Create a diagram view with color rules
You can create a diagram view of Type = Application that will be available in application-based diagrams such as the Application Landscape Diagram and Information Flow Diagram views. For each diagram view, you can specify the user profiles that shall have permission to the diagram view and select the color rules that shall apply to the diagram view. When the diagram view is selected in a diagram, all activated color rules will be executed and the diagram items appropriately colored.
A color rule is based on one or more Alfabet queries or native SQL queries that are configured to color a found set of objects. You can assign preconfigured color rules or custom color rules that were configured in Alfabet 10.X. and migrated to Alfabet 11.8..
All standard color rules as well the color rules your enterprise has configured can be specified. A color rule can target one property (example: Architecture Type ) to color all values of the selected property, or the color rule definition can include only one or a few selected values of a property (example: Mainframe and Client-Server) to color only applications with those values.
- In the navigation pane, expand Configuration > Reference Data.
- Click the Diagram Views page to open the view.
- Click the
plus sign button > Create New Diagram View. - Name: The name of the diagram view will be displayed to users in the Diagram View filter for relevant diagrams.
- Type: Select Application.
- Show Legend Items: Set a checkmark to provide information about the colors via the Show Legend functionality.
- User Profiles tab: Set a checkmark for all user profiles that shall have see the diagram view in the Diagram View filter field.
- Color Rules: Select a property (example: Architecture Type ) to color all values of the selected property or select only one or a few selected values of a property (example: Mainframe and Client-Server) to color only applications with those values.
- Click OK to save the definition.