Attribute symbol

Manage symbols for attribute types of this tenant.

You can derive and rename symbols and restore their original names. You can delete user-defined symbols. Click the column title to resort the contents.

Filter listFilter list

Reduces the number of entries displayed.

Enter a string. Only the items containing this string are displayed. When using the default filter criteria it is irrelevant whether the string occurs at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of a name, for example.

If you click Filter list Filter criteria, you can use the Match case option, for example, or the wildcards * and ?.

If you want to remove the filters, click Close Close at the end of the row. The string is deleted, all elements are displayed again, and you can enter another string.

Names

Name in the selected configuration language. Enter the name in the language you have selected in the Language box for this tenant. You can specify the name successively in all existing languages. If you do not assign a name in a language, the name (Untitled) is displayed.

Click the column title to resort the contents.

Original name

Name defined in ARIS Method for this item. Original names are displayed in the configured method language. Original names are displayed in tables after you have assigned user-defined names. To restore an original name, right-click the item, and select Restore ARIS defaults.

Type number

Number assigned to a specific API name in ARIS Method. Type number and API name are unique identifiers for database items that are used to define types in ARIS Method.

Information on type numbers is available in the Method help.Select an item (for example, an object, connection, or model) and press Ctrl+F1.

Further information is available in the ARIS Method Manual (Start > Programs > ARIS > Documents > ARIS Method Manual).

No Method help is available for user-defined method items. If you want to call user-defined method items in scripts, please use the GUID of the item instead of the type number. The GUID can be found on the Properties page of the item.

API name

Name for ARIS Method items that are assigned to a specific type number. Type number and API name are unique identifiers for database items that are used to define types in ARIS Method.

Information about API names is available in ARIS Architect on the Administration tab below the Method folder structure. Specific information from the Method help is available by selecting an item, for example, an object, a connection, or a model, and pressing Ctrl + F1.

Further information is available in the ARIS Method Manual (Start > Programs > ARIS installation directory> > Documents > Method Manual).

Type

Indicates whether symbols are user-defined. If symbols predefined by the method are used, ARIS default is displayed. If symbols have been changed, User-defined is displayed.