Accessing Technology Properties
To access technology properties:
1. In the list of repository technologies, select the required technology and click Properties.
2. Click the drop-down list to access the following properties pages:
• Characteristics
• Version and installation
• Applications
• Cost
• Wall
• Generates reports
• BDNA
Characteristics
In this page you can specify:
• Identification of the technology:
• the Name of the technology
• the internal Code
• the Vendor
• Enterprise Standard: specified by the Technology Manager
• a Comment.
• Official Life Cycle of the technology, with publication and support end dates of the supplier.
• Technology Type: IT service, operating system, platform, DBMS. A technology can be connected to one or to several technology types.
New technology types can be created by the functional administrator only.
• Responsibility: this is the person or persons responsible for the technology:
• the management controller responsible for financial aspects of the technology
• the local correspondent who is the main referrer for the technology
This business role is not associated with a specific desktop.
• Gantt Chart presenting the technology life cycle. This is the life cycle within the organization; it can differ from the official life cycle specified by the supplier.
• associated Attachments.
Applications
This page allows you to connect the technology to existing applications. For each application you can indicate:
• Total expenses for the year
• Capital expenditure (CAPEX)
• Operating expenses (OPEX)
Cost
An analysis report summarizes costs of the technology. See
"Costs Report".
Wall
This page offers the possibility of chats with all those who have access to the technology.
The first frame enables creation and selection of a thread of posts; the second frame displays associated posts and enables reply.
Generates reports
The Reporting page accesses available analysis reports on the technology.
Costs Report
Summarizes technology costs, by cost nature and by year.
Gantt Chart
Detection of Conflicts
This report presents possible conflicts between the technology life cycle and the life cycle of its dependent applications.
Rules Application
Displays modeling rules in cases where a rule is active.
Overview
Displays a summary of technology characteristics.
Importing Technology information from BDNA Technopedia™
By integrating BDNA Technopedia™ with HOPEX IT Portfolio Management solution, HOPEX enables Enterprise Architects and Technology Portfolio Managers to get all consistent and accurate information about IT assets from the Technopedia repository.