BiZZdesign release news – vol. 5
Audience: BiZZdesign user
This continuation of a article series of news in BiZZdesign will introduce you to some interesting news, including the new Metro map, which is available in ArchiMate standard models.
The latest version of BiZZdesign is marked 4 and its last release was released on July 05, 2021. Cloud solutions are upgraded automatically after the release of a new version. However, on-premise solutions are updated by customers at their own discretion. A quick and always up-to-date description of the news can be found at the following link: Latest release.
News of version 4 from July 05, 2021
- New view Metro map
- New relationships allowed between ArchiMate objects
- New version of BiZZdesign Open API beta 3
- The View icon appears in the views list
- The last date of the commit and the total number of commits in the user export
- Invitation email and session processing improvements
- Enterprise Studio performance improvement when saving and downloading data
- Changing the column name of the table generated by the script
1. New view Metro map
BiZZdesign has introduced a new Metro map view, which is available in ArchiMate standard models. It can be used to visualize flow (data) and processes in a business-friendly format. The view can be created via the menu Presentation > Metro map (menu for creating new views in Model Browser).
Metro map can be used to visualize existing objects and relationships (Flow and Triggering only). You can find the Metro map menu directly on the canvas (triangle in the upper left corner), which contains the display / hide of the legend, the layout of the entire display, the options for relationships and coloring.
2. New relationships allowed between ArchiMate objects
The Strategy motivation view now supports the use of the Serving, Flow and Triggering relationship between concepts in this view.
3. New version of BiZZdesign Open API beta 3
A new beta 3 version of BiZZdesign Open API has been released. This version is the endpoint for data policy management. This means that after the new it is possible to assign editors to data blocks and set data update schedules for data blocks. See the online documentation for more information: BiZZdesign Open API.
4. The View icon appears in the views list
Icons representing the type of view have been added to the list of views (not the grid view), replacing the general view icon. This list is available on the HoriZZon portal on the Model Browse Site page or on the Views subpage.
5. The last date of the commit and the total number of commits in the user export
Exporting HoriZZon portal users now also displays the date of the user's last commit and the total number of commits the user has made.
6. Invitation email and session processing improvements
Invitation emails for users automatically sent by HoriZZon have been redesigned to be more consistent and recognizable. The links to the HoriZZon portal in these emails now use the name "BiZZdesign HoriZZon" followed by the name given to your HoriZZon portal (in the example below, the portal name is "BiZZdesign"). In addition, BiZZdesign has added several enhancements to session processing in the HoriZZon portal.
7. Enterprise Studio performance improvement when saving and downloading data
BiZZdesign has implemented changes that improve performance when saving changes or restoring data (model packages) in Enterprise Studio.
8. Changing the column name of the table generated by the script
From now on, it is possible to change the name of the "Object" column (first from the left) in the tables generated by the script. Replace the default metadata value with a value valueHeading allows you to rename the column name. See the online documentation for more information: Renaming the object column title of a scripted table chart. Example (if you want to rename a column, you must switch the chart to edit mode):
s = Structure();
s.add("metadata", "objectHeading");
s.add("property1", "Asset value");
output s;
Selection of removed bugs in version 4 from 4 from July 05, 2021
TP-11729 – HoriZZon
After clicking on the hyperlink in the HoriZZon portal, which links to a view that is out of the scope, nothing happened and no message was displayed.
TP-11836 – HoriZZon
Cache settings allowed certain potentially private content to be temporarily stored on the browser side.
TP-9787 – HoriZZon
The color order in the views did not work correctly when applied to the properties of an enumeration data block. Warning: This fix has caused another issue. For more information, see known issues with this release.
TP-12159 – Modeling
In some situations, copying and pasting data between model packages caused Enterprise Studio to crash.
TP-12202, TP-12207 – View filters and viewpoints
Various issues with color display in the HoriZZon portal have been resolved.
TP-12127 – Enterprise Portfolio Management
Filling the portfolio with values slowed if the model package contained changed default display settings.
TP-9996 – ArchiMate
The icon used in the Implementation and Migration view was not rendered correctly in the HoriZZon portal. Warning: The following steps are required to resolve an incorrectly rendered icon:
- migrate the model package, see the online documentation for more information: Updating and model package migration,
- make a change to the (any) view on which the icon is located,
- commit changes.
Then the icon in the HoriZZon portal will be drawn correctly.