Importing an Existing Breakdown of Business Capabilities
HOPEX IT Business Management uses Excel data exchange wizards to export and import a breakdown of business capabilities. The Excel template used is Business Capabilities Template.xlsx.
For more information on managing you work context, see Data Exchange with Excel.Structure of the import/export Excel template of HOPEX IT Business Management
The Business Capabilities Template.xlsx Excel template of HOPEX IT Business Management allows you to import a breakdown of business capacities and a breakdown of functionalities.
• At the level of business capabilities, the elements are as follows:
• Business Capabilities
.A business capability is a set of features that can be made available by a system (an enterprise or an automated system).• Business capability maps
A business capability map is a set of business capabilities with their dependencies that, together, define a framework for an enterprise stage.• Business capability components, which define the link between a business capability and the business capability map (or business capability) in which it is referenced.
• Business Capability fulfillments, which define the link between a business capability and the application that implements it.
• At the level of functionalities, the elements are as follows:
• Functionalities
A technology capability is the ability to deliver a technology service which is required by a technology artifact or an application.• Functionality maps
A technology capability map is a set of technology capabilities and their dependencies that, together, defines the scope of a hardware or software architecture.• Sub-functionalities, which define the link between a functionality and the functionality map (or the functionality) in which it is referenced.
• Functionality fulfillments, which define the link between a functionality and the application that implements it.
• Applications, which here represent the supports for implementing business capabilities or functionalities.
An application is a software component that can be deployed and provides users with a set of functionalities.The information contained in the Excel template delivered with HOPEX IT Business Management is presented as follows:
• One page per element type: Business capability, Business capability map, Functionality, Functionality map, Application, ...
• For each element of Business capability, Business capability map, Functionality, Functionality map or Application type:
• Short Name : name of the object concerned.
• For each element of Business capability component (or Sub-functionality) type:
• Business Capability Building Block (or Owner Functionality Building Block): name of the composite object (business capability map, for example).
• Business Capability Used (or Sub-functionality): component object name.
• For each element of Business Capability fulfillment (or Functionality fulfillment) type:
• Fulfilled Business Capability (or Fulfilled Functionality): name of the implemented business capability (or functionality).
• Realizer Agent (or Fulfilling Enterprise Artifact): name of the application that implements the capability or the functionality.
• Short Name : name of the object associated with the implementation.
Importing the breakdown of business capabilities into an enterprise
Several steps must be followed in order for the Excel import of a business capability breakdown to be performed correctly:
5. Import your new file into your repository.
For more information on Excel import steps, see Importing data via Excel.Specifying the current library
A library and an enterprise are used to represent a unique work context.
Libraries are collections of objects used to split repository content into several independent parts. They allow creation of virtual partitions of the repository. In particular, two objects owned by different libraries can have the same name.In order for the data you import with Excel to be linked to a specific library, you must specify the current library.
To set the current library:
1. Click the Environment navigation menu then Containers > Libraries.
2. Expand the Libraries tree.
3. Right-click the library that interests you to open its pop-up menu and select Set As Default.
The selected library becomes the current library.
Exporting data from your repository with HOPEX IT Business Management
If you want to export business capability maps or functionality maps that exist in another repository than your current one, for example, you can use the Excel template of HOPEX IT Business Management .
For more information on Excel import steps, see Exporting Data via Excel.When the Excel file is filled with the names of the objects you want to import, you must complete the necessary information for import into HOPEX IT Business Management .
For more details on additional information, see Completing the import file for HOPEX IT Business Management.Completing the import file for HOPEX IT Business Management
For your import file to be correct, you must have specified the following elements:
• For each element of Business capability, Business capability map, Functionality, Functionality map or Application type, you must enter the name of each object:
• For each breakdown (Business Capability Composition or Functionality Composition Excel sheet), you must indicate:
• the name of the composite object in the Business Capability Building Block (or Owner Functionality Building Block) column.
Name of a business capability map for example.
• the name of the composing object in the Business Capability Used (or Sub-functionality) column.
Name of a business capability for example.
• To specify that an application implements a business capability, for example, you must indicate in the Business Capability Fulfillment sheet:
• the name of the business capability implemented in the Fulfilled Business Capability column.
• the name of the application concerned in the Realizer Agent column.
• the name you want to give to the object that represents the implementation in the Short Name column.
• To specify that a functionality is associated with a business capability, you must indicate in the Expected Functionality Excel sheet:
• the name of the business capability in the Business Capability column,
• the name of the functionality concerned in the Functionality column.
The first two lines of each Excel worksheet are reserved for file configuration; ensure that the first two lines of the imported file remain identical to those obtained after an export.For more information on the structure of the Excel template, see Structure of the import/export Excel template of HOPEX IT Business Management.