Installing Business Impact Analysis

To install the Archer Business Impact Analysis (BIA) use case, you must install the BIA use case package and the Enterprise Catalog package. The BIA use case package includes applications that are specific to the use case. The Enterprise Catalog package contains the applications related to your business hierarchy, business processes, child products and services, facilities, contacts, devices, applications, and information assets. For the BIA use case, you must install the following applications from the Enterprise Catalog package:

  • Business Processes
  • Business Unit
  • Company
  • Division
  • Child Product & Services
  • Stakeholders (Contacts)
  • Facilities
  • Devices
  • Applications

Note: The Enterprise Catalog contains additional applications that are not licensed with the BIA use case. You are only required to install the applications specified in this guide. If you install any Enterprise Catalog applications that you do not have licensed, an error message appears. For a list of packaging installation log messages and remediation information, see Package Installation Log Message Examples.

Applications in the Enterprise Catalog package are updated as necessary. During the Enterprise Catalog package installation, select any of your licensed applications to upgrade to the latest version. If you do not want any of the updated applications, you are not required to upgrade.

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Installation Overview

Complete the following tasks to install the Business Impact Analysis (BIA) use case and the Enterprise Catalog package.

Task 1: Prepare for the installation

  1. Ensure that your Archer system meets the following requirements:
    • Archer Platform version 6.5 or later.
    • Valid license for Business Impact Analysis 6.5.
    • A user account on the Platform with access rights to the Data Feed Manager.
    • User account on Archer Community to download the required files.
  2. Download the use case file(s) from Archer Community.
  3. Download the Enterprise Catalog package from Archer Community.
  4. Obtain the Data Dictionary for the use case and the Data Dictionary for the Enterprise Catalog package by contacting your RSA Account Representative. A Data Dictionary contains configuration information.
  5. Read and understand "Packaging Data" in the Archer Platform Help.
  6. Review the What's New Guide to understand what is new in this release, and the Release Notes to identify any known or fixed issues before installing and configuring the use case and the Enterprise Catalog package.

Task 2: Update the license key

You must update the license key if you are installing a new application, questionnaire, workspace, or dashboard.

The administrator (a web or database administrator) on the server on which the Archer Control Panel resides must update the license key in the Archer Control Panel before the application package is imported in order for the new items to be available for use.

  1. Open the Archer Control Panel.
  2. From the Instance Management list, click to expand the Instances list.
  3. Right-click the instance that you want to update, and click Update License Key.
  4. Update the applicable information: Serial Number, Contact Info, and Activation Method.
  5. Click Activate.

Task 3: Install the packages

Installing a package requires that you import the package file, map the objects in the package to objects in the target instance, and then install the package. For more information, see Installing the Packages.

Task 4: Set up data feeds

You must import and schedule each use case data feed that you want to use. For more information, see Setting Up BIA Data Feeds.

Task 5: Test the installation

Test the Business Impact Analysis use case according to your company standards and procedures, to ensure that the use case works with your existing processes.