Custom Reports & Integrations with GraphQL
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The document provides insights into utilizing GraphQL for creating custom reports and integrations with LeanIX, highlighting its advantages over REST in terms of performance and customization. It outlines motivations for embedding LeanIX, presents case studies, and introduces the LeanIX custom report framework and its functionalities. Key takeaways emphasize the ease of using GraphQL directly from the UI and the support available to get started.
Custom Reports & Integrations with GraphQL
- 1. CUSTOM REPORTS & INTEGRATIONS WITH GRAPHQL 22nd November 2018 Dominik Rose, Customer Success Manager @LeanIX
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- 3. Custom Reports & Integrations with GraphQL 3 What you will learn How to leverage LeanIX as a platform How to use GraphQL directly from the tool How to get started with Custom Reports
- 4. Motivation: The way to embed LeanIX is evolving (1/3) - Single Source Of Truth 4 Data input Upload Web UI Survey Data usage Download Web UI Mobile App Single source of truth
- 5. Motivation: The way to embed LeanIX is evolving (2/3) - Out-of-the-box Integrations 5 Data input Upload Web UI Survey Data usage Download Web UI Mobile App ITSM BPM Vendor Lifecycles Metrics BPM ITSM Single source of truth Out-of- the-box inte- grations
- 6. Motivation: The way to embed LeanIX is evolving (3/3) - Integrated Information Hub 6 Data input Upload Web UI Survey Data usage Download Web UI Mobile App ITSM BPM Vendor Lifecycles Metrics BPM ITSM Universe of modern IT management tools Universe of modern reporting solutions Single source of truth Out-of- the-box inte- grations Integrated information hub
- 7. Three reasons to learn more about GraphQL 7 Create custom integrations Create custom reports Conduct ad-hoc analyses • For Data Input, e.g. to your BPM, ITSM or monitoring tool • For Data Usage, e.g. to your Self-Service BI tool A B C • Enhance the out-of-the-box LeanIX reports by powerful, individual visualizations based on libraries like d3.js • Get data out of LeanIX in a few seconds • Leverage the underlying Graph structure to conduct complex analyses
- 8. Six selected Case Studies 8 Data input Data usage Pharma: Upload project data from HP PPM to LeanIX to relate architecture planning to execution Energy: Integrate ARIS BPM with LeanIX to relate application to business processes Retail: Upload microservice details to deploy time from AWS framework into LeanIX Pharma: Make LeanIX data available to everyone with Microsoft Power BI Telco: Visualize and measure the effects of Application Rationalization via custom reports Banking: Quantify the reduction of IT complexity via ad-hoc GraphQL analyses
- 9. What’s wrong with REST (1/2) – Performance and Usability Limits 9 /applications /capabilities GET GET Display interactive reports very fast Many requests & unnecessary network load
- 10. What’s wrong with REST (2/2) – Missing Support of customizable Data Model 10 Interface Application Provider IT Component Project User Group Data Object Tech. Stack Business Capability Process Allow full customization of data model Uncomfortable generic access to data /factSheets /factSheets/<ID>/attributes GET GET /factSheets/<ID>/relationsGET
- 11. We‘re delighted to see GraphQL evolving 11
- 12. Create your first GraphQL query in 60 seconds 12
- 13. Retrieve different Fact Sheets and Attributes with one call 13
- 14. Modify Fact Sheets directly via GraphQL 14
- 15. Embed GraphQL into Python – Set all quality seals (1/2) 15
- 16. 16 Embed GraphQL into Python – Set all quality seals (2/2) More open examples are available at https://github.com/leanix-public/scripts
- 17. The LeanIX Store leverages our Custom Report framework which have already matured over the last 18 months 17 Custom Reports based on LeanIX framework • Embed into menu • Access to filters & save as bookmark • Apply views • Show as table & export • Open Fact Sheets 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Custom Report 5 5 à https://github.com/leanix/leanix-reporting-cli Command Line Tool (CLI) & Library for JavaScript https://d3js.org/• D3.js • Highcharts https://www.highcharts.com Example Libraries for Visualization • Creates example project to start with • Supports plain JavaScript or TypeScript • Allows usage of frameworks Angular or ReactJS
- 18. Get started – install LeanIX reporting CLI 18
- 19. Create your first custom report (1/2) 19
- 20. Create your first custom report (2/2) 20
- 21. Upload the report into the LeanIX store and make it available in your (or more) workspaces 21
- 22. It doesn‘t have to be GraphQL – we also offer Webhooks to create event-based integrations and analytics 22Learn more at https://dev.leanix.net/docs/webhooks
- 23. 23 Key Take Aways Don‘t be afraid to use GraphQL directly from the UI APIs and Custom Reports make it easy to turn LeanIX into a platform We have a growing partner network that helps you to get started https://dev.leanix.net/docs/graphql-in-10-minutes https://github.com/leanix-public
- 24. WIFI: Leanix Code: EAconnectdays 24 Thank you! Any questions?