Create attribute type with values

Define your own attribute types, for which different values can be selected. Specify that different symbols are to be displayed for the values if symbols are placed.

Below is an example of how you can show the values placed in the model or represent them with a symbol.

Prerequisite

You are a configuration administrator for this tenant.

Procedure

  1. Click ARIS > Show Administration Administration. The Administration tab opens.
  2. Click Navigation Navigation in the bar panel if the Navigation bar is not activated yet.
  3. In the navigation, click Configuration Configuration > Method Method.
  4. Click Method Attribute types.
  5. Click New New > Attribute Attribute type in the Start tab bar. The wizard opens.
  6. Select the Value data type in the Data type box.
  7. In the Name box, enter the relevant name, for example, Coverage.
  8. Specify the relevant settings and click Next. The Select attribute type group page opens.
  9. Specify the relevant settings and click Next. The Values and symbols page opens.
  10. Click the Select button of the Not specified box. The Select symbol dialog opens.
  11. Select the Minus attribute symbol Minus symbol, and click OK. If the attribute is placed later in the modeling area as a symbol and no value is selected, this character indicates that a value has not been selected yet.
  12. Click the Add button. A new value table is inserted in which you can enter the relevant value.
  13. Enter 100.
  14. Click Browse Browse in the Symbol column. The Symbols dialog opens.
  15. Select the Low coverage attribute symbol Low coverage symbol. If the attribute is later placed in the modeling area as a symbol and the value 100 is selected, this character is displayed.
  16. Similarly, insert the values 200 and 300, and assign the Moderate attribute symbol Average coverage and Maximum attribute symbol Maximum coverage symbols to them.
  17. Click Finish to close the Attribute Type Wizard. The new attribute type is added to the list. To ensure that the new attribute type is available in the databases currently open, you must close them and log in again.
  18. Click OK to close the Attribute placement dialog.

The attribute type is created and can be assigned to the method items for which it is to be specified.

See also

Create attribute types

Assign attribute type

What are attribute type symbols for?

How can user-defined method items in scripts be called?