Created by N Padmavathi, last modified by James Hurrell on May 10, 2021

Introduction

A Technical Debt - OMG tile is displayed, at both single and multi Application level:

Data displayed in the above tile relies on the presence of the OMG Technical Debt extension, therefore if you have not installed the extension the tile will show "N/A". This page explains how to remove this tile from the single-application level and its associated drill-down data if it is not required.

Removing the Technical Debt - OMG tile at single-application level

To remove the Technical Debt (OMG) tile and the data from Trends detailed view follow the below steps:

  • Step 1 - app.json changes
  • Step 2 - app-navigation.json changes
  • Step 3 - Apply changes

Step 1 - app.json changes

Edit the app.json file:

WAR 1.x
CATALINA_HOME\webapps\<dashboard>\portal\resources\app.json

WAR ≥ 2.x
CATALINA_HOME\webapps\<dashboard>\WEB-INF\classes\config\hd\app.json

ZIP ≥ 2.x
<unpacked_zip>\configurations\config\hd\app.json

Locate the following sections and delete them. These may not be consecutively listed in the file therefore CAST recommends searching for the IDs 208 and 209 to locate the sections:

{
          "id": 208,
          "plugin": "SizingMeasureResult",
          "color": "yellow",
          "parameters": {
            "title": "Technical Debt (OMG)",
            "sizingMeasure": {"id": "OMG_TECHNICAL_DEBT", "format": "0,0", "description": "Days"}
          }
        },


{
          "id": 209,
          "plugin": "SizingMeasureEvolution",
          "color": "purple",
          "parameters": {
            "widget":"line",
            "title": "Technical Debt (OMG)",
            "sizingMeasure": {"id": "OMG_TECHNICAL_DEBT", "format": "0,0"}
          }
        }

Step 2 - app-navigation.json changes

Note that in ≥ 1.23, the app-navigation.json file has been removed, therefore there is no need to follow this step.

Edit the app-navigation.json file:

CATALINA_HOME\webapps\<dashboard>\portal\resources\internal\app-navigation.json

Remove this entire section from the file:

{
	"id": "OMGTechDebt",
	"plugin": "DetailView",
	"parameters": {
		"order": "descending",
		"mode": null,
		"title": "Technical Debt (OMG)",
		"format": "0,000",
		"description": "",
		"indicators": [
			{
				"key": "1062100",
				"name": "Technical Debt (Total)"
			},
			{
				"key": "1062103",
				"name": "Technical Debt (Reliability)"
			},
			{
				"key": "1062104",
				"name": "Technical Debt (Security)"
			},
			{
				"key": "1062102",
				"name": "Technical Debt (Performance Efficiency)"
			},
			{
				"key": "1062101",
				"name": "Technical Debt (Maintainability)"
			}
		]
	}
},

If you are using CAST Dashboards ≤ 1.21, then you will also need to remove the following section from the app-navigation.json file:

{
	"id": "OMGTechDebt",
	"description": "Technical Debt (OMG)",
	"indicators": [
		{
			"description": "Total",
			"id": "1062100",
			"format": "0,0.0",
			"selected": true
		},
		{
			"description": "Reliability",
			"id": "1062103",
			"format": "0,0.0",
			"selected": false
		},
		{
			"description": "Security",
			"id": "1062104",
			"format": "0,0.0",
			"selected": false
		},
		{
			"description": "Performance",
			"id": "1062102",
			"format": "0,0.0",
			"selected": false
		},
		{
			"description": "Maintainability",
			"id": "1062101",
			"format": "0,0.0",
			"selected": false
		}
	]
},

Step 3 - Apply changes

To ensure the changes are taken into account, the web applications needs to be restarted and browser cache should be emptied.