Merging Technopedia technologies with existing technologies of your repository
Your repository may contain technologies created outside of the Technopedia import. These technologies do not benefit from the provider data and updates supplied by the Technopedia connector, such as official life cycle dates, for example. To keep the data for these technologies while benefiting from Technopedia information, you can merge it with the Technopedia technologies that you import HOPEX IT Portfolio Management.
You can merge technologies in three different ways:
• By merging the technologies already contained (Technopedia and non-Technopedia) in your repository case by case
• By specifying, during the import of Technopedia technologies, those that correspond to technologies existing in your repository
• By specifying the Technopedia identifier in the technology's properties
Merging two technologies in HOPEX
To merge two technologies:
1. Click the navigation menu then IT Portfolio Management.
2. In the navigation pane, click Technologies.
3. In the edit area, select the technologies to merge.
4. Click the Merge Technologies button.
5. In the wizard that appears, enter:
• The source technology, which will be merged in the target technology
• The target technology, which will include information of the source technology.
6. Click Next.
7. Select the properties you want to keep from the source and target technologies. By default, properties of the target technology are selected.
8. In the same way, select the links you want to keep.
9. Click OK.
Merging technologies on Technopedia import
When you import technologies in your HOPEX repository, you can merge them with technologies already present in your repository. The technologies merged in this way are identified as Technopedia technologies and can subsequently be updated as such.
In the same way, you can merge vendors.
Example of merged technologies
You want to import the "TX Controller V1.15" technology that corresponds to the "Skype control" technology in your repository.
Once the technologies are merged, the existing technology, "Skype control", is kept in your repository. In its properties you can see the ID as well as the Technopedia name of the technology to which it corresponds: "TX Controller V1.15".
The "TX Controller" version has also been imported. This is the major version of "TX Controller”, from which the imported version is derived. In its properties, in the Version & Installation page, you can see the different versions of this technology that exist in your repository.
For more details on how to merge technologies and vendors at import, see Importing new Objects from Technopedia.
Modifying the Technopedia Identifier of a technology in HOPEX
To define a technology as a Technopedia technology, you can manually specify its Technopedia identifier.
To specify a Technopedia identifier:
1. Select the technology in question.
2. Click the Properties button in the edit area.
The properties of the technology appear.
3. Select the Technopedia page.
4. In the Identifier field, enter the Technopedia identifier number.