Create project configuration

Project managers must create project configurations so that all functions for exchanging data between ARIS and SAP® Solution Manager are available to the users. All data transfer options are defined in these configurations for each SAP® project. Users can change synchronization options only if you allow changes in the project configuration.

Prerequisite

Procedure

  1. In ARIS Architect, click ARIS > Show Administration Administration.

  2. Click Navigation Navigation in the bar panel if the Navigation bar is not activated yet.

  3. Open the folder Group SAP > Project configurations (SAP Solution Manager 7.1).

  4. In the Start tab bar, click New New > SAP® Server. The Register SAP® Server dialog opens.

  5. Select the SAP® Server on which the project is managed, and click OK. The SAP® Server is displayed in the table.

  6. Select the entry, and click Edit Edit. The SAP® Server settings dialog opens.

  7. Enter the Web service URL, and enable the Turn off warning about different release versions check box, if required.

    URL that is used, among other things, for downloading the repository and scenario pool.

    Ensure that the Web services are activated and in the Web service URL box, enter the following URL:

    http://server:8000/sap/bc/solman/bpr?sap-client=<client>.

    The Web services must be accessible via the URL. This is not possible for SAP Server groups with load balancing.

    Blocks warnings during synchronization.

    For example, if different versions of the ST and ST-ICO SAP® components are found, data may not be synchronized correctly. If you enable this check box, warnings are blocked.

    The Web services must be accessible via the URL. This is not possible for SAP Server groups with load balancing. You can retrieve the URL from the corresponding SAP® system.

  8. Double-click the SAP® Server that was added in the table, and select New New. The SAP® logon dialog opens.

  9. Log on to the SAP® system. The Create project configuration dialog opens.

  10. Select the project for which you want to create the configuration, and click OK.

  11. Enable the Test project check box if you want to make a project available for use in Test Designer. You can transfer test projects from SAP® Solution Manager, but you cannot synchronize them.

    The project is displayed on the SAP® system tab and in the Navigation bar.

  12. Double-click the project. The Project configuration tab is activated. The overview displays all pages for which you need to set the options. Thus, you ensure that users can only select the settings you specified when transferring data.

  13. Select the options for transferring data from SAP Solution Manager to ARIS.

    1. Click the Transfer data to ARIS page in the Navigation bar. The default options selected are displayed in a table.

    2. Click Edit Edit.The Synchronization Wizard starts.

    3. If you want to prevent users from selecting custom synchronization settings, disable the corresponding option on the Allow changes page.

    4. Click Next, and select the settings for data synchronization of structural elements on the Transfer structural elements page.

    5. Click Next, and select the settings for data synchronization of executables on the Transfer executables page.

    6. Click Next, and select the settings for data synchronization of deleted elements on the Delete elements page.

    7. Click Next, and select the settings for data synchronization of documents, master data, and organizational units on the Transfer assignments page.

    8. Click Next, and select the settings for data transfer of end user roles on the Transfer end user roles page.

  14. Select the options for transferring data from ARIS to SAP Solution Manager.

    1. Click the Transfer data to SAP® Solution Manager page in the Navigation bar. The default options selected are displayed in a table.

    2. Click Edit Edit. The Synchronization Wizard starts.

    3. If you want to prevent users from selecting custom synchronization settings, disable the corresponding option on the Allow changes page.

    4. Click Next, and select the settings for data synchronization of structural elements on the Transfer structural elements page.

    5. Click Next, and select the settings for data synchronization of executables and documents on the Transfer executables and documents page.

    6. Click Next, and select the settings for data synchronization of deleted elements on the Delete elements page.

    7. Click Next, and select the settings for data synchronization of documents, master data, and organizational units on the Transfer assignments page.

    8. Click Next, and select the settings for data transfer of end user roles on the Transfer end user roles page.

    9. Click Next, and select the settings for the transfer of documents on the Transfer documentation page.

  15. Select the available document types for the project.

    1. Click Document types. The overview of settings is displayed.

    2. Click Edit Edit. The Assign document types dialog opens.

    3. If document types are not yet displayed, click Import document types. All document types created in SAP® Solution Manager are transferred and are available for this tenant.

    4. In the Available document types box, select all types that are to be available when creating documents and included when synchronizing documents.

    5. Transfer your selection to the Selected document types box using the arrow key.

    6. In the Selected document types box, select the required types. Documents that were created in ARIS and transferred to SAP Solution Manager® 7.2 can be deleted using the SAP® synchronization.

    7. Transfer your selection to the Allow to delete in SAP box using the arrow key.

    8. If required, specify additional settings and click OK.

    The document types are included when creating documents, deleting, and synchronizing documents.

  16. Select the available document status values for the project.

    1. Click Document status. The overview of settings is displayed.

    2. Click Edit Edit. The Assign document status dialog opens.

    3. If document status values are not yet displayed, click Import values. All document status values created in SAP® Solution Manager are transferred and are available for this tenant.

    4. In the Possible values box, select all status values that are to be available when creating documents and included when synchronizing documents.

    5. Transfer your selection using the arrow keys. The status values are displayed in the Selected values box.

    6. If required, specify additional settings and click OK.

    The document status values are included when creating documents and synchronizing documents.

  17. Select the method configuration for the project.

    1. Click Method configuration. The overview of settings is displayed.

    2. Click Edit Edit. The Edit method configuration dialog opens.

    3. Enable the Use method configuration check box and click Method configurations. The Method Configuration Wizard opens.

    4. Select the relevant symbol and model types, the allocation diagrams, and the BPMN lane assignment on the Blueprint page to map the Business Blueprint structure. You cannot change the Function object type.

    5. Click Next, and select the required object, symbol, and connection types to map the items that are managed in the Master data and Organizational units folders in the SAP® system.

    6. Click Next, and select the required object, symbol, and connection types to map the items that are managed on the End user roles tab in the SAP system.

    7. Click Next, and select the required object, symbol, and connection types to map the items that are managed on the listed tabs in the SAP system - General documentation, Project documentation, Test cases, and Training documentation.

    8. Click Next, and select the required object, symbol, and connection types to map the items that are managed on the System landscape tab in the SAP system.

    9. Click Next and verify your settings.

    10. Click Finish. The method configuration is created. This configuration is now applied whenever you download the SAP® synchronization for this project.

    11. Check the method configuration using a backed up database to rule out the possibility of unwanted changes.

  18. Select the attribute assignment for the project.

    1. Click Attribute assignment. The overview of settings is displayed.

    2. Click Edit Edit.

    3. Click Import SAP® attributes.

      The SAP® attributes column displays all attributes of the registered SAP® default server that are assigned in SAP® Solution Manager. Attributes transferred earlier are now updated. Only text, single, and multi-value attributes are transferred.

      The Data type column shows data types maintained for customer attributes. Customer attributes with Undefined data type cannot be assigned to ARIS attributes. Attribute values can be specified only for customer attributes of the Value data type. If required, create new attributes to be used for the assignment.

    4. Click Customer attributes if a data type for a required attribute is undefined. The Manage Customer attributes dialog opens.

    5. Move to the row of the required attribute, click Down arrow, and select the data type.

    6. Click OK to return to the Edit attribute assignment dialog.

    7. Click (...) in the ARIS attributes column, and select the attribute to be used for the corresponding SAP® attribute.

      Ensure that the attributes are properly assigned. Assigning an SAP® attribute to different ARIS attributes is not allowed. If required, create new attributes with single values or multi-line text attributes to be used for the assignment. You can assign only ARIS attributes that are not used by SAP, such as SAP ID.

      The Valid for column lists the SAP item types the attribute is valid for. This information is required to correctly assign attributes. Only attributes that match the related ARIS object types are shown. This means that you only see attributes, for example, for Screen objects, if the SAP attribute is only available for executables. ARIS attributes for Function and Information carrier objects are listed if the SAP attribute is available for structural items and documents.

      For executables, interfaces, and documents, customer attributes can be transferred from the SAP system to ARIS and vice versa. Attributes for Screen and Information carrier object types can be assigned. This means you must use the same ARIS attributes for all objects if the objects share the same attribute in SAP Solution Manager. If an incorrect attribute assignment is made, for example, an ARIS attribute valid only for Screen objects is assigned to a SAP attribute that is only valid for structural elements, the attribute assignment is ignored by the SAP synchronization.

      Best practice is to define individual ARIS attributes and assign them to exactly the object types that match the attribute-carrying items in SAP Solution Manager. Customer attributes are not supported for diagrams and roles.

    8. If you have assigned Value attributes, click Customer attributes to assign customer attribute values. The Manage Customer attributes dialog opens.

    9. Click the related Browse button (...) in the Customer attribute value column. The Assign customer attribute values dialog opens.

    10. Click (...) in the Customer attribute values column. The Assign customer attribute values dialog opens.

    11. Click Add attribute value and enter a customer attribute value key and the related customer attribute value.

    12. Click OK. The added attribute is displayed.

    13. Click OK to return to the Edit attribute assignment dialog.

    14. Click OK. The attributes are assigned. These attributes are transferred during the SAP® synchronization.

  19. Activate the project configuration.

    1. Select the Locked branch configuration locked configuration in the table.

    2. Click Activate Enable/Disable branch for synchronization.

    The configuration is enabled for synchronization. Active configurations are indicated by this symbol Enabled configuration. When Active, users can transfer contents between ARIS and SAP® Solution Manager.

The project is available to users for transferring data between ARIS and SAP® Solution Manager.

You can customize the selected options at any time or lock the project configuration.

You enter the document Web service URL, SAP NetWeaver Business Client URL, and connection data to SAP NetWeaver® Business Client for registered SAP® Servers from the project configuration on the corresponding properties page (ARIS > Options > SAP® options > Select server).