Steer architecture transparently: from model to deployment view

Systems, relations and views live in one consistent model instead of scattered islands.

Stakeholders see dependencies, responsibilities and impacts directly in the right views.

Governance, roles and collaboration remain traceable without custom side solutions.

Capture and maintain system landscapes in a structured way.

• Manage systems with type, layer, render type, status and tags.
• Use per-type categories (for example OZ and DN categories) in a controlled way.
• Define per-type custom fields and maintain them in system dialogs.
• Model system hierarchies based on defined rules.
• Control colors, layout states and per-object rendering.

Document technical and business links clearly.

• Define relations between systems including protocol and description.
• Maintain global relation rules with cardinalities (1:1, 1:n, n:m).
• Keep naming and color semantics for relation types consistent.

Reduce complexity through focused views.

• Create, share and favorite views for different target groups.
• Use interactive visualization with multiple detail levels.
• Synchronize drawings and model bidirectionally (Pull from model / Save to model).
• Run selective reconciliation with per-relation conflict decisions.
• Structure representations clearly for different audiences.

Transfer models into additional formats.

• Export to PlantUML, Structurizr, SVG and PPT objects.
• Generate view summaries with drawing badges and relation overviews.
• Provide drawing bills of material per view with all relevant elements.

Rule-based work with clear guardrails.

• Control responsibilities, approvals and visibility transparently.
• Document changes clearly and align across teams.
• Treat unowned systems as public by invariant; readonly/private only with owner or owner-group assignment.
• Use change tracking with counters for views, systems and relations.
• Separate model major version and drawing minor version for clean change histories.
• Apply role/owner mechanics and visibility concepts for views.

Shared collaboration with clear visibility and view concepts.

• Provide global and team-specific views for different audiences.
• Control per-view visibility: private, team-scoped or globally shared.
• Collaborate on one model through shared views, favorites and aligned ownership.