What information is displayed in What is our vendor roadmap?

The visualization is a Gantt chart that shows the lifecycles of vendors/organization providing contracts or organizations buying the contracts. The assets displayed on the first and third level of the Gantt chart depend on report settings.

1. Click What is our vendor roadmap? in the Analysis content page and then click the   local filter button.
2. Specify the Vendor View / Buyer View field to determine whether vendors/organizations providing contracts or organizations buying the contracts are displayed on the first level.
3. Specify the 3rd Level Elements field to define whether applications and components or contract items are shown on the third level.

Here's how to interpret the information:

• If you selected Vendor View, the first level shows   vendors and   organizations that provide the contracts. The Buyer View shows the   organizations that buy the contracts. The columns show the total costs of the contracts for the vendor/buyer and the status of the contract. The timeline shows a colored bar starting with the earliest start date of the contracts of the vendor/buyer and ending with the latest end date of the contracts. A   dark blue diamond on the timeline highlights review dates that the vendor/buyer needs to pay attention to.
• The second level shows the  contract. The colored bar shows the period of validity (start date - end date) of the contract. The total costs of the contract and its contract items are shown in the Total Costs column. A   light blue diamond on the timeline highlights the contract's review date. A   diamond on the bar will highlight an overuse if more licenses are allocated for the contract deliverable than are permissible.
• If you selected Architecture in the 3rd Level Elements field, the third level shows   applications or   components. If you selected Contract Items , you will see the contract items and their individual costs. The colored bar shows the time period that the licenses are valid.
• The blue vertical line indicates the current date.
• Relationships between predecessor and successor applications as well as predecessor and successor contracts are displayed as vertical lines.
  • A blue vertical line begins at the end of the predecessor contract and points to the start of the successor contract. Point to the blue line to view a tooltip showing the predecessor contract, successor contract, and end date of the predecessor contract.
  • A grey vertical line begins at the end of the lifecycle of an application or component and points to the start of the successor application/component lifecycle. Point to the grey line to view a tooltip showing the predecessor application, successor application, and end date of the predecessor application.