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37 Topics

irene.bakanakis
LeanIX Team
irene.bakanakisLeanIX Team
published in Application Portfolio Management

Application Portfolio Assessment - How to?

What should be your next steps for implementing an Application Portfolio Assessment with LeanIX? Step 1: Define the scope of the assessmentThe first step in conducting an APA is to define the scope of the assessment. This involves identifying the applications and systems that will be reviewed to ensure they align with your organization's goals and objectives. With LeanIX, you can easily filter and group your applications based on various criteria, such as business owners, technology domains, or criticality.Step 2: Collect and analyze dataOnce you have identified the applications and systems to be assessed, you need to collect data on each application, including its usage, cost, complexity, and alignment with your organization's goals. The data can be collected from various sources, such as IT service management tools, spreadsheets, or application owners. Once you have gathered the data, you can use the LeanIX Application Portfolio Management module to analyze the data and generate insi

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irene.bakanakis
LeanIX Team
1 year ago
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LusheezRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management

Handle version history without overloading Application factsheets

Hello everyone,We would like to envision how to handle versioning in LeanIX correctly. There is the Release field in the Application factsheet type, but in my company we have the need to track several versions of one applications because we have parallel versions.Let’s say we have three applications A, B and CWe have for A:V1.0.1 installed at site 1V1.0.6 installed at site 2V2.0.0 installed at site 3For B:V8.0.0 at site 1V9.2.0 at site 3For C:V5.0.1 at site 2At any time, another version of C could ​be instal​​​​led at site 3 and it could be different than the one from site 2 so we have a need to track it also.We could clone three times the Application factsheet for A, two times for B, and change the release field but that seems inefficient. Also if one of the shared field (the description, or the Application Owner, or anything else) change, we’d have to edit every factsheet manually. That is also inefficient. I had thought first to create another factsheet type to represent the Version

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15 hours ago
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Nicolas P.Rookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management

Whether and how to model virtual servers for applications

Hi.Any on-premise application (let’s call one here ABC) is typically hosted on one or several physical or virtual servers (let’s have here 2 virtual servers SRV123 and SRV456). These servers have often but not always the same OS (let’s say here Windows Server 2019 for both SRV123 and SRV456) and different purposes with different components (let’s say here SRV123 is the web application server with IIS 10.0 and SRV456 the database server with SQL Server 2019). They also run on different pieces of hardware or a single one (let’s say here that SRV123 and SRV456 run on 2 different Dell PowerEdge R550 Rack Server units).In my example, Application ABC would have relations with the following IT Components in LeanIX:Software: Microsoft Windows Server 2019 + Microsoft IIS 10.0 + Microsoft SQL Server 2019, Hardware: Dell PowerEdge R550 Rack Server.But SRV123 and SRV456 servers actually appear nowhere in this model:Of course, they’re not Applications, They could be IT Components, but none of the s

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2 days ago
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eric.jerskeyRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management

Modeling Organization for Applications used by everyone?

Does anyone have any advice on how best to model an Organization-Application linkage for Apps that are used by everyone in the organization? I’m thinking I’d want to create a Level 1 Organization (subtype=BU) to represent all employees of the organization generically. If there’s a specific team or region of users where that application has a distinct functional fit that needs to be called out, then we would add those as additional organizations. I think that should give us flexibility to provide insight into different usage perspectives for those shared services, but curious to know what approaches others have taken.

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3 days ago
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SCMPURRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management

Visualizing Options Assessment

Hello Community,has anyone experience with dealing of options assessment results in LeanIX?Le me explain in more detail:You are dealing with lots of Business Capabilities in LeanIX (amount n) and due to best of breed you have same amount (n) of applications in the portfolio.On the other hand you know about an application supporting more than one business capability - an integrated solution. How to visualize the option that this integrated solution (not implemented only based on capabilities) is providing as it might be the successor for multiple active applications!The successor attribute is too hard wired for this because we are talking about an option and curently there is no initiative planned/release.How would you deal with this requirement in LeanIX (or is LeanIX the wrong tool for something like this)? Best RegardsThomas

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Thomas Schreiner
6 days ago
Olivier C.
Olivier C.Rookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management

Integration API - How update and not create a factsheet?

Hi,I use integration API and processor to synchronize external systems with LeanIX, especially the inboundFactSheet processor type. The default behavior of this processor is to identify if the factsheet already exist (usage of the externalId) and update it or create it if it doesn’t exist.But I don’t know if it’s possible to update it only and not to create it if it doesn’t exist?Thanks for your help.Olivier C.

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Thomas Schreiner
7 days ago
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s.amitRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management

Application Lifecycle

Whom to contact about this application lifecycle. Suddenly the application is marked as phaseout without any notification, and there is no one to contact.

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Thomas Schreiner
10 days ago
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ploeRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management

Portal: Advanced Settings Reference docs?

Does anyone know where I can find reference documentation on the Advanced tab for Portals?Portal (leanix.net) - this provides awareness that it exists, but I cannot seem to find any documentation referencing the valid JSON structure or values.

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Thomas Schreiner
12 days ago
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Tore VångeRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management

Portal - Add functionality to the "Request application"

Hi We are doing a bit of discovery into the portal now, and have an idea, at this stage, to smooth out the process for end-users needing access to an application. Has anyone used the “Request Application” to anything useful? Currently - it simply points to the documentation for the self-service portal - I have a few ideas to either trigger a request in ServiceNOW, either by prepopulating an email running through the think-automate, or using Power Automate to streamline the process to get access to an application. Has anyone done something similar and would be generous enough to share some insights? BRTore

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22 days ago
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Srihari Krishna VankadariRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management

How to model Power Apps Applications which are being used by smaller community and supports single capabilities?

How to model Power Apps applications in LeanIX as they are huge in number and might consume license numbers but these applications are used locally which supports single capabilities?

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23 days ago
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EileenDRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management

Is anybody using LeanIX to respond to the Digital Operational Resilience Act?

Hi All - we’re a european financial institution, looking to respond the the mapping and identification requirements of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).  Is anyone using LeanIX in their solutioning for this use case?

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29 days ago
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MMurrayRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management

Tracking multiple divisions migrating from interface 1.0 to interface 2.0 at different times

Hello All! We have multiple business divisions using a single interface (Interface 1.0) today.A new interface (Interface 2.0) is being deployed and it is expected that the divisions will migrate to the new interface (2.0) over time and sequenced.What is the best way to track and report on the progress of the migration of divisions over time?I have added a new relation to the Interface factsheet for User Group factsheets. This seems to provide the necessary tracking and reporting based on the Active From and Active Until relation data. The same Provider application is providing the interface to consuming applications. Just wanted to ask the community to see if there are any other ideas out there or any concerns with adding this new relationship to the factsheet. Regards,Mark

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1 month ago
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SHCRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management

Field level restriction for edit and view

Hello, In LeanIX EAM, how can we control attributes/fields from view or edit for certain users?For example, only admin can change an attribute value for certain attribute(s). Best regards,SHC

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1 month ago
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silviagomezRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management

Portal: How to add a Diagram to the Factsheet detailed view

Hello,In my company, for the Business Context/process factsheet, we add as a resource type the related BP diagram. We do it under tab resources, select Diagram ( Link, File , Diagram options available) and then select the Free Draw diagram we want to assign to the factsheet.In the BP portal, in the detailed section, we would like display the link to the Diagram assigned to that Business Context/process Factsheet. It seems that only resources added under “Link” can be shown in the Portal.Does anybody know how to add a Diagram so it can be displayed detailed section of an Factsheet in the Portal?Cheers, Silvia

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2 months ago
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João AntonioRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management

My company wants to implement it, but I still have doubts

Hello, my company intends to implement the LeanIX tool, but we still have some questions about how the platform works and some questions like: how long does the implementation take (months? Years?), what type of integration does it have with Signavio? Is there any difficulty in the implementation? Is the platform itself automated, or is it quite manual (data processing and analysis, report completion, etc.)?

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2 months ago
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SoniaMerckRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management

Calculated Field or Derived field

Hi Team,I am populating Factsheet Type = User Group with Organization Data and the “Alias” field has details of an organization unit.How can I reference the “Alias” field in factsheet type = User Group in another factsheet type “Application” (field = Business unit) Does LEANIX allow cross factsheet type reference?  Purpose - Identify which applications belong to which business unit.    

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Thomas Schreiner
2 months ago
niladrinayak
niladrinayakRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management

Mapping Use cases to Meta Model of LeanIX

We’ve 100+ use cases for our company for 2024 roadmap. We are yet to finalize which application/vendor to choose. How do we put these use cases in LeanIX? I am using Business Product for now.

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Helder.Luz
2 months ago
Steen Jensen
Steen JensenSophomore
asked in Application Portfolio Management

Can same application plattform belong to several FactSheets?

WIth current Metamodel v 4, can same object be part of several different FactSheets?I.e SharePoint and ServiceNow is both Strategic Platforms and Tech Platforms and Applications at same time. or should thay only be part of ONE FactSheet only?

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Thomas Schreiner
2 months ago
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SebastianRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management

Matrix of Legal Entities by Business-Unit and Region ?

Hi all,I am doing my first steps in LeanIx but somehow im stuck.I have added two bidirectional self-relations on organizations from LE to Region and from LE to Business-Unit. I am using MM 4.0 and I know that there is something in the works regarding modelling subtypes. “self-relations” are possible, but already with the configuration of labels etc. it feels “inconvenient”.Use-Case: I want to create a simple matrix report that shows the LEs (cells) by Regions (X-axis) and Business-Units(Y-Axis)Problem: I do not have the newly created relations in the x/y-axis settings of the matrix report. I cannot choose “Regions” or “Business Unit” for y and x axis.Since this is conceptually and technically relatively clear to me, I wonder if this “works as designed” or if I am missing something.Thanks, Sebastian.

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Justin Swift
3 months ago
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ThijsvlRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management

Integrate Architecture Principles into EAM

Hi all, My team and I are looking for possibilities to integrate our architecture principles into LeanIX. Are there any community members with experiences on succesfully doing so? As of now we've communicated our architecture principles through Sharepoint, but we'd like to have LeanIX as our main source for all Enterprise Architecture related subjects. Right now we're considering to use the Dashboard in order to state the principles, accompanied by a corresponding report. Hereby an example: A text column showing a cloud first principle with a statement that 'SaaS before PaaS, before IaaS' etc., accompanied by a report showing the current status (how much SaaS, on-premise, etc). See screenshot.Any further ideas or experiences on showcasing architecture principles within LeanIX? 

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Justin Swift
3 months ago
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FlorianRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management

Identify redundant applications by kind of "application category"

Hi all,we try to identify redundant appliaction by a kind of application class or category. This categories are no it categories, so we don’t want to use the TBM framework, it is more business like. Examples for these categories are ERP systems, workflow tools, office solutions, etc. Has anybody an idea, if there is an standard framework for these kind of categories which we can reuse and how we implement these requirement within LeanIX EA?This dimension would be an important crtieria additional to business capabilities and tech category, to rationalisize our portfolio. 

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Steen Jensen
3 months ago
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EduardRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management

How to add Business capability?

I don’t find in Busines capabilities map, capability for Field (retire) actions. You now the way how to?Thanks a lotEduard

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3 months ago
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Tahir_WaheedRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management

Importing relations as "Leave empty"

Hi Everyone,I have a question and ofcourse I could create a support ticket for that. As the topic is not too urgent and I wanted to start a topic in community therefore, I thought about posting it here.The topic is the following: for relations we have the possibility to deliberately select, “Leave Empty” and this contributes to the overall completion score of a factsheet (if applicable).Is there a possibility to import relations via excel on multilple factsheets (say application) as “Leave Empty” instead of manually maintaining it?  I hope I can get some positive answers. Thank you in advance.  Best regards.

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3 months ago
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Stephane PeitiSophomore
asked in Application Portfolio Management

Cost management in LeanIX

Hello, Our management are very interesting to have a view of Cost of each application. Costing modelization are quite complexe … some application are CAPEX some are OPEX … some have shared ressources (and shared cost).Who have do something interesting on the “cost” application topic ?  

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Justin Swift
4 months ago
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Gurpreet DuhraRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management

Definition of Successors and Predecessors

In the fact sheet: Application, what is the definition and examples of successors and predecessors?

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Carsten Schütz
Community Manager
4 months ago

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