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Cem CanbulanRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management
Is it possible to search for an Application with a provided "pIT ICTO ID"

I would like to find an applications that have a certain “pIT ICTO ID”. But searching for applications with a Full Text search = “ICTO-20878”  does not yield the right search results. Is it possible to search for a specific text instead of full text search?

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Thomas Schreiner
2 months ago
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jeff.fellersRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management
Report - Apps not linked to SaaS catalog

Is there an easy way to get a list of applications in my portfolio that are/are not linked to the SaaS catalog?

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2 months ago
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ShaneSophomore
asked in Application Portfolio Management
Portal "Request Now" Link to New Application Fact Sheet Entry Form?

As a bit of a follow up to this topic: How to include Application displayName in "Request Now" Action Button of Application Portal | Community (leanix.net) I am wondering if it is possible to redirect the “Request Now” button in the Portal to open a form for filling out a new fact sheet. I have just created a Data Quality Governance process with tagging and To-Dos for making sure applications are entered with good data quality, and having the portal as an entry point for new manual application requests to take advantage of this would be great.

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2 months ago
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Kishore VSRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management
User role automation

Is there a way to automate the role of the user if the user has been added as a subscriber.Ex: X is a viewer and X has been added as a service manager/ service owner. Can we automate to change the role of X from viewer to member?

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Carsten
2 months ago
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Tim PRookie
posted in Application Portfolio Management
ETL Flows

Hi, We have all app interfaces in Leanix but I was wandering: Did anyone also model/describe their ETL data interfaces in Leanix? Do you create interface factsheets for them too? How do you do this then? Are there best practices?Thanks in advance for the feedback!Tim 

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Justin Swift
2 months ago
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Paco QuirozRoyalty For Loyalty
asked in Application Portfolio Management
Importing Application to Business Context with a Constraint Relation

Hello all,We’re in the process of uploading an application inventory for a new Business Organization.All Organizations share the same Business Capabilities Architectures. Although some organizations might use different Business Process coverage for the same application. For example: This example requires that App A’s Relation to Process A is applicable only for Org A (same for App B for Org B).We can specify that doing it FactSheet by FactSheet. The question is: Is it possible to do it using the import template? I was not able to see any relation attribute to specify it when exporting an application with this feature…Factsheet screenshot: Exported file ThanksPaco

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Luca Kurze
LeanIX Team
2 months ago
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JLinRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management
LeanIX for security initiatives?

Hello LeanIX world!Have anyone use LeanIX to promote and/or track any security initiatives, like CMMC maturity level, Zero Trust?I am interested in learning your approaches to gather as-is and then create transformation stages to achieve certain security ‘assurance level’ that is customized for your environment.Thanks in advance！

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Luca Kurze
LeanIX Team
2 months ago
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Anonymous
asked in It's all about Community
Interface Fact Sheet: Category, Provider and Consumer

Hello dear LeanIX Community, i am currently struggling with understanding the concept of the fields Provider Application and Consumer Applications on the Interface Fact Sheet. As I understand it, it has nothing to do with the direction of the data flow. But how can I identify which application is the provider and which one is the consumer of the interface?And also when should I use Logical Interface and when API as the subtype of the Fact Sheet?Thank you very much.

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Helder.Luz
2 months ago
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HelenHRookie
posted in Application Portfolio Management
Guidance on how to use Organisation fact sheet to identify who is using an application and where it supports

We are relatively new to LeanIX and have just completed an initial phase with a small selection of applications.  User Groups have proven to be a real challenge and we are considering if the new Organisation and sub types help us address this.We have grown via acquisition so have a very diverse IT landscape with multiple sites in the same country using different applications for the same business capability.  This is the detail we want to capture.  Therefore User Group has been set as physical locations (addresses) which represent sites.  We have then put in a 4 tier hierarchy to help aggregate that data into meaningful summaries.  The challenges we still face are:Who is using the application versus where it is supporting?  Where we have finance shared services, they are the user of an application for say accounts receivable but the data belongs to a site.  Finance Shared Services being the User Group is a given, but do people also map the site, or just accept that the Accounts Receiva

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Luca Kurze
LeanIX Team
2 months ago
Beau Nelson
LeanIX Team
Beau NelsonLeanIX Team
posted in Application Portfolio Management
Let's Talk M&A: How have you utilized LeanIX during Mergers and Acquisitions?

Hello Everyone! Recently, I have been working with a few customers that are currently working on integrating their IT landscape with another organization’s due to recent M&A activity. It’s no secret that M&A is extremely common for companies worldwide and has been growing in popularity since 2020. We also know M&A poses particular challenges for Enterprise Architects. With this in mind, I’d like to foster a conversation all about M&A and how LeanIX has helped you. Please include as many details as you are willing to provide!Some questions to get the conversation moving: If you were starting from scratch, looking back, what would be the first thing you’d do using LeanIX to support M&A? How has LeanIX changed your approach to M&A or alignment of IT systems? Do you have any proprietary frameworks/systems you like to use or created specifically to support your organizations’ goals with M&A? What automations have you designed within LeanIX to support IT int

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Beau Nelson
LeanIX Team
2 months ago
Gauthier
GauthierSophomore
asked in Application Portfolio Management
Table View : have separate columns for User Groups sub-types

Hello,To organise our digital products, we are using User Groups.We defined several sub-types :- Jobs / user Roles - Organisation (domain branch)- Group of products (teams under Organisation) In a table view of the "Digital Product" inventory, I would like to have 2 separate columns : one with the Organisation, and one with the Group of Products. Currently, I didn't find how to do it but only have column "User Groups" with all subtypes mixted. Is there a possibilty to have the same functionality as for the subscribers : to select which sub-type in a separate column?  Otherwise, sould I modify the meta-model to add new filed : one for the organization, one for group of product(but always linked to the user groups) ? Thanks for your help Gauthier

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Thomas Schreiner
2 months ago
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Paco QuirozRoyalty For Loyalty
asked in Application Portfolio Management
Business Capability Inventory searches when Application are defined for a specific Organization

Hello all,I have a little challenge for Application Portfolio Management with multiple organizations.When assigning an Application to a Business Capability or Business Context (Process), it is possible to determine for which Organization is this relationship valid. So, for example, you could say that:SAP CRM automates Customer Management for USSalesforce automates Customer Management for UKWhen creating a Business Capabilities search in the inventory (Both organizations use the same BC Map), the result shows both applications supporting the same Capability:BC                                             ApplicationsCustomer Management            SAP CRM;SalesforceIs there a way to specify in the search criteria to show Applications to Business Capability relations valid for one Organization only…. The desired result is (assuming the Organization is “US”):BC                                              ApplicationsCustomer Management             SAP CRMThanks for the helpPaco Quiroz

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Justin Swift
2 months ago
satishbyali
satishbyaliRoyalty For Loyalty
posted in Application Portfolio Management
ARB survey to seek feedback/process improvements/gaps/etc. from wider community

Greetings,I have been prompted to lead and coordinate ARB recently.ARB has been in place for 2-3 years now, the process is a mix of manual and some power automation tool. I definitely see there is opportunity for process improvements/gaps/etc. Planning to conduct a organization wide survey with key stakeholders, ex.: Business Relationship Managers (BRMs), larger EA community (Portfolio, Business and Technology architects), Support group, etc.How to go about it?What are the key areas I need to consider or address? Appreciate this communities feedback… thanks. 

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satishbyali
3 months ago
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GaneshSophomore
asked in Application Portfolio Management
KPI percentages always show 0%

I created some sample KPIs, that are based on inventory filters. The results are correct but all of them show 0% in the dashboard. Any idea how to fix this?

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Justin Swift
3 months ago
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Anonymous
asked in Application Portfolio Management
Modeling Virtual Servers for Applications in LeanIX v4

This post explores the appropriate approach for modeling virtual servers hosting applications within the LeanIX Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) tool, specifically focusing on the transition from v3 to v4 metamodel.Scenario:On-premise application (ABC) resides on virtual servers (SRV123, SRV456). Servers have the same OS (Windows Server 2019) but distinct purposes and software (SRV123: web application server with IIS 10.0, SRV456: database server with SQL Server 2019). Hardware can be either shared (single physical server) or dedicated (separate Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 rack servers).Challenge:The current v4 metamodel lacks a clear way to represent these virtual servers. Here's why:They are not Applications. Standard IT Component subtypes don't capture their specific nature. Relations with other IT Components to depict hardware/software composition are absent. The v3 Tech Platform fact sheet, designed for this purpose, is no longer present in v4 due to its strategic shift towar

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Luca Kurze
LeanIX Team
3 months 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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Tarun
LeanIX Team
3 months ago
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GiannisAntRoyalty For Loyalty
asked in Application Portfolio Management
Application migration to a different ServiceNow instance

Hello everyone,There is a hypothetical scenario that I would feel safe knowing the solution to.I am linking some Applications with ServiceNow, but I am using a filter in the integration so it only links the applications I want to.Let’s say that some applications move to another sub-company in the workspace.With conservative sync being mandatory since the target is ServiceNow and an overwrite would delete stuff there.Said sub-company will now have its own ServiceNow instance, so I want to move the applications to their instance, but if I break the initial link from the filter then the Applications inside ServiceNow won’t be deleted.While at the same time for other reasons ServiceNow id is mandatory to be kept.So If I create new fact sheets (clones or import an export without the old IDs) I will lose the ServiceNow id.Question is how can I move some Applications links from a ServiceNow instance to another, while deleting the applications from the original SNOW instance.Thanks in advance,

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Tarun
LeanIX Team
3 months ago
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tanyasoodRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management
Business context getting removed on executing transformation

I Am doing a S4 HANA transformation. i am syncing a application with business capability business context successors etc to SAP signavio. everything is syncing till i execute a transformation. AFter that everything syncs but business context is removed. LeanIX is the source in integration. For business context - they were created in signavio and pushed to LeanIX. 

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Thomas Schreiner
3 months ago
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GrahamRookie
asked in It's all about Community
How to get all Application Factsheets from REST API

I’ve been trying to pull all application Factsheets from the /factsheet API, specifying criteria in the body such as the “type” and a few select “fields” I want, and setting “false” values on things like tags and subscriptions. However, when running the request, I still get all factsheets regardless of type, all fields, all tags, all subscriptions etc. I must be doing something wrong, but I am not sure what. Any ideas or any examples how I can use the GraphQL API to do this (I’m unfamiliar with GraphQL so I’ve been sticking to REST)?Thanks in advance!

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Thomas Schreiner
3 months ago
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GrahamRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management
GraphQL help

I have a new issue with the GraphQL query, appreciate any help.I have this query and I want to only pull back subscriptions where the subscription role name = Application Owner. query AllFactSheets { allFactSheets(factSheetType: Application) { edges { node { id name type ... on Application { DRTargetTier CurrentStatus Description BusinessImpact subscriptions { edges { node { user { displayName } roles(filter: {name: "Application Owner"}) { name } } } } } } } }}Using the above query gives an error (Validation error of type UnknownArgument: Unknown field argument filter) - So I presume either a) I can’t filter on the role name, or b) I’m misformatting it? 

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Helder.Luz
3 months ago
Keith Vargas
Keith VargasRoyalty For Loyalty
asked in Application Portfolio Management
TBM Taxonomy Import Error

Hi Everyone,We are just adopting LeanIX now and I’m trying to import TBM Tech categories and getting errors that we exceeded hierarchy quota.  I tried to add a few fact sheets like “customer care” under Business / Customer Service, and then tried to link it, but we get errors like this:   Any ideas on what I’m doing wrong? 

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Helder.Luz
3 months ago
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JulianSRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management
Adoption of the LeanIX Tech Category Catalog

Hello everyone,we are currently in the process of categorizing our IT components using the LeanIX Tech Category Catalog. However, we often encounter difficulties in finding the right categories for certain technologies due to the predefined hierarchy based on the TBM Solutions Layer. For instance, we created a custom tech category called "Operating Systems" with subcategories "Mobile OS", "Server OS", and "Workstation OS" to better fit our needs. Additionally, we developed a separate category for "Languages and Frameworks".Since this approach diverges from the intended use of the catalog, I am curious about how others in the community handle these challenges. Do you adhere strictly to the catalog, adapt it to meet your specific needs, or create entirely new categories?I appreciate any insights and experiences you are willing to share!Best regards,Julian

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Helder.Luz
3 months ago
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Bruce G.Rookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management
Application Classification - How to decide?

A deceivingly simple question: how do you decide whether something is an app or something else?  Can platforms be apps? Can APIs be apps? Web front-ends? Physical infrastructure (networking equipment with network management software on them?) Any thoughts welcome!

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3 months ago
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loriRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management
I can not remove IT Components that I added in "Requires" section

Just like I wrote in the title, I can not remove any IT components added to "Requires”, even the ones I added myself. I checked with my colleague and he has this read button saying “Delete entry”, for me this button does not appear. Does anyone know how can I fix this issue?

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Justin Swift
3 months ago
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EmanuelRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management
Apply "freeze" of LeanIX workspace for maintenance

We would like to “freeze” the entire LeanIX workspace for maintenance. Only three selected people having user role “Admin” should be allowed to edit within the workspace. All people having ‘Member’ user role should only be allowed to view (just as people having ‘Viewer’ user role’). Hopefully there’s an easier way of doing this than to manually start changing the ‘Member’ permissions for each and every LeanIX object (application, IT component, etc.) in our workspace? Any thoughts would be welcome. Thanks.

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3 months ago

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