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Maps

What are Maps

Maps provide a visual overview of your application portfolio using interactive treemaps. Each map groups your applications by the categories you define, such as business capability, lifecycle stage, technology stack, or any other classification relevant to your organization. The size of each block represents the number of applications in that group, giving you an instant, proportional view of how your portfolio is distributed.

Use Maps to:

  • Understand portfolio composition - See at a glance how applications are spread across business units, technologies, or any other dimension
  • Spot imbalances - Quickly identify categories with too many or too few applications
  • Communicate portfolio structure - Share a configured map URL with stakeholders so they see the exact same view
  • Drill into multi-level hierarchies - Stack multiple categories to explore nested groupings, for example Business Capability > Lifecycle Stage > Hosting Provider

Getting Started

When you open Maps, a guided landing page helps you build your first map.

Available Categories

The landing page lists every category (content type) available for mapping. Each category shows a badge indicating its type:

  • Tree - Hierarchical categories with parent/child relationships (tree choices content types)
  • List - Flat lists of options (choices content types)

Info

Only content types with a metadata type of choices or tree choices can be used as map categories. If you don't see any categories listed, add a choices or tree choices content type to your organization first.

Building a Map

  1. In the Build Your Map panel, click Add Level and select a category from the dropdown
  2. Add additional levels to create a nested hierarchy - the first level becomes the outermost grouping, and each subsequent level subdivides further
  3. Drag and drop levels to reorder them
  4. Click Build Map to generate the treemap

The map title updates automatically to reflect the selected hierarchy (e.g., "Business Capability > Lifecycle Stage").

Configuring a Map

After building a map, click the gear icon in the top right to open the settings panel. From here you can:

  • Add or remove levels to change the hierarchy
  • Reorder levels by dragging them into a new order
  • Rebuild the map after making changes

Sharing Maps

Maps support URL-based sharing. When you build or modify a map, the browser URL updates to include your selected hierarchy. Copy the URL and share it with anyone in your organization - when they open the link, the map loads with the same category configuration automatically.

This makes it easy to include specific map views in presentations, emails, or documentation without requiring the recipient to manually configure the view.

Exporting a Map

Click the export icon in the top right to download the current map. Two formats are available:

  • PNG - A high-resolution image suitable for presentations and documents
  • SVG - A scalable vector graphic that stays sharp at any size, ideal for printing or embedding in web pages