Insights

To use the Insights functionality, the Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) must be purchased and activated for the user. BIC Enterprise Architecture Management is a separate module and license.

Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) supports companies answer key questions about the IT landscape, such as the application landscape, cost distribution or the criticality of providers. A proven way of presenting such analyses is a matrix-like view, which we refer to as Insights. This allows you to visually display dependencies between different objects and highlight relevant metrics in color.

Initially, we offer predefined Insights that are specifically tailored to certain EAM-related issues. In the future, we plan to further expand the context and use of these insights and provide additional analytical views.

Where can I find the insights?

The menu item Insights can be accessed from the menu bar on the left side of the screen.

As soon as you select this entry, a collection of Insight tiles is displayed. Each of these tiles contains technical notes on typical EAM-related questions.

How are the preconfigured Insights displayed?

When you open Insights from the menu, you will see a collection of predefined tiles. Selecting and opening a tile will display the relevant information.

Selecting an Insight opens a matrix-like view that is often used for reports, diagrams, or overviews in the Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM). Data is extracted from all diagrams in the selected repository and stage. If an access restriction for diagrams has been defined for you, these are excluded. This view helps to answer specific questions and gain insights.

In this 2D grid layout, so-called target objects are displayed that are linked to one or two other source objects. The main objects and axis objects can be filtered in the right sidebar. Additionally, the main objects can be color-coded based on a specific attribute.

How can I color main objects in a predefined Insight?

If you have opened the Insights menu item, you will see a collection of predefined tiles. When you open one of these tiles, the relevant information is displayed in a matrix-like view. In this 2D grid layout, so-called target objects are displayed that are linked to one or two other source objects. The main objects and axis objects can be filtered in the right sidebar. Additionally, the main objects can be color-coded based on a specific attribute. A legend explaining the color assignment also appears at the bottom of the screen.

The Settings tab is displayed in the right sidebar by default. Here, you can select an attribute for coloring from a list. This list contains all compatible attributes of the main object type.

As soon as you change the attribute used for coloring, the color displayed within the selected Insight is automatically updated with the new settings. Depending on the attribute selected, the legend displayed at the bottom of the screen is also adjusted.