BlueDolphin introduces a redesigned navigation experience and a new default Home page aligned with updated rebranding and product structure. This new Home page serves as the central entry point for users, while still preserving flexibility for existing customers who use a custom role-based start page.
The update delivers a more consistent and intuitive navigation model across the platform.
A new top navigation bar and main menu simplify access to key areas, and the addition of breadcrumbs helps users clearly understand their location and navigate efficiently within the cards.
This article provides an overview of the new navigation bar and menu structure, along with guidance on using it effectively.
Home Page Interface
The redesigned navigation introduces a cleaner layout and enhances usability, ensuring a consistent look, terminology, and experience across the platform.
The traditional dashboard has been replaced by a new Home page, which acts as the default landing page (if no custom start page is configured).
At a high level,
The Home page contains three primary cards:
Strategic Planning
Architecture Management
Solution Design: Projects is now Solution Design. Solution design is visible in the main menu (and home) if the add-on is enabled.
Quick Links – Direct access to frequently used features
Main Menu – Entry points to all the features in Bluedolphin
Home Page Cards
The Home page cards provide a structured entry point into BlueDolphin’s core use cases. They help you align the platform with Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) best practices.
The cards are organized around three primary domains:
Architecture Management
Strategic Planning
Solution Design
This structure strengthens the connection between user goals, navigation, and the overall architecture workflow.
BlueDolphin uses two types of cards:
Static cards – Fixed and non-interactive
Dynamic cards – Configurable by Admin users, with role-based customization
NOTE: To maintain consistency and clarity, you cannot repurpose, remove, rename, or reorder the primary cards and the cards within Strategic Planning and Architecture Management.
Breadcrumb Navigation
Breadcrumbs are introduced to improve orientation and navigation. It helps you stay oriented as you navigate through Home page cards and their underlying domains.
For example, Architecture Management → Application Portfolio Management → Application services, clearly showing your current location within a domain. As shown in the image, they display the full navigation path.
For detailed breadcrumb behavior, refer to Working with Views in Cards.
Roles & permissions in the cards
Admin Users
Admin can override the default SmartView with a public View from the three-dot menu. The connect or disconnect views option is available for the dynamic cards.
Non-Admin Users
Non-admin users can open cards only in read-only mode. The three-dot menu is not visible to them.
They can access linked resources (such as Smart Views or public views) but cannot modify card configurations.
Strategic Planning
The following cards are available in the Strategic Planning domain,
Business Model Canvas
Strategy Map
Principles
Capabilities
Value Streams
At this stage, all second-level cards are dynamic. Admins can connect these cards to a public view.
The Business Model Canvas and Strategy Map cards do not have Smart Views connected to them by default. You can leave them empty or connect them to a public view.
Architecture Management
The following cards are available in the Architecture Management domain,
Application Portfolio Management
Application overview: application component
Application services
Business Process Management
Process overview: business process
Data Architecture
Information model: business object
Data model: data object
Technology Management
Infrastructure overview: node
Software overview: system software
Technology services: technology service
All third-level cards (for example, Application Services, Data Object, and Infrastructure Overview) are dynamic. Admins can connect these cards to a public view.