Add or manage Systems
Easily add or manage a System in your Nodinite Repository to streamline your integration landscape and boost operational clarity. This guide helps you:
- ✅ Add or update systems for instant documentation
- ✅ Link systems to services for seamless integration mapping
- ✅ Enhance system records with descriptions, websites, and custom fields
- ✅ Keep your repository accurate, actionable, and business-ready
Instructions
Add a new System or edit an existing one from the overview list. When you create a System, you can immediately associate it with a Service, enabling seamless integration mapping and documentation.
Mandatory Fields
Provide a Name to create the System.
The Add System page: fields on the left, the Custom Fields and Articles cards on the right.
Optional Fields
Add a Description and a Web Site to enhance your System's documentation.
- Description: Write a user-friendly summary to help your team and stakeholders understand the System's purpose.
- Web Site: Add a quick-access link for users. This often points to a WIKI or SharePoint site with further documentation, making it easy to find more details when needed.
- Tags: New 7.12 Add Tags to label the System. Find it later with Filter on Tag in the list, and tag many at once with With Selected > Manage Tags.
- C4 Properties: Expand to set how the System is drawn in C4 Diagrams, for example as a person or an external system; see Repository Properties for C4 Diagramming.
Custom Metadata
Add Custom Metadata, such as an owner or a business criticality, in the Custom Metadata section at the bottom of the page. Click Add Custom Metadata to add a field, and switch to Preview to see how it reads. See Add or manage Custom Metadata.
Articles
New 7.12
The Articles card lists the Articles that document the System, such as a contact list or an operations guide. Click Edit on the card to choose them. See The Articles Card on Repository Entities.
Custom Fields
Use the Repository Model to add Custom Fields and enrich your System's documentation. Capture unique attributes, compliance notes, or business context with Custom Fields, ensuring your integration repository is both comprehensive and tailored to your organization's needs.
Illustration: Add Custom Fields to document specific System details.
Next Steps
- Add or manage Custom Field
- Add or manage Service
- Add or manage Article
- Manage Systems - delete and restore Systems