Transfer formatted descriptions to ARIS

You can automatically format description text for structural elements, interfaces, documents, and diagrams when you transfer the description text to ARIS.

By default, descriptions are transferred as plain text to the Description/Definition (AT_DESC) ARIS attribute. If descriptions in the SAP system use enumeration or are formatted in bold or italic, the resulting html structure that is transferred to ARIS contains all html tags. This can be difficult to read.

Prerequisite

Procedure

  1. In ARIS Architect, click ARIS > Explorer Explorer.

  2. Log in to the database managing the desired SAP content.

  3. Start SAP®synchronization. The Synchronization Wizard opens.

  4. On the Select options wizard page, enable the Transfer data to ARIS option.

  5. Navigate to the Transfer structural elements wizard page.

  6. Enable the Transfer names and Transfer formatted description check boxes.

    Warning

    If you enable the Transfer formatted description option, descriptions containing html tags are well formatted in ARIS. However, if you transfer these elements back to the SAP system, the layout is lost. In SAP Solution Manager, descriptions are displayed as plain text.

  7. If required, specify additional settings and click Finish.

The synchronization starts. Descriptions of structural elements, interfaces, documents, and diagrams are displayed as formatted text.