You can import an AMEFF file with ArchiMate® 3.x models into a group and specify whether the import should update existing models and objects or create new ones.
Prerequisites
Procedure
Depending on your settings, the ArchiMate® content is imported into the group or the import is simulated. The result dialog informs you about the file import. You can see tabs for the import result, which show messages about issues with imported models, for imported objects, and for imported groups. For each imported model and object, you can find information about thier name, type, state (new or updated), path, and original path (if they have been moved). For each imported group, you can find information about its name, state (new or updated), path, and original path.
Warning
If the import file contains custom viewpoints that are not configured yet in the ARIS method, the Ignore ArchiMate import issues dialog is displayed.
If you click OK, the import will continue. However, concepts from the custom viewpoints that are not configured yet are instead depicted on an ArchiMate model (3.1) model type instead.
To import custom viewpoints, you must first create and map them in the import configuration.
Note
After the import a warning will be displayed if implicit relationships are used on models. Implicit relationships (used for 'box in box' modeling) are allowed by the ArchiMate® standard. Such relationships are captured as connections in the ARIS repository. Therefore, a warning of this kind does not indicate that information is lost during import.