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

[Jonah Piascik]

Thanks Doron - do you know where this is in your future release roadmap plan?  What if we don't have APM?  In our current release, is the implied relationship I mentioned in my initial post (cmdb_ci_business_app.name =  cmdb_application_product_model.name) how DPM reconciles for adding agile items to the 'Build' tab? 

[Jon Miller1]

Thanks Doron. Going back to my use-case of modeling SAP modules in the CMDB, is the intent that there could be multiple application models for a single application? Is it also intended that the application models are "operational" i.e. change, incident, etc. can be reported against them? Or is there a different functional purpose for the application models that are related to the Business Application in this way?

[Jonah Piascik]

Thanks @Doron Orbach - so this is a planned enhancement in the APM application?  Any idea what release this is being planned for?  In the meantime, are there suggestions for the use case with DPM?

[Jonah Piascik]

Thanks @Doron Orbach.  Any idea when this is planned to be implemented in APM?  And what the recommended approach is to implement this relationship properly in DPM Workspace now?  I'm just curious if what I found (matching by name only) is the recommended approach, or if there is another way to establish/model this relationship between these 2 records.  Thank you.

[Doron Orbach]

Vanvouver. We keep reference of the application model in the business application. we will create the same name for the model.