Enterprise Architecture Workspace user interface

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The Enterprise Architecture Workspace provides a consolidated user interface with role-based page views for analysts, architects, administrators, and users.

Highlights of the EA Workspace user interface

  • Consolidated user experience

    The Enterprise Architecture Workspace home page provides visibility into your application portfolio. All the tasks that you can perform in the workspace are streamlined to fulfill your business goals.

  • Role-based page views

    Distinct page views for the exclusive activities of an Enterprise Architecture Analyst or Enterprise Architect, Enterprise Architecture administrator, and Enterprise Architecture user. Enterprise architects access contextual information and targeted actions for their tasks.

  • Home page sections

    The home page contains the following UI components to help you navigate through the workspace.

    • Overview

      The Overview page displays the following sections:

      • Insights: Highlights various conditions for your application portfolio, business portfolio, information portfolio, and technology portfolio such as if business applications aren't related to a business capability.

      • Needs Attention: Lists the tasks that you must act on. You can see the number of tasks for each tab.

        • The My Approvals tab lists the requests that are waiting for your approval.
        • The My Requests tab lists the requests that you have raised.
        • The My Certifications tab lists the certification tasks that are assigned to you, any group you belong to, any group you manage, or any of your direct reports. You can use this tab to keep your business applications inventory up to date by periodically certifying the data in the business applications table.
        • The Assessments tab lists the assessments for your applications that help you to evaluate and score your business applications based on qualitative inputs.
      • Portfolio Overview and Health: Monitor your portfolio and its health. Use the filter option to view specific business applications and business capabilities information. An indicator is displayed on top of the filter icon to show the number of filters applied. You can also clear all applied filters using the Clear all filters button.

        For more information, see Apply filters to the Portfolio Overview and Health section.

      [Omitted image "eaw-overview-page.png"] Alt text: Overview page showing the Insights, Needs Attention, and Portfolio Overview and Health sections.

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Parent Topic:Exploring Enterprise Architecture Workspace

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