Presentation of HOPEX for the ArchiMate® Framework
HOPEX for the ArchiMate® Framework features Summary
HOPEX for the ArchiMate® Framework provides:
• All the concepts defined by the ArchiMate® 3.0.1 Open Group Standard.
• One diagram enabling to describe an ArchiMate® Model View, containing all the possible concepts and relationships. This diagram contents can be filtered according to user (or administrator) defined viewpoints.
The main viewpoints samples described in the standard are provided out of the box, additional ones can be defined by the administrator. For more details see: "Updating the ArchiMate diagram type setup", page 100.• A bridge between some ArchiMate® concepts and equivalent HOPEX concepts, enabling compatibility and continuity with other HOPEX products. Therefore, inventories can be shared with other HOPEX products and across ArchiMate® Models.
An ArchiMate® object identified in an ArchiMate® diagram, for example an ArchiMate® Business Process, can be detailed as an HOPEX object in another diagram using the BPMN notation, for example a HOPEX Business Process Analysis Organizational Process diagram.
HOPEX for the ArchiMate® Framework implementation
The HOPEX for the ArchiMate® Framework metamodel implementation comes with its own ontology for ArchiMate® in order to match, as closely as possible, with the ArchiMate® language superstructure, as defined in the standard.
For more details on HOPEX for the ArchiMate® Framework implementation, see "The HOPEX MetaModel for ArchiMate®", page 76.Pre-Requisites to HOPEX for the ArchiMate® Framework
If you want to use HOPEX for the ArchiMate® Framework, you must import the ArchiMate.exe Solution Pack in your environment and the PPM.exe Solution Pack in each HOPEX (data) repository of the environment.
The Solution Packs that you want to import needs to be decompressed. To do that, connect to HOPEX installation folder > Utilities > Solution Pack, double-click the Solution Pack to extract it.To import the "ArchiMate V3.exe" Solution Pack in an environment:
1. Using HOPEX Administration.exe, connect to the environment concerned.
2. Expand the Repositories folder.
3. Right-click a repository and select Object Management > Import Solution Pack.
The Solution Pack Import dialog box appears.
4. Select the Solution Packs "ArchiMate v3".
5. Click OK.
The Import MEGA Data XML dialog box displays import progress.
The "ArchiMate.exe" Solution Pack is imported into the repository.
6. Compile the environment.
You must import the "ArchiMate V3.exe" Solution Pack only once even if you have several repositories.To import the "PPM.exe" Solution Pack in a repository:
1. Using HOPEX Administration.exe, connect to the environment concerned.
2. Expand the Repositories folder.
3. Right-click the repository and select Object Management > Import Solution Pack.
The Solution Pack Import dialog box appears.
4. Select the Solution Packs "PPM".
5. Click OK.
The Import MEGA Data XML dialog box displays import progress.
The "PPM.exe" Solution Pack is imported into the repository.
6. Repeat the procedure for each HOPEX (data) repository of the environment.