Analyze application impact

This topic describes how to perform an application impact analysis, which searches for applications by servers or devices.

Sort search results by name, date modified, or connectivity, and view any application flows relevant to the search.

Note: This search feature only returns active, pending, and draft revisions. It does not search history or rejected revisions.

Do the following:

  1. From the AppViz HOME page, in the Impact Analysis area, complete the fields of the Impact Analysis widget according to the Impact Analysis fields table, below:

    Impact Analysis fields

    Servers

    Type a server name or IP address for the server you want to search for, or click Network object lookup to select a server using the Server Lookup wizard. For details, see Business applications.

    Devices

    Type a device name.

    Vulnerabilities

    Type the CVE identifier or vulnerability description.

    Note: Relevant only when vulnerability assessment is configured.

  2. Click Search at the bottom of the Impact Analysis widget.

    The Search Results appear in the workspace.

Each application appears with the following information:

  • date the application was last modified
  • lifecycle phase
  • revision status

Do any of the following:

  • Sort the applications shown. Select an option from the Sort by field at the top of the page.
  • View the flows for a specific application that are relevant to your search. Click the to the left of the application.
  • Export search result data. Click . Exported data includes application, sources, destinations, services, comment, and name.