Integrations Inventory and Attributes

The Integrations Inventory has its most direct relationship with the Applications Inventory and Attributes. Applications are the most common entity type appearing as source or target in integration records. Every Application record in the Applications Inventory can carry a Calculated attribute for integration count — derived from this inventory by counting all records where the Application appears as source or target. The Integrations Inventory is authoritative for integration records; the Applications Inventory is authoritative for Application records. The connecting attributes are the Source Entity Semantic ID and Target Entity Semantic ID on the integration side, matched to Application Semantic IDs on the application side.

The Integrations Inventory feeds the Software Technologies Inventory (not yet published — refer to the IF4IT Enterprise Inventory Management Best Practices document). Every distinct Integration Technology value across all integration records nominates a Software Technology record. The Integrations Inventory is the primary discovery source for integration tooling in the enterprise. Once the Software Technologies Inventory is published, the Integration Technology attribute will be formally linked to Software Technology Semantic IDs.

The Integrations Inventory connects to the Capabilities Inventory and Attributes. Integrations enable Capabilities — a Capability that requires data from another system depends on an integration to deliver it. The Integrations Inventory records which integrations support which capabilities through its Related Capabilities relationship attribute.

The Integrations Inventory connects to the Data and Information Types Inventory (not yet published — refer to the IF4IT Enterprise Inventory Management Best Practices document). The Integration Payload attribute describes the business-level content of each integration; the Data and Information Types Inventory will provide the formal taxonomy to which those payloads are mapped. When published, Integration Payload values will be linked to Data and Information Type Semantic IDs.

The Integrations Inventory connects to the Environments Inventory (not yet published — refer to the IF4IT Enterprise Inventory Management Best Practices document) through its Source Environment and Target Environment attributes. Every integration record documents which environments its source and target occupy, including External. When the Environments Inventory is published, environment values will be linked to Environment Semantic IDs.

The Integrations Inventory connects to the Data Sensitivity Types Inventory (not yet published — refer to the IF4IT Enterprise Inventory Management Best Practices document). The Data Sensitivities attribute on each integration record maps to formal Data Sensitivity Type records in that inventory, enabling enterprise-level queries across sensitivity classifications and their governing regulatory obligations.