Which vendors and organizations provide our contracts?

Review the vendors and organizations that provide contracts and the validity period of the contracts they are buying. You can choose whether to include the lifecycles of the contract deliverables or contract items in the visualization.

1. Click What is our vendor roadmap? in the Analysis content page and then click the   local filter button.
2. In the Vendor View / Buyer View field, select Vendor to display the vendors and organizations that provide our contracts. You can also specify a specific vendor or organization to focus on in the Vendor/Organization Provider field.
3. Specify the 3rd Level Elements field. You can choose Architecture to display the applications and components that are the contract deliverables of a contract. Or select Contract Items to display a contract's contract items.

   contract item

   A contract item is a part of a contract that a specified organization is typically responsible for maintaining or acting upon. Contract items may have different lifecycles than the contract and allow for their own costs to be defined.

Here's how to interpret the information:

• The first level shows the  organizations that buy the contracts shows   vendors and   organizations that provide the contracts. The columns show the total costs of the contracts for the vendor or organization The timeline shows a colored bar starting with the earliest start date of the contracts and ending with the latest end date of the contracts. A   dark blue rectangle on the timeline highlights impending dates to review the contract.
• 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. The Contract Status column indicates whether the contract has been signed or not. A   light blue rectangle on the timeline highlights the contract's review date. A   rectangle on the bar will highlight an overuse if more licenses are allocated for the contract deliverable than are permissible.
• The third level shows either the lifecycles of the  applications or   components specified as contract deliverables, or the contract items, the time period that the licenses are valid, and the cost of the contract item.