Derive object symbols

Object symbols are graphical representations of object types. They are displayed in models and lists. You can replace the default symbols of ARIS Method with your own user-defined symbols. You can design user-defined symbols in AMF format using ARIS Symbol Editor.

You can change ARIS symbols according to your requirements.

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 Symbols, and select the symbol in the list that you want to assign to the new one as its basis.

  5. Click New New > Derive symbol in the Start tab bar. The wizard opens.

  6. Specify the relevant settings and click Finish.

You can insert the new object symbol into the filter, thereby making it available to users. User-defined symbols inherit the method settings of the original symbols, in other words, they are automatically available in all models in which the original symbols are allowed. The connections are also inherited from the original symbol.

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?