Hello everyone,

It took me a while to post here, but over the last few days I prepared an important update for the EssentialOpen project ([ https://github.com/terryvel/EssentialOpen ]).

The main goal was to simplify the deployment experience of Essential Open Source as much as possible, providing ...

Hi everyone,

Quick update: I’ve shared on GitHub the code I’ve developed so far for the web-based admin interface for Essential Open Source:

Essential Open Admin: https://github.com/terryvel/essential-open-admin

The project is already minimally functional (add, remove, and associate items), but ...

Hi everyone,

We’ve had a two-day holiday here in Brazil, and I used some of that free time to move forward with an initiative I wanted to share with you:

I’m developing a web-based administration interface for Essential Open Source.

It already integrates with the project I shared recently ...

Hi Paul,
Take a look at https://github.com/terryvel/essential-o ... age-editor maybe could help.

Hi Holger, Count me in, challenge accepted!

Where can we start?

Hello everyone,

I just added a new editor to the Essential Open One Page Editor repository.

This one is for handling Business Domains and Business Capabilities. With it, you can easily manage the relationships and hierarchies between them.

I'm still open to suggestions ;)

Screenshots

https ...

Hi everyone,

I’m excited to share a new open-source project I’ve been working on:

Essential Open API .

It’s a Python Flask API designed to interact with Protégé and Essential Open Source, offering dynamic access to classes, instances, and relationships defined in the Essential Meta-Model. The ...

Hi Holger and Neil,

Thanks, Holger, for your post, it inspired me to update the scripts in the EssentialOpen project.
And many thanks to Neil as well for publishing the new releases, truly appreciated!

You can check the updates here: https://github.com/terryvel/EssentialOpen

Best regards

I use the C4 methodology for Arch diagrams using their Diagrams As Code Structurizr language.

I've also been very successful in pulling in the C4 diagrams in to Essential via the Api in certain areas

C4 softwareSystems become application providers.
Relationships become dependancies in a static ...

Hi, Guys, look at this post. Maybe could be useful for you. viewtopic.php?p=32741#p32741

Hi,

Does Essential Open Source (or Cloud/Docker versions) support exporting BMPN 2.0? So that business processes models can be imported/consumed in other Business Process Management Solutions (e.g. Oracle BPM, SAP IBPM, or SoftwareAG webMethods) ?

Thanks.


Hi alikassem, look at this post ...

John

Are the Business_Activity and Business_Task classes used in essential viewer? I couldn't see a page that referenced them.


Hi, Ben, look at this post. Present the Business Activities and Business Tasks in a BPMN flow could be a possibility. https://enterprise-architecture.org/forums ...

We are considering purchasing the Cloud version of Essential, for this I have a question, we currently have information in another Architecture tool, which has BPMN process flow diagrams, is it possible to migrate these diagrams so that they can be seen in the viewer of the cloud version?

Thanks ...

Hi everyone,

I’ve just added a new Process Editor to the Essential Open One Page Editor repository.

With this editor you can quickly create processes in a hierarchical structure and capture the core attributes. It currently supports:

Fields: ID, Name, Description
Hierarchy: add processes and ...

Yes, you can both create new views and edit existing ones.

Views are XSLT-based reports. An XSL (XSLT) file is a small template that transforms the model’s XML data into the HTML you see in the Viewer.

To create a new view you can:
Copy an existing report .xsl and adjust it to your needs.
In ...

Hi John,

Absolutely! Please go ahead and promote it and help spread the word :D . It’ll be a pleasure to contribute to the community.

I’ve just published a new one-page editor for the Business Strategy Overview and Strategic Goals Model. If there are specific interfaces where Cloud/Docker ...

Hi everyone! I’m sharing Essential Open One Page Editor , a set of standalone HTML editors that make it easier to collect data for the Essential Project .

What it does

Import / export JSON
Export .dup packages compatible with Essential Open Source , Docker , and Cloud
Currently includes ...

JohnM wrote: 20 May 2025, 07:54 Terry,

This is great thanks. Are you OK if we put these on the Free Downloads part of the web site and credit you?

John

Sure, you can certainly share it on the Free Downloads part of the web site!

Considering that Essential Docker/Cloud has three distinct repositories and three separate viewers, how is the information transported or synchronized between these repositories? Should I register the information in all repositories — that is, does each new application added to the pre-production ...

Is it possible to change the Target Viewer URLs in the Essential Docker setup?

I'd like to make the following changes:

https://myeasite/viewer_1/ → https://myeasite/prod/
https://myeasite.com.br/viewer_2/ → https://myeasite.com.br/pre-prod/
https://myeasite.com.br/viewer_3/ → https://myeasite.com ...

You can follow this path to have a entire Essential Open Source version running using Docker.

https://enterprise-architecture.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=3086

Just ignore "Deploy on Azure" steps if you want.


Thanks,

I was trying to develop it in a docker desktop in Windows, but I have ...

You can follow this path to have a entire Essential Open Source version running using Docker.

viewtopic.php?f=21&t=3086

Just ignore "Deploy on Azure" steps if you want.

Hi everyone, I'm back again, this time to share a set of import files I created based on the APQC Process Classification Framework (PCF) - Cross-Industry - Version 7.4 . You can find the official APQC PCF here: APQC PCF Cross-Industry Version 7.4 .

To structure these files, I used the PCF LEVELS ...

Hello Essential Community,

I am pleased to share the Portuguese (Brazil) translation files for the Essential Open Source. This contribution aims to make the platform more accessible to Portuguese-speaking users.

Included Files:

pt-br.xml : Translation file to be placed in the language folder ...

I'm happy to help, if you have any questions, you can count on me.

Fisrt:

Is it possible to change the order of Business_Driver on "View: Strategic Summary"? It seems that the deposition is based on create order of elements.

Second:
I have filled in the necessary items for the "View: Strategic Goals Summary" following the step-by-step guide "How to fill in the ...

Hi everyone, I created some scripts to deploy Essential Open Source on Azure, I'm sharing them here and I hope it's useful to someone!

You can use part of the scripts just to have a local version running on Docker!

https://github.com/terryvel/EssentialOpen

Thanks JohnM, but I'm using Open Source.

File ext/shared/ess_set_up_manager.xsl not found.

Is there any place where I can download the file 'ess_set_up_manager.xsl' or the entire shared folder?