🔀 Application landscape & dataflows

Map your systems and data —
one business function at a time.

Which systems exchange what data — and for which business process? Cartova turns that question into one interactive map. Sketch your systems and dataflows in minutes, filter by business function or customer journey, and see at a glance where personal data travels, what breaks when a system fails, and where your data actually comes from.

Cartova showing systems and dataflows on the interactive canvas
Your systems and dataflows on one interactive canvas — drop shots/cartova-hero.png here
1 map
Systems & dataflows, source to consumer
PII
Personal-data lens in one click
2D · 3D
Filter, animate, present
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Your data stays on your device

Nobody can see the data landscape.

Your application landscape lives in diagrams that are out of date the day they're drawn.

  • 🗺 Diagrams go stale

    Static Visio drawings never keep up. The moment a system or integration changes, the picture is wrong — and nobody trusts it.

  • 🔍 Personal data hides

    Where does personal data actually flow? Answering it means archaeology across spreadsheets, tickets and tribal knowledge.

  • 💥 Impact is guesswork

    If this system goes down, what stops? Without a live map of dependencies, impact analysis is a room full of assumptions.

Your application landscape on one interactive canvas

Cartova turns "which systems exchange what data, for which business process?" into a single interactive map. Draw your systems and the dataflows between them, and Cartova arranges everything from source to consumer with minimal crossing lines.

Filter to one business function or customer journey and the map reshapes to exactly that chain — then press play to watch the data move through it, step by step. Switch to 3D to present it in the boardroom.

Dataflows filtered by business function in Cartova
Dataflows by business function — drop shots/cartova-flows.png here

Everything you need to map, analyse and present dataflows

From a living map to privacy lenses and lineage — Cartova covers the full application-landscape workflow in one environment.

  • One living map of systems and dataflows

    Systems and dataflows automatically arranged from source to consumer with as few crossing lines as possible — re-optimised on every filter change. Switch to 3D for presentations.

  • Business functions as your lens

    Pick a business function or customer journey and the map reshapes to exactly that chain — with a play button that animates the flow sequence step by step.

  • Privacy in one click

    The PII lens shows only the systems and flows carrying personal data — your GDPR data landscape without spreadsheet archaeology.

  • Impact analysis & data lineage

    See instantly what is hit downstream when a system fails, and trace the path data travels between any two systems across the whole chain.

  • Data quality, guarded

    The quality report flags missing owners, unclassified flows and orphaned systems — so the map you present is a map you can trust.

  • Excel in, boardroom out

    Lossless Excel round-trip; exports to PowerPoint (editable shapes), PDF, Visio (.vsdx) and a shareable view-only copy.

Answer the questions that used to take weeks

Cartova keeps your application landscape current, explainable and presentable — so the hard questions about data become a click, not a project.

  • "Where does our personal data flow?" The PII lens isolates every system and flow that touches personal data.
  • "What breaks if this system fails?" Downstream impact highlighted across the chain instantly.
  • "Where does this data come from?" Trace lineage between any two systems, end to end.
  • "Show me the customer-onboarding journey." Filter to one business function and animate the flow.
  • "Is the model complete?" The quality report flags missing owners, unclassified flows and orphans.
  • "Put it in front of the board." Present in 2D or 3D, export editable slides and diagrams.
PII lens highlighting personal-data flows in Cartova
PII lens — drop shots/cartova-pii.png here

Built for architecture, privacy and IT

Enterprise and solution architects, privacy officers and DPOs, IT management and analysts who want the application landscape current, explainable and presentable — with financial institutions (asset management, pensions, health insurance) as the home market.

  • 🏛 Enterprise & solution architects

    Keep the application landscape live and explainable — no more static diagrams that are wrong the day they're drawn.

  • 🔐 Privacy officers & DPOs

    See your GDPR data landscape at a glance with the PII lens, and evidence where personal data flows.

  • 🖥 IT management & analysts

    Run impact analysis and data lineage on demand, and present it to the board without rebuilding charts.

Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, Visio — and a shareable viewer

A lossless Excel round-trip in and out, plus board-ready and diagramming exports for every stakeholder.

  • .xlsx

    Excel round-trip

    Import your systems and dataflows from Excel and export them back losslessly — your single source of truth stays in sync.

  • .pptx

    PowerPoint — editable shapes

    Your landscape as native, editable PowerPoint shapes — real objects you can restyle, not a flat screenshot.

  • .pdf

    PDF

    A clean, shareable PDF of the current view for reports and governance packs.

  • .vsdx

    Visio diagram

    Export to native Visio for teams that live in the Visio diagramming toolchain.

  • .html

    Shareable view-only copy

    A self-contained, read-only copy — safe to distribute to stakeholders who need to look, not edit.

  • .png

    PNG snapshot

    High-resolution snapshot of the current view for emails and slide decks.

Open it and go. No cloud required.

Cartova shares the SupplyVisual foundation: a browser-native application with no vendor backend. Run it locally, host it inside your own environment, or use it on iPad — everything local and offline.

  • Local (Windows / Mac)

    Double-click the standalone file — no install, no admin rights, no companion files.

  • Self-hosted

    Drop the single file on any web host or inside your tenant (Azure, Cloudflare, intranet) — one URL, organisation-wide access.

  • iPad & iPhone

    Works on iPad and iPhone with Apple Pencil support — sketch and present your landscape anywhere, fully offline.

  • Desktop app

    Native desktop build — data stored on disk, nothing sent to a vendor backend.

No shared backend. Your data stays in your environment.

A browser-native architecture is the security model. Sensitive system, dataflow and PII information stays on your machine or inside your own infrastructure — never on a vendor backend.

  • No shared backend. Run it as a single file or a dedicated instance in your own environment — there is no vendor backend to breach.
  • Data stays in your environment. Saved as local files or within your own instance — nothing is sent to a vendor.
  • Browser-native. No client install, no admin rights, no agent.
  • Offline capable. Keep working without connectivity.
  • PII stays yours. Personal-data mapping never leaves your device.
  • View-only sharing. A read-only copy is safe to send to stakeholders.
  • Single-file app
  • Canvas + WebGL
  • 3D presentations
  • Excel round-trip
  • Visio export
  • No install required
  • iPad / iPhone (Apple Pencil)
  • Self-hostable

Start free. Go unlimited for $99. Scale by appointment.

Use it free on iPad for models up to 15 nodes, or take a per-user subscription for unlimited use. For desktop, web, organisation-wide licensing or a live demo, book a meeting.

  • Free

    $0 iPad · up to 15 nodes

    • The full app on iPad — build and explore up to 15 nodes.
    • Fully offline; no account, data stays on your device.
    • 2D & 3D, business-function lens, PII lens and exports.
    • Free forever within the 15-node limit.
    Get it on the App Store

    Download free — no signup, no card.

  • Enterprise & demo

    By appointment quote-based

    • Desktop, web and self-hosted — organisation-wide licensing.
    • Managed-device rollout (MDM / Apple Business Manager).
    • Tailored onboarding and optional custom data analysis.
    • Live demo on your own landscape.
    Book a meeting

    Book a demo or enterprise licence — we’ll set up a call.

Demo & enquiries

See Cartova on your own landscape

Book a live demo, ask about pricing and enterprise licensing, or submit your systems / dataflow inventory for a customised setup.

Or email [email protected]. We typically reply within one business day.