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Generating the Business Capability Map of a Portfolio
HOPEX IT Portfolio Management enables you to generate a business capability map in the form of a report that reflects the functional coverage of an application portfolio.
To generate a Business Capability Map from an application portfolio:
1. Display the portfolio properties.
2. Click the page Reporting > Business Capability Map Breakdown.
The report positions the portfolio applications in the areas that represent business capabilities. It therefore reflects the functional coverage of portfolio applications.
*For more details on capability maps, see Defining Business Capabilities.
Report parameters
This consists of defining report input data.
Parameter
Parameter object
Comment
Business capability
Business capability / Business capability Map
One object mandatory.
In-depth research of the application in portfolios and sub-portfolios.
 
This option displays the applications defined in the sub-portfolios of the portfolio to which the report relates.
Characteristics
Displays in the report the application evaluation results for the selected characteristics:
- Technology compliance
- Cost
- Technical efficiency
- Etc.
Select the form in which you want to display a characteristic: graphic element or highlighting of the application concerned by the characteristic.
Example of a business capability map example 
You also have the Business Capability Breakdown Time Report that shows the evolution of the functional coverage of an application landscape over time.