License capability matrix (VCDA)
This matrix shows which iGrafx platform capabilities each license enables under the older license models. If you use the new model, use the Creator/Collaborator matrix instead.
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VCDA - User License Model (for customers using 17.2 or later)
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v16 license model (deprecated): User Extension Model (for customers using 17.1 or earlier)
Customers upgrading to 17.2 can continue to use the User Extension Model if preferred.
To view your User Licenses:
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Log in to the iGrafx Platform
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Click your name in the upper-right corner of the Platform display
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Select the My Profile option
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In the right frame, select the USER INFO tab
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See the License Assignment (User Licenses) or License Assignment (User Extensions) section
If your heading says License Assignment (User Extensions), your capabilities come from the User Extension Model.
If you have more than one User License assigned, your capabilities come from the highest one.
User License Model (for use in version 17.2 or later)
This table highlights the iGrafx Process DesignProcess Design The discipline of explicitly modeling business processes to document, analyze, and optimize them. In Process360 Live, process design is the authoring side that complements mining's data-driven view. app capabilities enabled by specific User licenses and Platform Modules.
| Functionality | Viewer (11) | Collaborator | Designer | Architect |
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| Connect iGrafx Client (FlowCharter, Process, or Process for Six Sigma) (1) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| View Approved Documents & Diagrams | ✅(6) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Endorse and Acknowledge (9) Approved Documents & Diagrams (2) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| View All Enterprise Objects, DashboardsDashboard A configurable view in Process360 Live that aggregates KPIs, charts, and filters across one or more processes for stakeholders to monitor performance. & Reports | ✅(5) (6) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| View & Create Diagram Comments | ✅(5) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| View unapproved content | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Review or Approve Documents & Diagrams | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Add and Update non-iGrafx Documents (for example PDF, DOC, or PPT) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Create & Edit Folders and Web Address Objects | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Check-out & Check-in Client Documents & Diagrams | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Start & Schedule Review, Approve, Endorse & Acknowledgement (9) Cycles | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Create QuickMap Diagrams (10) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Create, Edit, & Manage Web Diagrams (8) | ✅ | ✅ | ||
| Propose New Enterprise Objects From a Web Diagram (4) | ✅ | ✅ | ||
| Create & Edit Resource, Glossary & Term Objects | ✅ | ✅ | ||
| Create & Edit DashboardsDashboard A configurable view in Process360 Live that aggregates KPIs, charts, and filters across one or more processes for stakeholders to monitor performance. & Reports | ✅ | ✅ | ||
| Create & Edit All Enterprise Objects (not requiring a Module) (3) | ✅ | |||
| Create Enterprise Objects From Web Diagram Proposals (4) | ✅ | |||
| Create & Edit Diagram Shape Libraries | ✅ |
With the PRC (Performance Risk & Control) module
| Functionality | Viewer (11) | Collaborator | Designer | Architect |
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| View PRC Data Values Displayed in Diagrams | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Edit PRC Data Values | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Create & Edit Charts & Tables | ✅ | ✅ | ||
| Create & Edit PRC Objects (Risks, Controls, KPIsKPI A quantitative measure used to evaluate process performance against a target — for example, average throughput time, automation rate, or rework percentage., Opportunities (7)) | ✅ |
With the Automation module
| Functionality | Viewer (11) | Collaborator | Designer | Architect |
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| Participate in Automation WorkflowWorkflow An automated or semi-automated sequence of tasks that moves work from initiation to completion, often with routing rules and human-task assignments. | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Edit Automation Properties | ✅ | ✅ | ||
| Deploy Process to Automation | ✅ | ✅ |
With the API module
| Functionality | Viewer (11) | Collaborator | Designer | Architect |
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| Use the REST API to interact with the application in an automated fashion | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
(1) iGrafx FlowCharter, Process, and Process for Six Sigma are Desktop Clients installed separately from the Platform.
(2) Web Diagrams are individually Endorsed, Reviewed, Acknowledged, and Approved via Cycle Management. Client diagrams are contained in .igx documents, which are Reviewed, Approved, and Endorsed.
(3) Objects that can be edited without a module are: Strategy, Goal, Requirement, Process, External Agent, Resource, Interface, Service, Operation, Work Product, Class, (Web-authored) Diagram, (Client-authored) Document containing Diagrams, Shortcut, Glossary, Term, DashboardDashboard A configurable view in Process360 Live that aggregates KPIs, charts, and filters across one or more processes for stakeholders to monitor performance., Report, Shape Library, Web Address, Journey, Moment, Touch, Product, Business Service and Capability (7).
(4) 17.4 and later
(5) 17.4.1 and later
(6) Viewers can only view Approved objects.
(7) iGrafx Cloud 17.6 and iGrafx 17.7 On-premises and later
(8) Journey Map Diagrams require the iGrafx Cloud (7)
(9) iGrafx Cloud 17.7.1 and iGrafx 17.8 On-premises and later
(10) iGrafx Cloud 17.8.1 and later
(11) iGrafx Viewer license is now 'Deprecated' and not sold for new deployments of the iGrafx Process 360 Live Design Platform
(12) iGrafx Creator license may replace Designer and Architect licenses for new deployments. It has ‘Architect’ license capabilities. See Licenses vs Capabilities Matrix for Creator/Collaborator License Model
User Extension Model (generally for use in versions 17.1 or earlier)
This table highlights the iGrafx Platform capabilities enabled by specific licenses and user extensions.
✅ Enabled Functionality
ℹ️ A "User" license is required for every Platform User
iGrafx Platform | User Extension | ||||||||||
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| (1) User | (4) PRC | (5) Automation | (5) Automation | Collaborator | BPMN Web Diagrammer | Desktop Connector | (6) Desktop Connector Plus | (4) PRC Designer | (3) Business Modeler | (2,3) Business Architect |
Log in to the iGrafx Platform and Connect to a Repository via Browser | ✅ | ℹ️ | ℹ️ | ℹ️ | ℹ️ | ℹ️ | ℹ️ | ℹ️ | ℹ️ | ℹ️ | ℹ️ |
View Repository Content / Files (except PRC Data) | ✅ | ℹ️ | ℹ️ | ℹ️ | ℹ️ | ℹ️ | ℹ️ | ℹ️ | ℹ️ | ℹ️ | ℹ️ |
Participate in Cycles (e.g., Review, Approve, Endorse, Acknowledge (9)) and Annotate | ✅ | ℹ️ | ℹ️ | ℹ️ | ℹ️ | ℹ️ | ℹ️ | ℹ️ | ℹ️ | ℹ️ | ℹ️ |
Create / Edit Repository Folders | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||||
Add, Check in / Check out non-iGrafx Files | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||||
Perform Cycle Management | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||||
Create / Edit "Generic List or Table" Reports | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||||
Create QuickMap Diagrams (10) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||||||
Create / Edit , Check in / Check out Web Diagrams (8) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||||||||
Propose New Enterprise Objects From a Web Diagram (7) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||||||||
Create / Edit Resource, Glossary, and Term Objects | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||||||
Create / Edit Dashboards (non-PRC gadgets) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||||
Open / Connect to a Platform Repository via Client | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||||||||
Add, Check in / Check out iGrafx Files (only available via Client) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||||||||
Create / Edit 'Describes' Relationships in web-based Diagrams | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||||||||
Create / Edit 'Describes' Relationships in .igx-based Diagrams | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||||||||
Create / Edit Enterprise Objects | ✅ | ✅ | |||||||||
Create Enterprise Objects From Web Diagram Proposals (7) | ✅ | ||||||||||
Create / Edit Relationships among Enterprise Objects | ✅ | ✅ | |||||||||
Create / Edit "Generic Matrix" Reports | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||||||||
Create / Edit "Risk Map" Reports | ✅ | ✅ | |||||||||
Create / Edit PRC Gadgets on Dashboards | ✅ | ✅ | |||||||||
Add / Edit PRC Data (i.e., data points) | ✅ | ✅ (4) | |||||||||
Create / Edit Charts and Tables | ✅ | ✅ | |||||||||
View PRC Data (via any method - Charts, Tables, Gadgets, etc.) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||||||||
Run Synchronization between Enterprise Modeler and Repository | ✅ | ||||||||||
Create / Design Process Automation Diagrams and Specifications | ✅ | ||||||||||
Participate in / Run Automated Processes | ✅ | ✅ | |||||||||
PRC = Performance, Risk and Controls
(1) "User" license required for every Platform User
(2) "Business Architect" comes with the functionality of the Desktop Client with Desktop Connector Plus, as well as the Enterprise Modeler and Sync tools.
(3) Requires the Architecture Platform Extension.
(4) Requires the PRC Platform Extension
(5) Requires the Automation Platform Extension
(6) Requires purchase of dedicated Desktop Client
(7) 17.4 and later
(8) Journey Map Diagrams require the iGrafx Cloud 17.6 and iGrafx 17.7 On-premises and later
(9) iGrafx Cloud 17.7.1 and iGrafx 17.8 On-premises and later
(10) iGrafx Cloud 17.8.1 and later