Ardoq Fundamentals

Set up the foundation for digital transformation in your organization. Get started by learning the basic parts of Ardoq.

18 articles in this collection
Written by Ian, John Sloat, Pia Therese Roland and 4 others

What is Ardoq?

Learn about Ardoq, a collaborative, easy-to-use and intuitive tool that helps you describe your organization as a digital twin.

Written by Pia Therese Roland
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Product and Use Case Introductions

Getting Started with IT Lifecycle Management

Learn how to manage your IT infrastructure lifecycle in Ardoq to increase security, minimize downtime, and reduce costs.

Written by Jacqueline S.
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Getting Started with Application Lifecycle Management

Increase security, reduce risk, and maximize cost savings by monitoring the different phases applications go through during their lifetime.

Written by Jacqueline S.
Updated this week

Scenarios: How to Analyze the Impact Of Change

Discover how to design alternate futures, evaluate their impact, and achieve desired business goals.

Written by Ian
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Getting started with Application Rationalization

Learn what Application Rationalization is, what it entails, and why it is important for your organization.

Written by Jacqueline S.
Updated this week

In-depth articles

How to Manually Create a Survey

Learn how to filter components exposed in the survey, create questions, and get a peek at advanced features through this step-by-step guide.

Written by Yamini Jayaram
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What Is a Workspace?

Workspaces help you manage communication, permissions, and collaboration by grouping all of your components in one place.

Written by John Sloat
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What Is a Component?

Learn everything about components, the core data elements in Ardoq. They can represent anything that's important to your organization.

Written by John Sloat
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What Is a Reference?

Learn how references connect components, and why they are first-class data objects in their own right.

Written by Pia Therese Roland
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What Is a Field?

Components and references can have user-defined fields in Ardoq, allowing you to add critical metadata.

Written by John Sloat
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Metamodels

Metamodels define the structure of your components and references through one-on-one relationships with your workspaces.

Written by John Sloat
Updated over a week ago

How to Make a Workspace

Follow this step-by-step description on how to make a workspace to get started with setting up Ardoq.

Written by Per Fjelddalen
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Manage Component Types and Metamodel

Learn how to change the name, color, shape, or image of your components within your model to reflect your organization's framework.

Written by Pia Therese Roland
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Metamodel Editor

Find out how you can edit the metamodel that you are using for your active workspace in only a few clicks.

Written by Pia Therese Roland
Updated over a week ago

How to visualize your data

See how you can get real-time insights across your strategic and operational landscapes through business-friendly visualizations.

Written by Simon Wilkes
Updated over a week ago

How to create references

Go through this step-by-step guide on how to create a references and reference types, and learn how to connect components.

Written by Pia Therese Roland
Updated over a week ago

How to Create Fields

Learn how to create fields that allow you to add critical metadata by following this step-by-step description.

Written by Pia Therese Roland
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How to create components

Follow this step-by-step description on how to create components, the core data elements in your workspace.

Written by Pia Therese Roland
Updated over a week ago