Keeping your data accurate, up-to-date, and complete is at the heart of successful IT portfolio management. Only with a healthy data repository can you make informed strategic decisions about your business.
Data workbenches are easy-to-use views that allow you to slice-and-dice the data via filter settings so that you only see what is relevant for you. They are available throughout Alfabet FastLane whenever data for multiple assets can be added or edited for a specific object class. You will see all assets relevant for the data workbench and you will be able to edit the ones that you have permissions for based on your status as an authorized user or a member of an authorized user group. A lock symbol is displayed for assets that you do not have write permissions for.
authorized user
An authorized user has primary responsibility to maintain the data for an object. Typically this is the user that has created the object. The authorized user as well as members of authorized user groups have write permissions to objects they are responsible for.
authorized user group
An authorized user group is a set of users that have been granted write permissions to an object. More than one authorized user group may be specified for an object.
The data workbench consists of a data table where you can capture and edit all assets displayed in the dataset. Data quality information is highlighted in the data table so that you can immediately see if data quality is an issue for an asset.
Set filters to focus the data table to only the assets you are interested in. The assets visible in the data table can be displayed in a variety of business graphics such as bar charts, pie charts, matrix reports, portfolio reports, etc.
Data can be updated directly in the data workbench or by navigating to related views where you can provide missing information or correct data quality issues. The data workbench toolbar includes buttons for all relevant tasks. If your screen size is reduced, buttons will be automatically bumped to the three vertical dots button.
To capture and maintain your data, expand an architecture section in the left navigation panel.
Expand Business architecture to add and edit business capabilities, business processes, locations, organizations, and vendors.
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.
business process
A business process is a set of activities that represent work required to achieve a business objective. Marketing services, selling products, delivering services, distributing products, invoicing for services, and accounting for money received are examples of business processes.
location
A location is a geographic place that could be a country, city, building, or room, for example.
organization
An organization describes an administrative or functional unit in the enterprise.
vendor
A vendor is a supplier of components.
Expand Application architecture to add and edit applications and application groups.
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.
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.
Expand Information architecture to add and edit information flows, data categories, and business data.
information flow
An information flow describes the exchange of business data between source and target applications.
business data
Business data is the information exchanged between applications or components. Business data is transferred by information flows.
Expand Technology architecture to add and edit IT capabilities, components, physical servers, and virtual servers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Expand Project architecture to add and edit projects and project groups.
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