The Data Dissemination diagram is built during Phase C: Information System Architectures of the TOGAF ADM.
Prerequisite
This diagram presents a global picture of the interrelationships of the following artifacts: before building this diagram, you should already have created the following definition types as part of your architecture:
▪Application Components
▪Business Services
▪Entities
▪Physical Application Components
Relate the artifacts above to one another appropriately, using properties within their definition, and also via the following matrices:
▪Business Service to Logical Application Component
▪Business Service to Entity
▪System/Technology
Procedure
1 Create a new diagram of type Explorer using standard techniques to create a new diagram.
2 In the TOGAF 9 Viewpoint property, select Data DisseminationDiagram from the list.
3 With the diagram open and in focus, select View > Heat Map Manager to access the sets of analytics that you can run on the diagram to build the view.
4 Populate the diagram with pertinent artifacts by running one or more of the provided Explorer Object Reports. For this diagram, the following are available:
▪Application Components
▪Business Services
▪Entities
▪Physical Application Components
5 Show interrelationships between artifacts by running one or all of the following Explorer Relationship Reports from the Heat Map Manager:
▪Application Component to Entity
▪Business Service to Entity
▪Physical Application Component to Entity
Next
You can generate ancillary Explorer Relationship reports. The following reports are generic and are available in the Heat Map Manager of all Explorer diagrams: