Create attribute type symbols

Attribute type symbols are graphic representations of attribute type values. They can be placed in models instead of the actual attribute values. You can use the default symbols of ARIS Method or user-defined symbols. Use ARIS Symbol Editor to create user-defined symbols (Start > Programs > ARIS > Administration).

Prerequisite

You are a configuration administrator, configuration administrator for this tenant.

Procedure

  1. In ARIS Architect, 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 symbols, and in the list select the symbol that you want to assign as the basis of the new one.

  5. Right-click the symbol, and select New New > Derive symbol. The Symbol Wizard opens.

  6. Specify the relevant settings and click Finish.

The selected symbol is added to the list of attribute type symbols, and you can assign it to attribute values. The size of the base symbol is used for the new symbol. Attribute symbols with the numbers 1288 – 1290 indicate the sizes recommended by Software AG. The new symbol can be addressed via the base symbol using a script.

To have access to user-defined method extensions for modeling, users must log out of all databases. The method extensions must be assigned to individual items and to a filter. Users logging in based on this filter can use these method extensions when modeling. You can make method extensions available to databases on another tenant by exporting method filters and transferring the method extensions during the subsequent filter import.

No method help (Ctrl+F1) is available for user-defined types.

To be able to continue using user attributes from previous versions you must import the previous filters that contain all user attributes of the database. These user attributes are created and thus become visible only due to the filter import. Please restore the database of the previous version on your current tenant after the import.

See also

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