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Carsten Schütz
Community Manager
Carsten SchützCommunity Manager
published in It's all about Community
New to the Community? Here's everything you need to know!

Welcome to the LeanIX Digital Community!We are excited to have you joining us as we explore the latest trends and best practices in Enterprise Architecture and Business transformation.By becoming a member of our community, you'll have access to a wealth of information and resources, as well as the opportunity to connect with other professionals in your field. You'll be able to learn from industry experts, exchange ideas with peers, and engage in lively discussions on the topics that matter most to you.Registration is quick and easy, and it will give you instant access to our community content. (the link is only valid if you’re logged out). You'll also be able to participate in our forums, ask questions, and get feedback from other members.Please only use your business e-mail address so that we can approve your registration and assign you a specific role as fast as possible.  Whether you're an experienced professional or just starting out in your career, the LeanIX Digital Community has

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Carsten Schütz
Community Manager
Carsten SchützCommunity Manager
published in Application Portfolio Management
SAP runs SAP - Our Cloud Business Journey’s Impact on Enterprise Architecture – A Case Study by SAP

SAP recently published a white paper about how SAP employs an enterprise architecture strategy using SAP LeanIX and SAP Signavio to manage IT portfolios, optimize applications, and support growth. This approach uses business capabilities as a common language, with regular assessments guiding investments. Strategic decisions, like the greenfield approach to cloud business, enhance agility and standardization. It’s definitely worth a read! It contains a ton of insights and best practices. Some of the key learnings shared:Enterprise architecture follows business architecture. Decoupling new business models from old ones in a greenfield approach. Focus on business outcomes in your decision making. RISE with SAP is an optimal offering for your transformation. Focus on unified customer experience.Click to download the White Paper directly. Let us know what you think of it!   

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Carsten Schütz
Community Manager
6 months ago
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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mvanrooijenRookie
asked in It's all about Community
How can you edit the multiplicity of interface relationships

Hi All, We have a couple of challenges, one of them being that an interface can be both a provider as wel as a consumer at the same time. this is how that works:An application provides a dataset through an interface, this is consumed by another application. That data set is edited in the second application and provided back to application one who then consumes it. At certain points in time that interface also communicates the dataset directly to another interface.Any advice on how to model that would be greatly appreciated. My preferred solution would be to change the multiplicity from Manty to one to Many to Many relationships on provider as well as Consumer interfaces by the way.  

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Thomas Schreiner
1 day ago
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Tim PRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management
IT Risk log

How do you keep and maintain a risk log?I know we can detect the risks in Leanix but i also have the need to create a risk log assess the risk : give a non technical explanation/impact/scoring of the risk reporting on the risk. I was thinking of creating a separate fact sheet but is this a good idea? I also know there are plenty of risk management tools but is there anyone using one that can integrate with Leanix? Please share your thoughts/experiences. Thanks! 

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ShyamBagguRookie
asked in It's all about Community
Data Mesh in LeanIX

My organization is implementing Data Mesh, and I want to implement data mesh thinking in LeanIX. Could you please help me with some basic idea of implementing Data Mesh thinking in LeanIX?

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3 days ago
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mvanrooijenRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management
Interface Reports

How on earth do you get the interfaces map to work?It is frustrating me to high heavens, and I am ready to cal it quits with the entire LeanIX MESS. I have active interfaces. I have Active provider applications. I have Active Consume Interfaces.Why on earth is there still a message about missing data?What is this Circle Map report looking at in order for it to include “inventory”.Whilst on the topic, shouldn’t it give a more descriptive set of data, or a “true” create from scratch reporting tool to get at least operational data out of the application? Help, please. 

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5 days ago
Gopala krishna
Gopala krishnaRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management
Application Vs IT Component Classification

How do we clearly classify Application and IT component when we are performing Portfolio assessment.   Where exactly the Integration components fits in.  for ex:  API, ESB, Webservices etc.  Also,  cloud services where do we classify.

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Gopala krishna
11 days ago
ryansimmons
ryansimmonsRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management
Portals - Search Options and Detailed View - Parent/Child depth and Subtype display

As per the title I am looking to the community to see if anybody is able to help with the Portal configuration options.Having created a ‘Application - Factsheet’ portal I have 2 areas that I am looking to solve for.On the Search configuration, I have created a Filter Option, Based on ‘Relation’ that is has a Related Fact Sheet Type of ‘Organization’. In the Portal, this then display the Parents of Subtype ‘Business Unit’ only and does not show any Children depth.  My Question: Is is possible to specify the Subtypes that are presented below the search field in the Portal, or the Child depth? On the portal configuration for ‘Detailed View’ I have added a relation for ‘Organizations’ through the Fact Sheet name property, i am either able to leave blank and see the full parent/child path to the Organization.  My Question: is there a way to display the Subtype & the name. This will then result in a cleaner display without the full parent/child hierarchy. Keen to how others have best ma

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14 days ago
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Alessandro JrRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management
Best Practice for Synchronizing SaaS Hosting Fields with Application Fact Sheets in LeanIX

Is there a way to synchronize SaaS Hosting (IT Component) fields with their associated application fact sheet fields (e.g. Subscribers, Lifecycle, Tech Fit) when creating it from the catalog in LeanIX? We see the value of having associated Apps/IT Components sheets for SaaS solutions but struggle with getting the ITC data populated. How have you managed this? Has anyone automated the process to ensure that the SaaS IT Component’s fact sheet is populated consistently with the application fact sheet? If so, what are the best practices for connecting the two fact sheets to create some synchronization?

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Thomas Schreiner
15 days ago
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CMelloRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management
how do i set Cost on the relations between Apps and IT components in leanix?

I got this from web, I need to get the same steps or similar from LeanIX documentation and search returns nothing. Someone from the product side verity these steps then tell me where I mean location in docs these steps can also be found.  I know it is possible, setting Costs for the relationships between Applications and IT Components (also known as interfaces or underlying technologies),  Maybe because I am not an admin search does not even cover adding cost to the relation?  BUT it is usually done using the following steps and my admin wants to see these steps come from You the product team.1. Check Your Data ModelEnsure your LeanIX data model includes a relation type that supports cost attributes. Typically, the relations between Applications and IT Components (or Technical Services) can include custom attributes like Cost. You may need administrative rights to verify or modify the data model.Navigate to the Administration area. Select Data Model. Verify that the relation between Ap

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Thomas Schreiner
15 days ago
Keith Vargas
Keith VargasRoyalty For Loyalty
asked in It's all about Community
Why can't I join report community?

I tried to post a question in the reports community and got the error message “you don’t have access to this category”? any ideas? Most frustrating for someone trying to use this product and is new to it. 

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16 days ago
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Michael SnijdersRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management
Application sub-type Deployment

Dear LeanIX’ers,I would like to get some feedbacks from the community regarding the “best usage” of the sub-type Deployment of an application.We are a large watchmaker group in Switzerland, made from many organizations, and the goal is to modelize the application landscape of the entire group with LeanIX.We are not using the virtual workspaces, so that all the compagnies can see the complete application list already existing in the group.When an application is used by several compagnies, we modelize it as “Parent - Children” Application / Deployment, so that each deployment have it’s onw business owner, business criticality, technical fits, etc… This makes particular sense when the application is running for each company it’s own instance on a virtual server.But when we take cloud applications, I always hesitate to create a Deployment for each company, as it’s the same application, but can have different business owners (by brands), and therefore different levels of criticality, depend

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Daniel Selbach
LeanIX Team
22 days ago
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shivani.jSophomore
asked in Application Portfolio Management
Guidance on how to map relationship between Application & Organisation fact sheet to define who owns, manages, uses application?

Our organization has experienced significant growth through acquisitions, leading to a diverse IT landscape. We have multiple sites within the same country using different applications for the same business capabilities. To better manage and streamline our IT environment, we need to capture detailed information about these applications. Specifically, we are looking to gather the following details:Application Ownership: We need to identify who is responsible for each application. This includes understanding who pays the bills, who makes key decisions regarding the application, and who has overall ownership. Application Maintenance: It is crucial to know who is in charge of maintaining each application. This includes not only vendor-provided applications but also the internal administration tasks such as user management, permissions, and monitoring. Application Usage: We want to understand who the end-users of each application are. This will help us in mapping the application usage acros

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justinharclerode
LeanIX Team
25 days ago
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mark2hepsterRookie
asked in It's all about Community
How to query saved search via odata and powershell

Requesting saved searches via oData and Excel is successful.But for the final goal of converting the saved searches to csv-files I would like to get rid of the middleware (Excel) and do the job by PowerShell.First trap is authentication.I have an username and an api-token, but have no idea how to authenticate by PowerShell.Any idea? Thank you! 

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29 days ago
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selinavsRookie
asked in It's all about Community
How does one access the fact sheet change logs?

Hello! Can I get some guidance on how to use the log data in LeanIX for reporting purposes? At the moment I can only see how to use the factsheet data readily available in the Inventory tab, but nothing on the log details of the fact sheet.

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29 days ago
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neilcookRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management
Aggregated Obsolescence and Tracking Server OS on IT Component Fact Sheet

Hi All,Two key risks we would like to use LeanIX to address here in our organisation is out of date software and / or operating systems.  Were early in our LeanIX journey so we have no plans for mass population of IT components yet but instead are focussing on value  add and these two key things are a historical challenge here adding risks to our application portfolio.Were finding the aggregated obsolescence capability in LeanIX a really powerful tool for tracking this software support lifecycles and surfacing it up.  To do this we create an IT component for the application with the software version / vendor lifecycle in it and it all works correctly.For operating systems we have observed there is a dedicated field in the IT component fact sheet for server operating system.  However this value does not seem to be used in calculating aggregated risks and seems to be treated  as a separate element of an IT component and it has no concept of lifecycle with it.Do people use the server oper

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Thomas Schreiner
1 month ago
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alexsneedmillerRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management
Custom KPI Value Update Frequency

How long does it take for custom KPIs to update? I’m seeing a discrepancy between when I click “validate” and what my dashboard is showing.When I click the ‘validate’ button after creating my KPI using the JSON editor, it says the KPI value is “264”. Then I click “save” and go back to the list of KPIs and it says the value is “256”. Do these KPIs get calculated once per day and I should just assume it’s a matter of time before it gets updated, or is there something else going on here?

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Helder.Luz
1 month ago
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JennyMcRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management
Set of questions to determine vendor criticality

Is there a list of pre-canned questions that could be defined to help in determining vendor criticality - eg strategic/tactical/commodity/operational

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Claire Le Fichoux
Community Manager
1 month ago
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gauttam_hclRookie
posted in It's all about Community
Platform factsheet modelling

How to model the relationship of Applications to platforms and IT components? Should the application relationship to IT components (making up the platform) be created if the relationship between the application and the platform is already established?For example, consider that there is an Analytics platform made up by a DataLake (IT component 1) and Machine Learning module (IT component 2). The Analytics platform is used to build the Customer Analytics application. How to model in this scenario? Case 1:Create relationship between Customer Analytics application withAnalytics Platform IT components - Data Lake and ML moduleAlso create the relation between the Analytics platform and both the IT ComponentsCase 2:Create relationship between the Customer Analytics application with Analytics platform only. The relationship between the Application and these 2 IT components is not required since the IT components are inherently related to the app through the platform factsheet. The advantage in

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Helder.Luz
1 month ago
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LeanIX Team
PriyanshuLeanIX Team
asked in It's all about Community
How to export data from LeanIX?

Hi, What are the ways to export data from LeanIX?I don’t see any export button anywhere on the LeanIX page. I have the option to view and edit existing reports but not create new ones. My role is viewer.Also, according to me using an API to fetch data requires an API token but there is no option to generate any API token.Is the export functionality in LeanIX role dependent?Thanks.

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Thomas Schreiner
1 month ago
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AliBRookie
posted in Application Portfolio Management
General Risk Management

Hello!New to EA and LeanIX. I’m looking for thoughts around performing general risk management (associated with EA) within LeanIX.Risk management typically involves listing specific risks, with description, likelihood, and impact score attributes, and calculates risk scores based off of them.As far as I can tell, LeanIX (even with the Risk and Compliance module) allows us to store aggregated obsolescence specific risk via the lifecycle attribute but it doesn’t provide this general risk management capability.I’ve found a documentation example which seems to use tags to augment fact sheets with additional sunset status/risk, but that’s not quite what I had in mind. I’ve also found this example where custom fact sheet attributes are created and populated with similar fields (but not as a separate risk object):https://docs-eam.leanix.net/reference/calculate-risk-scores-based-survey-responsesHas anyone created custom objects and custom relationships to implement this sort of risk register f

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Mobin
LeanIX Team
1 month ago
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Dominik G.Rookie
asked in It's all about Community
Modelling Processes using Capabilities

Hello everyone,I have a question about the practical use of Business Capabilities from LeanIX within the context of process modeling in Signavio. My understanding is that Business Capabilities represent the “What” an organization needs to achieve its strategic goals—essentially, the abilities required. Processes, on the other hand, describe the “How” and provide a concrete sequence of activities to implement these capabilities.I’m uncertain about where and how Capabilities can be effectively utilized within a Signavio process model. If a process explains how a Capability is carried out, what added value does integrating the Capability into the process model bring? Should Capabilities be added as a reference to clarify the strategic alignment, or are there other best practices for using Capabilities in process modeling?I would appreciate any recommendations or insights on how others are handling the connection between LeanIX Capabilities and Signavio processes, as well as the benefits t

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Justin Swift
1 month ago
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JennyMcRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management
Data solution Modelling

Would like to understand how deep other organisations have gone with modelling data in leanix eg providing a view of data solutions , domain data models?

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Justin Swift
1 month 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
1 month ago

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