How to capture an integration inventory?

[Eric140]

Is there a way in the CMDB/CSDM to capture a classic "integration inventory" of data flows between applications?   This type of inventory is critical to roadmap planning for APM / application rationalization work.   In different organizations, these data flows might also be referred to as integrations or interfaces.   An example in the inventory would be a record describing that the ERP application sends Orders to the Warehouse Management application.     

I know there is a "Sends data" relationship available in the CMDB, but don't understand those relationships well enough to know if that would be helpful.  If so, there would need to be a way to add attributes to the relationship such as the specific type of data (information object) and other attributes such as frequency, technical protocol, volume, etc.

(Note:  I'm not focusing on "user interface" but rather applicaiton to application interfaces although both could be useful.  I am focusing - conceptually at least - on point to point interactions and purposely avoiding a discussion about alternative data distribution models that may or may not exist.  Lastly, I'm not referring to APIs but rather to the data flowing out of one system and into another system whether through a formal API or not.  ) 

Thanks.

[Mathew Hillyard]

Hi @Carlo Jimenez 

I think this is now covered by Digital Integration Management - a part of Enterprise Architecture.

I hope this helps!

Mat