Configure data capture templates to capture data (Advanced)
The Advanced Data Capture view allows you to configure data capture templates to capture data for each relevant object class, reference array as well as application costs and project costs. This process is involved and requires a good understanding of the class model and how classes reference other classes.
A data capture template must be explicitly configured for each object class, reference array, application cost type, and project cost type. You can generate an XLSX file for each data capture template you configure.
The first step to capture IT portfolio data is to add users, user groups, and organizations. This allows you to specify access permissions to objects as well as the users or organizations that have a functional responsibility for the objects. Users and user groups may already exist in the database if they were defined in the Manage User Access view.
It is recommended that you import data in the following sequence:
user (class Person )
user
A user is a person with a license to Alfabet FastLane. Users are bundled in user groups, which determines the access permission to an object.
user group
user group
A user group determines the visibility of objects. One or more user groups may be granted authorized access to an object. The object is visible to all users assigned to a specified user group.
organization
organization
An organization describes an administrative or functional unit in the enterprise.
location
location
A location is a geographic place that could be a country, city, building, or room, for example.
vendor
vendor
A vendor is a supplier of components.
IT capability
IT capability
An IT capability bundles and structures content-specific components necessary for the IT infrastructure of data center operations. Mainframe operations, database management, and backup and recovery procedures are examples of IT capabilities.
physical server
physical server
A physical server is a device that deploys applications and components. Virtual servers may run on physical servers that are located in different locations around the world.
business capability
business capability
A business capability is a high-level description of what is done in a company to meet its business objectives. Market development, product development, and support and services are examples of business capabilities.
component
component
A component is a reusable block of functionality that provides technical functionality to the application or to the platforms that an application runs on. Components do not usually provide functionality to end users. Typical components are operating systems, database management systems, or application servers.
business data
business data
Business data is the information exchanged between applications or components. Business data is transferred by information flows.
virtual server
virtual server
A virtual server is typically an application server or web server. Virtual servers typically run on physical servers that are located in different locations around the world.
application group
application group
An application group bundles a set of applications for an analytical purpose. For example, an application group may be a portfolio of CRM applications to be analyzed. An application may be assigned to multiple application groups and can therefore be analyzed from many different perspectives.
application
application
An application is a complete installation of a software offering a functionality to an end user. The application might consist of or require other technical components to run.
information flow
information flow
An information flow describes the exchange of business data between source and target applications.
In order to delete example data provided with Alfabet FastLane, you can export the data capture template for a selected object class or relationship. For each object that should be deleted, select Delete in the Operation column of the XLSX file.
