Change options for attribute animation

You can select from the following options:

Option

Animation

Animate

Attributes are displayed and refreshed during the simulation.

Do not animate

Attributes are displayed but not refreshed during the simulation.

Hide

Attributes are not displayed during the simulation.

You can select whether attribute placement is to be defined by the system or the user. System-defined attribute placement ensures the display of certain result attributes for ARIS models and BPMN diagrams. With user-defined attribute placement, you can freely select the attributes that are to be displayed. You can cause the attributes to be shown or hidden on the objects during the simulation. You can select from the following options:

Option

Animation

Animate

Attributes are displayed and refreshed during the simulation.

Do not animate

Attributes are displayed but not refreshed during the simulation.

Hide

Attributes are not displayed during the simulation.

Prerequisite

Animation is activated for Simulation.

Warning

This configuration overwrites the settings that you specified for particular objects with regard to attribute animation.

Procedure

  1. Open the simulation configuration.

    Save settings as default

    1. Click ARIS > Options.

    2. In the tree view, click Simulation.

    Save settings as default or for the current session only

    On the Simulation Simulation tab, activate the Status and settings bar.

  2. Click the structural element Animation > Attribute animation or the Attribute animation tab.

  3. Select System-defined or User-defined for the attribute placement.

  4. If you selected User-defined, select the relevant option for each object type.

  5. Click OK if you use ARIS > Options for configuration purposes.

  6. Depending on whether you want to save the settings temporarily or permanently click Apply (single session) or Set as default, if you are using the Status and settings bar.

After the next initialization of the simulation, the attributes will be animated in the simulation as specified by your settings.