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Practical Model-Driven Enterprise Architecture

You're reading from   Practical Model-Driven Enterprise Architecture Design a mature enterprise architecture repository using Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect and ArchiMate® 3.1

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801076166
Length 412 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Joe Williams Joe Williams
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Mudar Bahri Mudar Bahri
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Enterprise Architecture with Sparx Enterprise Architect
2. Chapter 1: Enterprise Architecture and Its Practicality FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Introducing the Practice Scenarios 4. Section 2: Building the Enterprise Architecture Repository
5. Chapter 3: Kick-Starting Your Enterprise Architecture Repository 6. Chapter 4: Maintaining Quality and Consistency in the Repository 7. Chapter 5: Advanced Application Architecture Modeling 8. Chapter 6: Modeling in the Technology Layer 9. Chapter 7: Enterprise-Level Technology Architecture Models 10. Chapter 8: Business Architecture Models 11. Chapter 9: Modeling Strategy and Implementation 12. Section 3: Managing the Repository
13. Chapter 10: Operating the EA Repository 14. Chapter 11: Publishing Model Content 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Using charts

Charts and graphs are an excellent way of presenting another view of your enterprise. They can be used to report on the progress of a particular project or to illustrate the state of a particular aspect of the enterprise. Whatever your need, chances are that Sparx has the charting ability to satisfy it. Reviewing all of the charting capabilities of Sparx is beyond the scope of this book; however, we would like to show you some basics and how to get started with charting. We will do this by creating a simple dashboard in the Sparx repository. Let's get started:

  1. If it's not already open, open the repository for this chapter. Select Enterprise View from the project browser and create a new folder called Dashboard.
  2. With the new Dashboard folder selected, press the New Diagram button from the browser panel's ribbon.
  3. From the New Diagram dialog, select the Extended perspective and select the Dashboard diagram type, as shown here:
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