You can analyze interrelationships between database items step by step. Even if you don't know the database you can find all related items with just a few mouse clicks.
Procedure
Click Ad hoc analysis in the bar panel if the Ad hoc analysis bar is not activated yet.
Activate the Step by step tab in the Ad hoc analysis bar. The database item you started the analysis for is entered in the Start box. It is displayed as the in the analysis path.
Start items can be groups, objects or models.
In the Successors box all of the possible successors for the start item are listed in a bulleted list.
You can expand and
collapse the bullets.
Click on a successor or bullet in the list.
The successor is added to the analysis path as a
. If you have clicked on a bullet all of the analysis items subordinate to this bullet are added as a step.Add as many steps as you want. The same step symbol is used for all items. You can add complete analysis paths to each analysis item or supplement the analysis step by step.
You receive information about individual items when you move the mouse over a step
or select a step and click Properties or
Attributes in the Start tab bar. This way you can also show and edit attributes and adjust the object appearance.
You can navigate via the properties to for example, the models in which objects occur.
All of the items added are represented in bold type in the list. If you click a bold entry the step is deleted from the analysis path.
You can output the analysis as a graphic or in a table for presentations. You can copy (Ctrl+C) contents from the output and paste (Ctrl+V) it into ARIS models or tables, for example.
After you have saved the analysis, users authorized for managing analyses can for example, make it available to other users.