Work with the Setup page in the Enterprise Architecture Workspace

Using the Setup page in the Enterprise Architecture Workspace, as an Enterprise Architect, you can configure Enterprise Architecture (formerly Application Portfolio Management) features within the EA Workspace.

You can configure the following categories:

Information Data Domains

Data domain is a collection of information objects. Relate an information object to the database catalog of a database instance to collect the physical data. ServiceNow Discovery finds database catalog that lists all the catalog objects, or databases, discovered for an instance of a database. To create a data domain, see Add or edit an information data domain.

Architectural Artifact Categories

The architectural artifact categories enable you to categorize and manage artifacts more efficiently. To create an architectural artifact category, see Add or edit an architectural artifact category.

TCO

The Application total cost of ownership (TCO) feature helps you to leverage application costs to prioritize the application portfolio and align with the business strategy. For more details, see Configure application total cost of ownership (TCO) in Enterprise Architecture Workspace.

Figure 1. Setup EA Workspace

• Configure application categories
  An application category is a grouping of applications by their purpose and function, fields, or areas.
• Configure application category groups
  An application category group is a collection of application categories. Category groups help with the filtering and reporting of the application categories.
• Configure application families
  An application family is an attribute to group a set of related applications based on manufacturer classification of their products into product suites.
• Configure indicators
  You can view, add, or edit application or capability indicators in the Enterprise Architecture Workspace.
• Configure scoring profiles
  Scoring profiles help you to evaluate the applications based on various indicators.
• Configure TRM phases
  A Technology Reference Model (TRM) phase refers to a specific stage in the lifecycle of an application within the organization’s TRM framework.
• Configure TRM categories
  A Technology Reference Model (TRM) category refers to a grouping of TRM software products by their purpose and function. The categorization helps you to consolidate TRM products and rationalize decisions.
• Configure information data domains
  A data domain is a collection of information objects. ServiceNow® Discovery finds the database catalog that lists all the catalog objects, or databases, discovered for an instance of a database.
• Configure architectural artifact categories
  The architectural artifact categories enable you to categorize and manage artifacts more efficiently.
• Configure demand actions
  Demand actions are strategic decisions that you want to execute for an application. Enterprise Architecture Workspace provides preconfigured actions that help you enhance the capability of the applications. You can add new demand actions as per your requirements.
• Configure Enterprise Modeling and Visualization
  You can configure the shape libraries, modeling options, entities, and relationships used in the Enterprise Modeling and Visualization.
• Configure certification schedules
  You can configure certification schedules to keep your business applications inventory up to date. Keeping your business application data current helps you to assess your business applications precisely as there are indicators that are dependent on these business applications.
• Configure application total cost of ownership (TCO) in Enterprise Architecture Workspace
  You can configure the application TCO source and cost type.
• View TPM logs
  Track the progress of Technology Portfolio Management (TPM) analysis by examining the TPM Discovered Technology Run Logs [sn_apm_tpm_discovered_technology_run_log] table. Each time the analysis is run, an entry is added to this table.