Alfabet models are defined in a way different from ARIS models. Alfabet models do not always reference the objects they contain. Instead, the objects reference the models in which they are represented. Therefore, the import definition needs to specify where to find the model items: see items subelement.
<table name="BUSINESSPROCESSMODEL" arisgroupname="Business processes" aristype="MT_VAL_ADD_CHN_DGM" cxntypes="CT_IS_PRCS_ORNT_SUPER" isgroup="true">
<items table="BUSINESSPROCESS" property="model" symbol="ST_VAL_ADD_CHN_SML_2">
<attr alfabet="name" aris="AT_NAME" />
<attr alfabet="description" aris="AT_DESC" />
<attr alfabet="id" aris="AT_ID" />
<attr alfabet="version" aris="AT_REL_1" />
<cxn property="aris_guid" arisguid="unique" /> <!-- if used, use as unique ID and fix/check alfabet ID -->
<cxn property="diagrams" /> <!-- what is this? views? []BusinessProcessDiagram -->
<cxn property="documents" /> <!-- cannot be mapped -->
</table>
Table element
The use of this element is the same as described here. However, the overview-model XML property cannot be used in this context.
XML properties
'attr' subelement
Maps an Alfabet property value, for example , String, Date, etc. Reference or ReferenceArray properties are not allowed here.
<attr
alfabet="StartDate"
condition="Status"
value="Evaluation"
aris="AT_EVALUATION_START" />
<attr alfabet="EndDate" condition="Status" value="Evaluation" aris="AT_EVALUATION_END" />
<attr alfabet="StartDate" condition="Status" value="Pilot" aris="AT_TO_BE_PHASED_IN_START" />
<attr alfabet="EndDate" condition="Status" value="Pilot" aris="AT_TO_BE_PHASED_IN_END" />
In this case, the value of the "StartDate" property is written to the aris attribute "AT_EVALUATION_START" only if the alfabet property "Status" has the value "Evaluation", etc.
When used as a subelement of the <cxn> element (see below), the property is mapped to an attribute of the connection.
All XML properties
XML properties for conditional attribute import
'items' subelement of a table element
XML properties