See what’s in development and have a play

Take the opportunity to try out some prototypes from our labs
We’re offering users the opportunity to try out some of the development views and capabilities that we are working on in our Labs, and some of which will move into the Essential EA tool in the future.
Feel free to download and use them with your data, we’d love to get your feedback on suggestions, improvements and further ideas to help you in your role. These are working prototypes, so if you do happen to find any bugs please let us know.
Note: The Labs developments are not supported, although you can post queries on the forums. We do not guarantee all developments will appear in future releases. We do not guarantee release dates but will aim to push some of these into the next release.
Register below to sign-up to the Labs mailing list and receive a link to the labs development page.
View Helper
Helps you populate key views by describing the meta model required, with some helpers, such as a capability to process mapping so you can see where you have relationships defined.
Previous Labs
Application Technology Lifecycles
See the technology lifecycles for an application, and where there is risk. Critical applications can be flagged (requires v6.12)
Class Model Browser
Overall Essential model in one view, showing where you have data. Click to see dependent classes – zoomable and draggable
Class Model Viewer
The ability to see relations between classes and the slot values between them in your repository in the Essential EA Tool. If you click a class in the diagram then that becomes the focus.
Deprecated Slot Viewer
Simple maintenance table showing where deprecated slots are populated in the repository
Technology Lifecycle Management
View of vendor technology lifecycles and applications they impact.
Data Centre Impact Analysis
Search from a data centre location or specific technology node to see the impact, e.g. of a node failing. This view crosses the enterprise architecture layers from business capability down to technology nodes.
Embed Videos
Ability to embed videos in the repository