Created by N Padmavathi on Mar 24, 2023


This tile:

  • needs to be configured manually in CAST Engineering Dashboard ≤ 2.3.1 (in later releases it is available out of the box)
  • requires the OMG Technical Debt extension to be installed - if the extension is not installed, the tile will display N/A for values

OMG Technical Debt tile is available out of the box (in ≥ 2.3.1) displaying the Total Technical Debt (OMG) in days for the current Application, as well as Added and Removed OMG Technical Debt in days for the current snapshot:

Configuration

  • type: tile type has to be OMGTechnicalDebt
  • parameters:
    • business: can be set to:
      • 1061000 (based on ISO-5055 index, installed by default in AIP Console) only for version ≥ 2.x of the extension
      • 60017 (based on TQI from AIP Core) only for version ≥ 2.x of the extension
      • 1062100 (based on CISQ Index) for any release of the extension (requires that the CISQ Index is installed)
  • color: tile color
  • other parameters for sizing and positioning of the tile - see Tile Sizing and Positioning.

Example

For v. ≥ 2.x based on ISO-5055 Index (default configuration):

{
	"type":"OMGTechnicalDebt",
	"parameters":{
		"business":"1061000" },
	"color":"blue-dark",
	"col":1,
	"row":4,
	"sizex":2,
	"sizey":1,
	"min-sizex":1,
	"min-sizey":1,
	"max-sizey":1,
	"max-sizex":2
},

For v. ≥ 2.x based on AIP Core TQI:

{
	"type":"OMGTechnicalDebt",
	"parameters":{
		"business":"60017" },
	"color":"blue-dark",
	"col":1,
	"row":4,
	"sizex":2,
	"sizey":1,
	"min-sizex":1,
	"min-sizey":1,
	"max-sizey":1,
	"max-sizex":2
},

For v. ≥ 2.x based on CISQ Index data:

{
	"type":"OMGTechnicalDebt",
	"parameters":{
		"business":"1062100" },
	"color":"blue-dark",
	"col":1,
	"row":4,
	"sizex":2,
	"sizey":1,
	"min-sizex":1,
	"min-sizey":1,
	"max-sizey":1,
	"max-sizex":2
},


For v. 1.x:

{
	"type":"OMGTechnicalDebt",
    "parameters":{
        "business":"1062100"
	 },
     "color":"orange",
     "col":7,
     "row":1,
     "sizex":2,
     "sizey":1,
     "min-sizex":1,
     "min-sizey":1,
     "max-sizey":1,
     "max-sizex":2
},

Drill down behaviour

Clicking this tile will drill down to the Risk investigation view with Technical Debt (OMG) with the ISO-5055 Assessment Model selected. If the tile has been manually edited and re-configured to show either TQI (AIP Core) or CISQ Index data, the drill down will also change as shown below:

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ISO-5055 data (default)

TQI data (AIP Core)

CISQ Index data

You can also switch to showing Violations instead of Technical Debt (OMG) values from the drop-down list:

 

In the rule details section, there is a dedicated section called "Technical Debt (OMG)", which will show the details (Total, Added, Removed, and No. of occurrences):

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In the source code view, a Technical Debt (OMG) section is displayed, showing object level details on the Adjustment Factor, Unadjusted Effort (in mins) and Adjusted Efforts (in mins):

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