Improvements

The user profile Application Manager has been adjusted to provide Write permissions for the class Application and read-only permissions to all other relevant classes in the business, information, technology, and investment architectures. The same adjustment has been made to the user profile Technology Manager whereby write permissions are available for the class Component.

Information architecture classes to capture business data have been reworked and realigned with the Alfabet class model in order to simplify the capture of business data usage and CRUD reporting as well as support more complex information landscapes. Please note that Data Categories are deprecated and replaced by Business Object Categories. The class Business Data class has been removed from the user interface and replaced with the class Business Object. New data workbenches and content areas have been implemented to capture and analyze business objects and business object categories.

A new BPMN diagram is available in the Diagrams page in the business process content area. Business applications and data objects (=Business Objects) can be added to the BPMN diagram. Business data usage can be specified in the diagram by adding a message flow connection between a data object and a business process. Please note however that if the business data usage already exists in the database, then two arrows will be displayed for the message flow. The input or output arrow that is not required must be manually hidden in the diagram via the context menu for the message flow.

The application lifecycles implemented for the licenses IT Transformation Server - FastLane and IT Transformation Server - Enterprise have been revised and aligned to provide a smoother transition for customers planning to upgrade to IT Transformation Server - Enterprise. The lifecycle phases are:

• Plan: The application has been identified and evaluated for possible use in the company.
• Implementation: Activities are underway to prepare the application for production.
• Production: The application is being used in the company.
• Sunset: The application is still available but is not intended to be used for daily work.
• Read-Only: The application is no longer used but is available for reasons of documentation and compliance.
• Retired: The application is no longer used.

The vertical lines showing the reference from an asset's lifecycle to its predecessor are visually enhanced so that a blue vertical line begins at the end of the predecessor contract and points to the start of the successor contract. Grey vertical lines are displayed for the predecessor/successor relationship of applications and components. lifecycle of an application or component and points to the start of the successor application/component lifecycle.

The caption of the component attribute Synchronize with IT-Pedia (ITP_SYNC) has been aligned with the IT-Pedia Enrichment attribute and has been renamed IT-Pedia Synchronization.

 Database Server has been added to the Server Type attribute for physical servers and virtual servers.