# Read vendor maps

Explore vendor criticality and the data vendors process.

> **Access:** member. Subject to enabled modules and your plan.

## Prerequisites

Maps use vendors you can access. Vendor mapping and processing-register generation depend on the features enabled in your plan.

## Criticality map

1. Open the map from the **Suppliers** register.
2. Filter criticality levels and status.
3. Locate vendors in the radar and review their assessment state.
4. Open the vendor record to investigate and check the date and context of its criticality.

The map represents existing data; it does not perform a new assessment.

## Data map

1. Open the register’s **Data map**.
2. Filter by role and data category.
3. Review categories, countries, transfer mechanisms and data-processing agreement status.
4. If enabled, use processing-register generation and review the confirmation and result.

A missing agreement or empty field needs investigation. Generation assists register preparation and requires a business review before use.

## Expected outcome and troubleshooting

You identify priority vendors and missing information. For an empty map, clear filters and check access. If generation is unavailable, ask an administrator to check the plan and activation. [Dependency maps](https://docs.cisapp.eu/en/reporting/dependencies) analyze another aspect: the relationship between activities and vendors.

Data mapping and register generation are **beta** features in the illustrated version.