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Helder.Luz
Helder.LuzEverlasting Love
asked in SAP LeanIX Developers

File resource upload

Does anyone have an example on how to add a file resource to a fact sheet programatically (i.e., via APIs)? Cheers, Helder 

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1 day 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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1 day ago
Beau Nelson
LeanIX Team
Beau NelsonLeanIX Team
asked in The Americas User Group

Has your organization used the TIME Model Before?

Hi Everyone, Happy Monday! If you’re unfamiliar, Gartner's TIME Model is a strategic framework used in IT portfolio management to evaluate and make decisions about a company's IT projects and investments. It helps organizations prioritize projects, rationalize IT investments, and align them with their business goals.The TIME acronym stands for:- Tolerate: These are IT assets that are critical to the business but might not be aligned with the company's technology strategy. They are often legacy systems that are expensive to maintain but still deliver value. The recommendation here is to tolerate them until a better solution can be found.- Invest: These are IT assets that are well aligned with the business strategy and have the potential to deliver significant benefits. They often represent new or innovative technologies. The recommendation here is to invest in these assets to maximize their potential value.- Migrate: These are IT assets that are less critical to the business and not wel

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2 days ago
Niral Mehta
LeanIX Team
Niral MehtaLeanIX Team
asked in The Americas User Group

Automations & Efficiencies

​Hi Everyone! Hope everyone is having a great week so far! A common theme that is being surfaced constantly is around automations, and how to incorporate the factor of automations into various workflows or into complex oriented business models to achieve positive intended results. LeanIX has built in automations that revolve around the concept of “no code” that is easily configurable within minutes under the admin area:Key Areas Automations Can Help With: 1. Increased EfficiencyAutomation workflows operate much faster than humans do, without the need for breaks, sleep, or days off. This results in significantly increased process efficiency.2. Reduced ErrorsAutomations eliminate the likelihood of human errors like forgetfulness, typos, misinterpretations, and miscalculations, leading to a higher quality of work.3. ConsistencyPerforming tasks manually can result in inconsistencies, especially over time or across different team members. Automated processes ensure every task is performed i

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Niral Mehta
LeanIX Team
2 days ago
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Darlene SchumerRookie
asked in The Americas User Group

Introduction

My name is Darlene, and I am new to the community. I am just getting started with Lean IX working with our EA to roll out to a global organization. So, the funs begins with training. 

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Beau Nelson
LeanIX Team
3 days ago
Beau Nelson
LeanIX Team
Beau NelsonLeanIX Team
asked in The Americas User Group

Keeping with the TIME theme...

Hi All, Hope everyone is having a fantastic Monday!If you haven’t seen my post last week, I asked whether or not your organization has implemented TIME in your EA practice and your thoughts about the model itself. @Jacques, a greatly appreciated community member, responded to this question with a great example of how they’ve utilized TIME and the custom approach they utilized (seriously, this is a great response and if you haven’t read it, please do so!). Jacques also posted a question at the end of his response to the community, and to ensure it gets visibility, I wanted to repost it here.Jacques wrote: “How are other organisations assessing TIME across their organisation with different Functional Fits per region/team/business unit ?” Appreciate your time and have a great week everyone!

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Beau Nelson
LeanIX Team
4 days ago
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GiannisAntRookie
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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4 days ago
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pao9012Rookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management

Technical Fit Best Practices

Hi,I would like to know the best practice for where the technical fit should reside: on the application factsheet or the IT component? Is it more convenient to use the IT component for technical fit since it has a direct relationship to the application factsheet?Thank you. 

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Carsten
4 days ago
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KaouteRookie
asked in The Americas User Group

Do you use LeanIX in your journey of SOX compliance ?

Hello,We will start a journey in 2025 to be SOX compliant. I would like to know if there is any return of experience of enterprise facing the same challenge by using LeanIX. Thank you for your help :)Best

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7 days ago
pablo.torre
LeanIX Team
pablo.torreLeanIX Team
asked in The Americas User Group

Your LeanIX Journey: Let's Share and Learn Together!

Hey everyone,We're always keen to hear about how you're using LeanIX! Sharing experiences and bouncing ideas off each other is one of the many ways we grow as a community. We're curious to know about a few things: What are the bold decisions, smart solutions, or transformative strategies that you've been able to implement using LeanIX?  What advice or "low-hanging fruit" strategies would you suggest to those who want to quickly realize the value of LeanIX in their respective organizations? Has LeanIX affected your decommissioning process or how you request new applications? How dose LeanIX aid with tech decision making? Whether it's a big win, a handy tip or how you overcame a sticky situation, your story could really help others here in our community. So, don't be shy and drop us a line!Every contribution is valuable and we’re all here to learn from each other. Can't wait to hear your stories and ideas! All the best, Your LeanIX Team

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pablo.torre
LeanIX Team
7 days 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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16 days ago
Beau Nelson
LeanIX Team
Beau NelsonLeanIX Team
asked in The Americas User Group

Collecting Useful Resources to Share with LeanIX Customers

Hi Everyone! Happy Monday. If you have worked closely with the LeanIX CS team or even with the LeanIX sales team before your journey with LeanIX, you were likely exposed to various materials, resources, and guides about LeanIX and related topics. I would love to know if you have a favorite or a set of favorite resources that you have used or shared with your teams and why you found them so helpful. They can be any type of resource and can be centered on different topics. I’d like to compile an internal list to reference for myself and team, and to give to newer customers when they start out with LeanIX.  Thanks all and have a great week!

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Beau Nelson
LeanIX Team
18 days 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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22 days ago
Beau Nelson
LeanIX Team
Beau NelsonLeanIX Team
asked in The Americas User Group

Your Approaches to Cost Modeling in LeanIX

Hi All, Happy Monday! I have had a few customers ask me how they should approach modeling costs of their IT within LeanIX. I would love to hear your approaches to modeling costs within LeanIX. Things that would be interesting to learn are: What types of views have you been utilizing to showcase the costs associated within your IT Landscape… Dashboards? Reports? Diagrams? External apps like PowerBI? Have you begun leveraging integrations like the Apptio integration or custom integrations? Have you used webhooks to pull in cost data?  Any other custom configs you have used? Challenges you may have run into? Solutions to them? Very eager to learn and see your approaches and feedback on how they have performed.  Have a great week everyone!

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23 days ago
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GaneshRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management

Syncing Parent Relation of Business Apps in Service Now-Need Help

Hi, I send the reltoParent data to my SNOW instance. The log says the data has been sucessfully updated in the LeaniX sync log. But this data is not updated on the SNOW instance. I am trying to update the platform_host field in SNOW with the relToParent. 

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28 days ago
Daniel Selbach
LeanIX Team
Daniel SelbachLeanIX Team
asked in Healthcare User Group

Who would like to collaborate to build a Business Capability Map for hospitals?

Hi group,One intention why we initiated this healthcare user group was to follow up on several requests from our user base to collaborate with peers on building a Business Capability Map for hospitals.Please reply to this message, when you’re interested in joining a peer group to start this initiative.When we gathered a minimum amount of people, I will manage next steps and contribute from the LeanIX team and with 15+ years of experience in healthcare IT.

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Jared Bothe
1 month ago
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marc_echarriRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management

APLM map

Hi community!I am looking for an application lyfecycle management map to incorporate it to the operating model. The thing is, I don’t get any that explains it clear and easy to follow. Does anyone know how to get what I am looking for?So thankful for your help, as alwyas!

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1 month ago
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Gina WilliamsRookie
asked in It's all about Community

Help with a Lean Process Document template?

Hello, I am relatively new to Bosch and I will be creating an SOP document for a new tool we are developing for use within MA-SNA.  I am wondering if there is any kind of LEAN template or rubric that will enable me to create this template in a “Bosch” way.  Thanks in advance!

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1 month ago
KevinR
KevinRHere To Stay
asked in The Americas User Group

Dredging up application vs IT component

The topic was brought up and discussed in the old online community in this post (at least) and at the recent LeanIX Community Event in Boston. The LeanIX docs address the topic and there are videos that discuss the topic as well. I still feel like this is still a very gray area though. How do your organizations differentiate applications from IT components? At the Boston event, one of our colleagues shared his company’s documented definition of an application. it was insightful. Do other companies have definitions that they would be willing to share? At Boston Scientific, we use a decision tree to answer the question whether the architect should use an application fact sheet, an IT component fact sheet, or both. I can share that with this group if this topic gets some momentum.

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1 month ago
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Trevor PilleyRookie
asked in SAP LeanIX Developers

Reporting AI Potential

Following the release of the AI Governance and Adoption extension, I can see a lot of benefit in the AI potential assessment on the Application and Business Capability.What I’m struggling to do however is visualise it. Ideally I’d like a heat mapped view of my whole organisation showing where the overlap is between high potential capabilities and applications. I’ve explored the various report types and can’t figure out a way to achieve this so looking for some ideas as to whether this is possible in a single report?For example, if I look at my capability model and identify the key areas of potential for AI, what I’d like to do is then see the applications supporting those capabilities that also have high potential as a way to prioritise the applications where we should implement AI.

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1 month 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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1 month ago
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Luc B.Rookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management

Reference Catalogs in other langages

Is it possible to configure the reference catalogs (SaaS, Business Architecture, etc.) to use a langage other than english?

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1 month ago
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junnespinedaRookie
asked in Application Portfolio Management

Filtering using the Overall Completion of Factsheet

Hi, Is there a way to filter applications using the overall completion percentage of the factsheet? I am planning to use this to track KPI. Appreciate your inputs.

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Helder.Luz
1 month ago
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Anthony GRookie
asked in It's all about Community

Newbie question: simple server search?

 FindIT lists LeanIX as it's replacement but I cannot find a simple way to simply search servers and those associated

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Helder.Luz
2 months ago
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alexander.beniukhRookie
asked in SAP LeanIX Developers

EAM  => VSM integration

Good day TeamCould you please help to understand how the LeanIX VSM worksIs that feature fully released and available for customers?if yes sorry but according to https://docs-eam.leanix.net/docs/integration-vsm-eam it is not clear What I need to do in order to integrate eam  => vsm?What is the prerequisites? our organization has eam but if open Administration = > Integrations  => VSM workspace is empty (please find screenshot below)Integration is inactivehow to activate it?If not Do we have time line when it will be released ? or how to became early adopter? thanks in advance for any information 

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Justin Swift
2 months ago

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