You can use symbols to display specific attributes placed in the model. On the one hand, this enables you to quickly identify their placement. On the other hand, using attribute symbols enables you to place graphical representations of object and connection attribute values as an alternative to merely placing the values. Thus, you are able to see immediately whether limits have been infringed, for example.
The symbols for attribute types are defined on the Attribute placement dialog for objects and connections. To do this, enable the As a symbol check box as a representation option.
and enabled in the model via theIn ARIS Architect, click ARIS > Administration.
You can define a symbol to be displayed if the attribute value was not specified. You can also select a symbol for the specification status of the attribute. If an attribute possesses several selectable attribute values, each value can be assigned its own attribute symbol.
If, for example, it is determined by conventions that certain values within a model have to be specified, the placing of symbols will enable you to see at a glance for which objects the required values have not yet been specified.
Furthermore, the evaluation of attribute types representing a true/false decision, for example, can be very quick thanks to the graphic visualization, since the status can be ascertained at a glance.
Placed symbols also allow specific information to be assimilated for more quickly than with a textual display.