DPM 'Build' Tab Items - relationship between Business Application and Product

[Jonah Piascik]

Looking for clarification on pre-requisite data model build requirements to properly display items in the 'Build' tab in a DPM (Digital Portfolio Management) Portfolio.  There seems to be an implied relationship between Business Application (cmdb_ci_business_app) and Product (cmdb_application_product_model) based on a match on 'name', but would like to understand more about how this relationship works (now and potentially in future DPM product development roadmap).  We are currently on Tokyo.

[Doron Orbach · Accepted solution]

Hi,

When using APM we plan to add an automatic relation creation between Business Application (cmdb_ci_business_app) and Product (cmdb_application_product_model) -> actually application_model. it will be creating an application model with the same name of the business application. Customers will be able however to link to a different application model (and in this case we will connect to this model).

Thanks,

Doron

[Doron Orbach · Accepted solution]

Hi,

@Jonah Piascik @Jon Miller1 

The planned release from APM is for Vancouver (September). The mapping between business app and application model is 1:1. I don't think that application models (or any models) are operational. they are more of a definition, than a concrete item.

Basically things can work the same also without APM. All we do is to connect to a model with the same name of the business app, if a model does not already exists.

For DPM I suggest to touch base with Caitlin, who is the product manager.

Thanks,

Doron