is one challenge. The restricting of enumerations is also a...
- 01 Feb 2022, 17:25
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Logical Data Object - custom fields and adding to views
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6131
Re: Logical Data Object - custom fields and adding to views
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
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
- 20 Jan 2022, 07:46
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Business Capability - Application Fit
- Replies: 10
- Views: 15096
Re: Business Capability - Application Fit
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...
- 06 Jan 2022, 11:02
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Business Application Footprint view
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6160
Re: Business Application Footprint view
Hi Joshua,
Apologies for the slow response, the modelling required is here. https://enterprise-architecture.org/vie ... p_dash.php
Hope that helps
John
Apologies for the slow response, the modelling required is here. https://enterprise-architecture.org/vie ... p_dash.php
Hope that helps
John
- 01 Oct 2021, 13:18
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Essential Project Deployment Architecture + Ontology Editor
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7763
Re: Essential Project Deployment Architecture + Ontology Editor
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...
- 16 Sep 2021, 19:54
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: System to System Interface modelling
- Replies: 11
- Views: 17946
Re: System to System Interface modelling
Hi Enrico,
The plan is Q4 this year. We'll keep you updated.
John
The plan is Q4 this year. We'll keep you updated.
John
- 10 Sep 2021, 21:51
- Forum: Essential Cloud
- Topic: New tenant - apply all system updates going back to 2019??
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6130
Re: New tenant - apply all system updates going back to 2019??
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....
- 06 Sep 2021, 07:28
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Rationalisation with out Business Process / Physical Process data
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7225
Re: Rationalisation with out Business Process / Physical Process data
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...
- 01 Jul 2021, 21:15
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Not seeing all changes in Technical Reference Model
- Replies: 12
- Views: 20654
Re: Not seeing all changes in Technical Reference Model
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
We've made a change can you try this version of the view, replace your current one in the technology folder?
Thanks
John
- 01 Jul 2021, 07:03
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Not seeing all changes in Technical Reference Model
- Replies: 12
- Views: 20654
Re: Not seeing all changes in Technical Reference Model
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
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
- 30 Jun 2021, 13:46
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Not seeing all changes in Technical Reference Model
- Replies: 12
- Views: 20654
Re: Not seeing all changes in Technical Reference Model
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...
- 29 Jun 2021, 12:51
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Not seeing all changes in Technical Reference Model
- Replies: 12
- Views: 20654
Re: Not seeing all changes in Technical Reference Model
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...
- 23 Jun 2021, 10:13
- Forum: Essential Cloud
- Topic: Exporting Data into Excel
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6165
Re: Exporting Data into Excel
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
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
- 02 Mar 2021, 13:03
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: [essential_import_utility_22] ArchiMate XML Import HowTo
- Replies: 8
- Views: 18233
Re: [essential_import_utility_22] ArchiMate XML Import HowTo
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...
- 25 Feb 2021, 18:12
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Create Custom Models/Visuals
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10247
Re: Create Custom Models/Visuals
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...
- 16 Feb 2021, 22:11
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Sample Essential Repository link update
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6362
Re: Sample Essential Repository link update
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.
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.
- 16 Feb 2021, 14:52
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: [essential_import_utility_22] ArchiMate XML Import HowTo
- Replies: 8
- Views: 18233
Re: [essential_import_utility_22] ArchiMate XML Import HowTo
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
- 16 Feb 2021, 14:48
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Essential Viewer Display Issue
- Replies: 9
- Views: 16713
Re: Essential Viewer Display Issue
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...
- 11 Feb 2021, 08:31
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Essential Viewer Display Issue
- Replies: 9
- Views: 16713
Re: Essential Viewer Display Issue
Sorry, can you reattach the image please. It's not showing properly.
- 11 Feb 2021, 08:28
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: [essential_import_utility_22] ArchiMate XML Import HowTo
- Replies: 8
- Views: 18233
Re: [essential_import_utility_22] ArchiMate XML Import HowTo
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.
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.
- 15 Dec 2020, 07:49
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Lifecycle Modeling
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10823
Re: Lifecycle Modeling
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
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
- 01 Dec 2020, 13:39
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: EA principles view indicators (Viewer 6.11.2)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 15813
Re: EA principles view indicators (Viewer 6.11.2)
Hi Sayed,
We'll contact you directly to try and work out the issue. We can post the outcome back here
Regards
John
We'll contact you directly to try and work out the issue. We can post the outcome back here
Regards
John
- 01 Dec 2020, 09:19
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: EA principles view indicators (Viewer 6.11.2)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 15813
Re: EA principles view indicators (Viewer 6.11.2)
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.
- 01 Dec 2020, 09:16
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Essential Viewer 6.11.2 - EA Principles
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6443
Re: Essential Viewer 6.11.2 - EA Principles
Hi,
Thanks for letting us know, this is fixed in the next release. If you need the file now, then it is attached
Thanks for letting us know, this is fixed in the next release. If you need the file now, then it is attached
- 30 Nov 2020, 07:18
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: EA principles view indicators (Viewer 6.11.2)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 15813
Re: EA principles view indicators (Viewer 6.11.2)
Sorry about this, minor tweak to the code, does this work?
- 26 Nov 2020, 13:48
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: EA principles view indicators (Viewer 6.11.2)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 15813
Re: EA principles view indicators (Viewer 6.11.2)
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...
- 25 Nov 2020, 12:29
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: EA principles view indicators (Viewer 6.11.2)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 15813
Re: EA principles view indicators (Viewer 6.11.2)
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
It looks like one of the library updates has affected the pop-ups, I'll ask the team to have a look.
Thanks
John
- 13 Oct 2020, 15:27
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: [6.10.4 EUP] Pre-Caching Report API Slot ? What does it mean ?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11529
Re: [6.10.4 EUP] Pre-Caching Report API Slot ? What does it mean ?
Hi,
This is released now, for more information on the caching see this page https://www.enterprise-architecture.org ... lainer.php
Regards
John
This is released now, for more information on the caching see this page https://www.enterprise-architecture.org ... lainer.php
Regards
John
- 09 Oct 2020, 07:44
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: System to System Interface modelling
- Replies: 11
- Views: 17946
Re: System to System Interface modelling
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.
- 07 Oct 2020, 17:16
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: System to System Interface modelling
- Replies: 11
- Views: 17946
Re: System to System Interface modelling
Hi Rob,
Apologies, I missed this, let me have a look and come back to you on this.
John
Apologies, I missed this, let me have a look and come back to you on this.
John
- 22 Sep 2020, 16:52
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: System to System Interface modelling
- Replies: 11
- Views: 17946
Re: System to System Interface modelling
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...
- 09 Sep 2020, 07:42
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Installation of Essential Architecture Manager
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10639
Re: Installation of Essential Architecture Manager
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...
- 09 Sep 2020, 07:29
- Forum: Essential Cloud
- Topic: Business Process Model view
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8645
Re: Business Process Model view
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...
- 09 Sep 2020, 06:45
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: [6.10.4 EUP] Pre-Caching Report API Slot ? What does it mean ?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11529
Re: [6.10.4 EUP] Pre-Caching Report API Slot ? What does it mean ?
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...
- 19 Aug 2020, 17:24
- Forum: Essential Cloud
- Topic: Viewer - File upload API for Continuous Delivery integration
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6690
Re: Viewer - File upload API for Continuous Delivery integration
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
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
- 17 Aug 2020, 14:37
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Failed to compile stylesheet when using Essential Viewer Editors
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7904
Re: Failed to compile stylesheet when using Essential Viewer Editors
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...
- 07 Aug 2020, 17:17
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Exporting BMPN 2.0
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6651
Re: Exporting BMPN 2.0
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
- 28 Jul 2020, 08:09
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Component application services missing in composite application provider summary view ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9324
Re: Component application services missing in composite application provider summary view ?
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
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
- 15 Jul 2020, 06:49
- Forum: General
- Topic: Data Reference Model
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7316
Re: Data Reference Model
Hi,
The definitions are here https://www.ucisa.ac.uk/Groups/Enterpri ... lity-Model
Look under resource downloads at the bottom of the page
The definitions are here https://www.ucisa.ac.uk/Groups/Enterpri ... lity-Model
Look under resource downloads at the bottom of the page
- 15 Jul 2020, 06:48
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Data Reference Model - Higher Education
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6469
Re: Data Reference Model - Higher Education
Hi,
The definitions are here https://www.ucisa.ac.uk/Groups/Enterpri ... lity-Model
Look under resource downloads at the bottom of the page
The definitions are here https://www.ucisa.ac.uk/Groups/Enterpri ... lity-Model
Look under resource downloads at the bottom of the page
- 14 Jul 2020, 06:15
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Application License Costs handling - How to
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15220
Re: Application License Costs handling - How to
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
If you associate costs with your apps (the Repository Element) in line with this then it should work
- 13 Jul 2020, 18:46
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Project Summary (v6.10)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8662
Re: Project Summary (v6.10)
Thanks Keith, I'll raise it with our UX guys and we'll see if they can do something
- 13 Jul 2020, 18:43
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Essential Viewer Error
- Replies: 25
- Views: 50874
Re: Essential Viewer Error
A few things:
1) Can you see the data in Protege?
2) Have you published?
1) Can you see the data in Protege?
2) Have you published?
- 13 Jul 2020, 18:41
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Viewer Rendering issues
- Replies: 25
- Views: 53464
Re: Viewer Rendering issues
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
Let us know if that works
- 13 Jul 2020, 18:39
- Forum: General
- Topic: Essential Launchpad (Free)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 20551
Re: Essential Launchpad (Free)
Hi,
Can you let us know what steps you've followed please.
Thanks
Can you let us know what steps you've followed please.
Thanks
- 13 Jul 2020, 18:38
- Forum: Essential Cloud
- Topic: 403 Unauth error trying to upload logo image to viewer
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7445
Re: 403 Unauth error trying to upload logo image to viewer
Hi John,
Can you try zipping the file up and see if that works, make sure you tick the unzip box.
John
Can you try zipping the file up and see if that works, make sure you tick the unzip box.
John
- 12 Jul 2020, 16:24
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Application License Costs handling - How to
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15220
Re: Application License Costs handling - How to
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
- 12 Jul 2020, 16:20
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: essential viewer demo error
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6583
Re: essential viewer demo error
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
- 07 Jul 2020, 07:53
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Viewer Rendering issues
- Replies: 25
- Views: 53464
Re: Viewer Rendering issues
Hi Sylvia,
It looks like the url has changed, try https://enterprise-architecture.org/doc ... w_reports/
John
It looks like the url has changed, try https://enterprise-architecture.org/doc ... w_reports/
John
- 07 Jul 2020, 07:18
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Project Summary (v6.10)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8662
Re: Project Summary (v6.10)
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.
Hopefully that resolves the issue for you.
- 06 Jul 2020, 08:39
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: How to add security control to a process?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 22033
Re: How to add security control to a process?
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
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
- 01 Jul 2020, 11:36
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Business Reference Model - maintaining two states
- Replies: 7
- Views: 17164
Re: Business Reference Model - maintaining two states
Hi, there's a variant of this in 6.10 see the view application/core_al_bus_cap_support.xsl
- 25 Jun 2020, 10:28
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Business Capability / Reference Model (Relationship)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 12228
Re: Business Capability / Reference Model (Relationship)
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...
- 16 Jun 2020, 14:01
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Information Stores and Relational Databases
- Replies: 3
- Views: 83653
Re: Information Stores and Relational Databases
Hi,
Try the Data Object Provider Model (provided you've mapped Data Representations to Data Objects). That should give you what you want
Try the Data Object Provider Model (provided you've mapped Data Representations to Data Objects). That should give you what you want
- 16 Jun 2020, 13:55
- Forum: Essential Cloud
- Topic: Fields needed to complete certain Views
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7548
Re: Fields needed to complete certain Views
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...
- 12 Jun 2020, 12:03
- Forum: Essential Cloud
- Topic: Integrations?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11325
Re: Integrations?
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 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
- 03 Jun 2020, 15:35
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Launch Pad v5 - How to export to xls > update > import
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14060
Re: Launch Pad v5 - How to export to xls > update > import
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...
- 01 Jun 2020, 12:55
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Launch Pad v5 - How to export to xls > update > import
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14060
Re: Launch Pad v5 - How to export to xls > update > import
Have you applied the 6.9 release? The v5 supporting view is in there?
- 27 May 2020, 14:06
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: How to add security control to a process?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 22033
Re: How to add security control to a process?
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
- 27 May 2020, 13:41
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Launch Pad v5 - How to export to xls > update > import
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14060
Re: Launch Pad v5 - How to export to xls > update > import
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...
- 19 May 2020, 12:23
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: How to add security control to a process?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 22033
Re: How to add security control to a process?
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...
- 18 May 2020, 07:18
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: business capability - import sheet
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7597
Re: business capability - import sheet
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
- 18 May 2020, 07:15
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: IT Asset Dashboard View is not working
- Replies: 15
- Views: 26923
Re: IT Asset Dashboard View is not working
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...
- 15 May 2020, 21:16
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: How to add security control to a process?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 22033
Re: How to add security control to a process?
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
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
- 14 May 2020, 06:37
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Not able to install on Ubuntu 19
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9879
Re: Not able to install on Ubuntu 19
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?
1) Can you see the viewer from the Tomcat Manager?
2) Are you seeing any errors?
- 14 May 2020, 06:36
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: How to add security control to a process?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 22033
Re: How to add security control to a process?
You need to set up a Control Framework and associate the controls. See the below
- 14 May 2020, 06:33
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: IT Asset Dashboard View is not working
- Replies: 15
- Views: 26923
Re: IT Asset Dashboard View is not working
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...
- 13 May 2020, 07:04
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: IT Asset Dashboard View is not working
- Replies: 15
- Views: 26923
Re: IT Asset Dashboard View is not working
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...
- 13 May 2020, 06:57
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: How to add security control to a process?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 22033
Re: How to add security control to a process?
Hi James,
Can you expand on what you are looking for with an example please.
Thanks
Can you expand on what you are looking for with an example please.
Thanks
- 06 May 2020, 15:41
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Application Deployment Summary Server Details are not Showing
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7975
Re: Application Deployment Summary Server Details are not Showing
Are your deployments tied to locations?
Can you share a couple of lines from each sheet if possible?
Thanks
Can you share a couple of lines from each sheet if possible?
Thanks
- 06 May 2020, 15:38
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: IT Asset Dashboard View is not working
- Replies: 15
- Views: 26923
Re: IT Asset Dashboard View is not working
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
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
- 06 May 2020, 15:36
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: showing associated business capability in the summary view beside every application
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7579
Re: showing associated business capability in the summary view beside every application
Here's the path you need...
- 04 May 2020, 16:39
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Issue with Cloned XSL file
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6775
Re: Issue with Cloned XSL file
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...
- 24 Apr 2020, 17:09
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: [essential_import_utility_22] ArchiMate XML Import HowTo
- Replies: 8
- Views: 18233
Re: [essential_import_utility_22] ArchiMate XML Import HowTo
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
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
- 15 Apr 2020, 07:12
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Technology Platform Model relationships between Application and Technology Products
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9972
Re: Technology Platform Model relationships between Application and Technology Products
Hi,
We're just packaging it up at the moment, it's likely to be next week
Regards
John
We're just packaging it up at the moment, it's likely to be next week
Regards
John
- 03 Apr 2020, 06:56
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Essential Viewer slow on tomcat docker image
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6414
Re: Essential Viewer slow on tomcat docker image
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...
- 12 Mar 2020, 14:10
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Application License Costs handling - How to
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15220
Re: Application License Costs handling - How to
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...
- 11 Mar 2020, 14:37
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Application License Costs handling - How to
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15220
Re: Application License Costs handling - How to
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...
- 25 Feb 2020, 15:05
- Forum: Essential Cloud
- Topic: Viewer Configuration
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8925
Re: Viewer Configuration
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...
- 24 Feb 2020, 13:30
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Essential Viewer Error
- Replies: 25
- Views: 50874
Re: Essential Viewer Error
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
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
- 22 Feb 2020, 15:47
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Tip - Catalogues with lot of data show number of records at the bottom
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7245
Re: Tip - Catalogues with lot of data show number of records at the bottom
Thank you Rajaraman, it's great when people contribute to the project.
- 22 Feb 2020, 15:45
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: performance improvement by RDM (Vmware)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 21834
Re: performance improvement by RDM (Vmware)
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...
- 19 Feb 2020, 14:19
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: performance improvement by RDM (Vmware)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 21834
Re: performance improvement by RDM (Vmware)
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...
- 19 Feb 2020, 11:32
- Forum: Essential Cloud
- Topic: Technology Product Lifecycles not showing in cloud
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13223
Re: Technology Product Lifecycles not showing in cloud
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
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
- 18 Feb 2020, 22:17
- Forum: Essential Cloud
- Topic: Technology Product Lifecycles not showing in cloud
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13223
Re: Technology Product Lifecycles not showing in cloud
It should cope with both. We'll take a look and come back to you.
- 14 Feb 2020, 11:55
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: extracting all business capabilities as excel
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11472
Re: extracting all business capabilities as excel
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
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
- 07 Feb 2020, 14:37
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: How to use the new view "Tech Security Vulnerability Analysis"
- Replies: 27
- Views: 44230
Re: How to use the new view "Tech Security Vulnerability Analysis"
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
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
- 07 Feb 2020, 14:35
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: finding previously uploaded spread sheets import utility
- Replies: 4
- Views: 12876
Re: finding previously uploaded spread sheets import utility
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...
- 03 Feb 2020, 12:50
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Interfacing with Sparx EA
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11465
Re: Interfacing with Sparx EA
See here for Cloud/Docker APIs https://api.enterprise-architecture.org/?version=latest
Please drop us an email and we can discuss
Please drop us an email and we can discuss
- 03 Feb 2020, 12:48
- Forum: Essential Cloud
- Topic: Access management on object level
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7302
Re: Access management on object level
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...
- 24 Jan 2020, 11:24
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: [Viewer 6.7 & 6.8] Rendering errors
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9193
Re: [Viewer 6.7 & 6.8] Rendering errors
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...
- 23 Jan 2020, 07:34
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: How to use the new view "Tech Security Vulnerability Analysis"
- Replies: 27
- Views: 44230
Re: How to use the new view "Tech Security Vulnerability Analysis"
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
Let me know if that works
- 21 Jan 2020, 09:02
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: [import Utility 2.12] Publication Issues
- Replies: 19
- Views: 41192
Re: [import Utility 2.12] Publication Issues
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.
- 17 Jan 2020, 07:24
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: How to use the new view "Tech Security Vulnerability Analysis"
- Replies: 27
- Views: 44230
Re: How to use the new view "Tech Security Vulnerability Analysis"
Thanks Colin, I'll get this logged.
Also, any chance you can share your version?
Thanks
John
Also, any chance you can share your version?
Thanks
John