Define semantic check settings only affecting ARIS

Users can start semantic checks in ARIS. The Semantic check is executed and the result is displayed. Errors, warnings, and notes are listed in the Semantic checks bar and the corresponding objects are marked by error, warning, and note markers in the model.

These markers and text messages to be displayed in case of rule violations are defined in ARIS Architect.

Prerequisites

You have the Script administrator function privilege for this tenant.

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. In the navigation tree, click the folder Evaluations Evaluations > Semantic checks > Rule types.

  4. Click the required rule type, for example, Allocation rules. All related rules are displayed.

  5. Select the rule that you want to modify the settings for, such as Function is allocated to organizational unit and click Properties Properties. The first page of the properties pages is shown. The page names and the number of pages are related to the rule you have selected. Single property pages are called General, others are called, for example Select object type or Select model type.

  6. On the first property page, click the Finding type field.

  7. Enter a sentence to be displayed if the semantic check was executed in ARIS and this rule was violated. Enter, for example:

    An ERROR has occurred: This rule was violated. You must connect this function to an organization unit using one of the allowed connection types, such as 'carries out'.

    The text is listed in the Finding type column of a semantic check result and in the model if users click the related marker that is to be defined in the Severity field.

  8. Click the Severity field and select a marker, for example, Semantic check error marker Error. The selected value defines whether a rule violation is to be marked as a Semantic check note marker Note, a Semantic check warning marker Warning, on an Semantic check error marker Error. The marker has no impact on the semantic check itself. It only characterizes the severity of the violation to be indicated.

  9. Click OK to save the changes and to close the dialog.

If a semantic check is executed in ARIS and this rule was violated, the Finding type entry and the Semantic check error marker Error marker are listed in the Semantic checks bar as well as the description that helps you to solve the problem.

Semantic check warning

In the model, the Semantic check error marker Error marker is placed above the corresponding object. When you position the mouse pointer over the marker, additional information on the error is displayed, such as the description and the Finding type string that was entered in the rule's properties.

Semantic check warning

The described settings only affect semantic checks started in ARIS.