Defining Application Functional Scope
To indicate the objects that define application functional coverage:
1. Open the application properties.
2. Click the Characteristics page.
3. Expand the Functional Scope section.
*A report covers functional characteristics of a list of applications. See Inventory Portfolio Reports.
Object types of the application functional scope
The object types that define application functional coverage include:
• business lines that use the application
*A business line is a high level classification of main enterprise activities. It corresponds for example to major product segments or to distribution channels. It enables classification of enterprise processes, organizational units or applications that serve a specific product and/or specific market. Regulation frameworks of certain industries impose their own business lines.
• process categories and processes that use the application
*A process category defines a group of processes. It is linked to a Process Map or higher level Process Category. It regroups several processes and/or other categorized elements (e.g. Value Streams, Applications). It serves as an intermediate categorization level in the process hierarchy, so as to provide a guided and progressive access to finer grained processes.
*For more details on the list of available process categories, see Defining the Process Categories.
*A process is a set of operations performed by org-units within a company or organization, to produce a result. It is depicted as a sequence of operations, controlled by events and conditions. In the BPMN notation, the process represents a sub-process from the organizational point of view.
• business capabilities covered by the application.
*For more details on business capabilities, see Describing a Business Capability.
*An indicator in the homepage enables you to display the list of applications which are not connected to any business capability.
You can define a Cost Contribution Key for each business capability in the application scope.
*The Cost Contribution Key represents the contribution percentage of an application to a business capability.
It determines how the application's operating costs are allocated across the business capabilities it supports.
• The functionalities implemented by the application
*A functionality is a service required by an org-unit in order to perform its work. This functionality is generally necessary within an activity in order to execute a specific operation. If it is a software functionality, it can be provided by an application.
This data is used in the “Application Overview” and “Application Environment Graph” reports of the application.
Connecting a functionality to the application
To create a functionality and connect it to the application:
1. In the Functional Scope section, select Implemented Functions.
2. Click the + New button.
The new functionality appears in the list of functionalities of the application.
To connect an existing functionality to the application:
1. In the Functional Scope section, select Implemented Functions.
2. Click the Connect button.
The search wizard appears.
3. Click the Find button.
The list of repository functionalities appears.
4. Select the required functionality.
5. Click Connect.