You can assign the required ARIS attributes to the SAP® attributes. Attributes can be transferred bidirectionally between ARIS and SAP® Solution Manager during the SAP® synchronization.
Global SAP® attributes are available in SAP Solution Manager 7.1. Global Attributes are specified automatically in ARIS. You only need to customize the assignment if the global attributes have been modified in the SAP® system.
Prerequisite
Depending on the SAP Solution Manager version in use, a project configuration or a solution configuration was created.
You have the Configuration administrator, Configuration administrator function privilege.
Procedure
In ARIS Architect, click ARIS > Administration.
Click Navigation in the bar panel if the Navigation bar is not activated yet.
Depending on the SAP Solution Manager version you are using, open the folder SAP > Project configurations (Solution Manager 7.1) or
SAP > Solution configurations (Solution Manager 7.2). All registered SAP® Servers are displayed.
Open the SAP® Server structure in which the project or solution is managed. The configurations for projects or solutions on this SAP® Server are displayed.
Click Attribute assignment. The overview of settings is displayed.
Click Edit.
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.
Click Customer attributes if a data type for a required attribute is undefined. The Manage Customer attributes dialog opens.
Move to the row of the required attribute, click , and select the data type.
Click OK to return to the Edit attribute assignment dialog.
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.
If you have assigned Value attributes, click Customer attributes to assign customer attribute values. The Manage Customer attributes dialog opens.
Click the related Browse button (...) in the Customer attribute value column. The Assign customer attribute values dialog opens.
Click (...) in the Customer attribute values column. The Assign customer attribute values dialog opens.
Click Add attribute value and enter a customer attribute value key and the related customer attribute value.
Click OK. The added attribute is displayed.
Click OK to return to the Edit attribute assignment dialog.
Click OK. The attributes are assigned. These attributes are transferred during the SAP® synchronization.