You can import an AMEFF file with ArchiMate® 3.x models into a group and specify whether the import should update existing models and objects or create new ones.
Prerequisites
You are logged in to ARIS Architect with Read, Write, and Delete access privileges to a group.
An AMEFF file is available for import.
Procedure
Click ARIS > Explorer.
Right-click the group and click Import > ArchiMate file.
Select an XML file compatible with the Archimate Model Exchange File Format (AMEFF) and click Next.
Specify the import strategy for the selected group.
Select Update existing models and objects if you want the import to update existing models and objects and specify the conflict
resolution.
Select Create new models and object if you want the import to create new models and objects for existing ones as well.
Enable Import organizations as ARIS groups if you want to import Organization viewpoints as ARIS groups.
Enable Test mode if you want to simulate the import. In this case, no data is imported into the database.
Click Next.
Check the ArchiMate import settings and click Finish.
Depending on your settings, the ArchiMate® content is imported into the group or the import is simulated. The result dialog informs you about the file import. You can see tabs for the import result, which show messages about issues with imported models, for imported objects, and for imported groups. For each imported model and object, you can find information about thier name, type, state (new or updated), path, and original path (if they have been moved). For each imported group, you can find information about its name, state (new or updated), path, and original path.
Warning
If the import file contains custom viewpoints that are not configured yet in the ARIS Method, the Ignore ArchiMate import issues dialog is displayed.
If you click OK, the import will continue. However, concepts from the custom viewpoints that are not configured yet are instead depicted on an ArchiMate model (3.1) model type instead.
To import custom viewpoints, you must first create and map them in the import configuration.
Note
After the import a warning will be displayed if implicit relationships are used on models. Implicit relationships (used for 'box in box' modeling) are allowed by the ArchiMate® standard. Such relationships are captured as connections in the ARIS repository. Therefore, a warning of this kind does not indicate that information is lost during import.