Enterprise Model and Objects

Everything in a repository — processes, resources, risks, diagrams, files — is an item in one model. This section explains that model and covers the everyday work of creating, organizing, tracking, and translating items. Diagram authoring itself lives in Diagramming.

Understand the model

• Repository and object model — the repository tree, root folders, and how objects and folders fit together.
• Enterprise object catalog — every object type, what it represents, and where it lives.
• Resource types — the built-in resource types and what to use each one for.
• Object relationships — the relationship types that connect objects, including RACI and work product flows.
• Item properties and custom properties — the data an item carries and where it's edited.

Work with items

• Manage items — create, copy, rename, move, delete, restore, and relate items.
• Translate objects — maintain object names, summaries, and purposes in several languages.
• Restore items from the Recycle Bin — find a deleted item, restore it, or clear the Recycle Bin.
• View an item's history — the History tab: timeline, versions, and approved versions.
• Watch an item — get notified when an item changes.
• Find where an item is used — describing diagrams and incoming relationships.
• Make bulk changes — change relationships, change the process ownerProcess Owner The person accountable for a specific business process — its design, performance, and improvement. The primary stakeholder for mining and simulation outputs., or delete and archive many objects at once.

Files and data

• Work with external files — bring Word, PDF, and other non-iGrafx files into the repository.
• Antivirus scanning — Cloud-only scanning of external files on upload and download.
• External Data object — uploaded spreadsheets that feed simulation.

Propose changes

• Proposals — suggest new objects or changes for review before they reach the model (Early Access).