Change content areas to your advantage

Set filters for a content area

Global filters can be set for a content area if the content area includes assets that have relevant attributes referenced by the filter. The filter will apply to all content in the content area. The global filter will be saved and automatically set for other business questions until you change the filter in another business question.

Add or remove content in a page in a content area

Any content that exists in your content repository can be added to a page in your content area as well as removed. The content may have been added to your content repository by you, a colleague, or an administrative user. Any of the following types of content can be added to a content page in a content area:

	Attribute Groups: A box with a predefined set of attributes for a specific asset. These are only available for content areas displaying information for a single asset.
	KPI/Metrics: Cards with indicators or other metrics. Cards with indicators are configured by the portfolio administrator. Click for details about how to configure cards to display indicators. Navigation from these cards is only available if configured by the portfolio administrator. You can create cards with other metrics via the data workbench > Visualize > Card.
	Graphic Views: Preconfigured views to update and analyze data.
	Data Workbenches: Visualizations typically created by users and saved in the context of data workbenches. The visualization is displayed with the filter and visualization settings that were specified when it was saved. Click to find out how to save visualizations in data workbenches Go to KPI/Metricsto find card visualizations including those created in the context of a data workbench.
	Business Functions: Preconfigured explorers and views to update and analyze data. Click the caption of the content item to navigate to the business function. In the content item, either a placeholder image or placeholder view is displayed.
	Content Areas: Click the caption of the content item to navigate to another content area. In the content item, either a placeholder image or placeholder view is displayed.
	Categorized Visual Items: A card that is a placeholder for a content area, view, data workbench, or explorer. Users can click the caption of the content item to navigate to the target view. A categorized visual item contains a description explaining which view is linked to the card.
	Application Portfolio, Business Portfolio, Information Portfolio, Investment Portfolio, Technology Portfolio, or Service Portfolio: These categories allow you to find categorized visualize items targeting business questions to add to Home > Business Questions. Set a checkmark for the content item you want to include it or clear a checkmark to remove a content item. Click Update

Click the  3-dots button for the entire content area and click Manage Content on Page. In the Item Type filter select the category of content to make it easier to find the content you want to add. Set a checkmark for the content item you want to include or remove a checkmark and click Update.

Save content to the content repository

You can save a variety of analytics about the IT architecture as well as detailed information about a single asset in the IT portfolio. You can add views, data workbenches and their graphic visualizations, attribute groups, cards showing KPIs, and any content you save to the content repository to create your own start page or to add to existing content area pages. For example, you could add content to the My Dashboard page, add content to the standard Overview page of an application content area, or even create your own page and add content to that.

Some content items may already be in the content repository and can be added to a content area. But typically you will add the content that interests you to the content repository. You can add anything that is available in the content repository to a content area.

Add a data workbench or data workbench visualization to the content repository.

Change the settings for a content item

You can slice-and-dice data in a content item that is based on a data workbench. This allows you to look at the data from different perspective. ​You can either change the content item directly in the content area via the   button, whereby it will be automatically saved based on the new settings.

You can also click the  3-dots button for the content item and click Navigate to View to drill-down to the content item. Change the filter settings and click   3-dots button > Save Changes to save the view.

In both cases, the changed content item can be restored back to its original settings via  3-dots button > Restore Content Item if needed.

Change the size of a content item in a content page

You can change the size of a content item by dragging any border or corner. Grab a border or corner of the content item until the drag arrow is displayed and drag it to the size you want. The other content items will automatically re-adjust their position in the content area.

Change the order of content items in a content page

You can easily move a single content item in the content page. Click the  6-dots symbol to the left of the view caption and drag the view to the place you want. The other views will automatically re-adjust their position in the content area.

You can add a new page to a content area and add content items to it. The new page will be available in the content area for all of your assets based on the same class. The new page can be shared with other users.

1. Click the  3-dots button > Add New Page. Provide a caption for the page and click Update.
2. To share the page, click the  3-dots button > Add Current Page to Content Repository. If you want to share the page with other users, you can specify the users or user groups to share it with. The page will be available in the selected user's content area via the   3-dots button > Show/Hide Page button. The page can only be added to a content area that is of the same as the class that it was created for.

   A page must be added to the content repository via   3-dots button > Add Current Page to Content Repository before you hide it in order to be able to return it to the content area later.

Remove a view from a content page

To remove a view from a page in the content area, click the  3-dots button in the view and select Hide View.

To return the view, click the  3-dots button for the content area, click Add Content and select the checkbox for the view you want to restore.

Remove a page from the content area

A page includes the tab and the views associated with the tab. Click the  3-dots button for the entire content area and click Show/Hide Page. Clear the checkbox of the page to remove it from the content area. Select the checkbox to return the page to the content area.

You can also resequence content pages. To do so, click the  3-dots button in the content area and select Show/Hide Page. Click on the symbol to the left of the content page caption and drag it up or down to specify the order in the content area.

Delete a content page

The creator of a content page can delete the pages they create. Click the   3-dots button > Delete Page.

Export a content page

Content pages can be exported to PNG or SVG format. Click the   3-dots button > Export Page. The export includes all content items currently displayed in the page as well as context information about the exported page. If the exported page is in a class-based content area, the file will include the ID and name of the asset and the page name. For pages exported from content areas that are not class-based, the file includes the content area name and the page name.

Restore the default content page

You can revert to the default content page. All of your changes to the layout of the content page will be lost.

Click the  3-dots button for the entire content area and click Restore Content Page to restore the standard view of the page you are currently seeing.

Share content with your colleagues

Manage your content repository

All content items in your content repository are displayed in the My Content Items view. These content items may have been created by you, a colleague, or an administrative user.

Click your user icon in the upper-right corner of the screen and select My Content Items to open the view. The dataset shows the content you have added to the repository. You can edit a content item to change the caption or share it with individual users or all users in a user group, or you can delete the content item if you want to remove it from your content repository and all content pages.