Create a filter with custom ArchiMate® viewpoints

Filters are an effective means of supporting uniform modeling and accelerated evaluation.

Prerequisite

You are a configuration administrator for this tenant.

Procedure

  1. In ARIS Architect, click ARIS > Show Administration Administration.

  2. Click Configuration Configuration > Method Method > Method Model types.

  3. Right-click ArchiMate® model (3.x) > New > Derive model type. The Derived model type wizard opens.

  4. Add a unique name and optional description for the custom ArchiMate® viewpoint.

  5. Follow the next steps of the Derive model type wizard to add custom attributes, symbols, or connections or directly click Finish.

  6. Click ARIS > Explorer Explorer.

  7. Right-click the server, click New > Database without versioning capability Database, and name it <Company name> filter database.
    Use the name of your company instead of <Company name>.

  8. Click OK.

  9. Log in to the database.

  10. Right-click a group and click New > Model Model.
    The Model Wizard opens.

  11. Search for the newly created model type, add a meaningful name, and click Finish.
    A new tab with the name of the model is opened.

  12. Now model all elements you want to have available for this custom ArchiMate® viewpoint.
    Each model attribute, symbol, object attribute, object assignment, connection, and connection attribute has to be specified at least once per type. For example, to activate short descriptions in your filter for Business functions, add any character in the Short description attribute of a Function object type.

  13. When finished, click ARIS > Save all Save all.

  14. In ARIS Architect, click ARIS > Show Administration Administration.

  15. Click Configuration Configuration > Conventions Conventions.

  16. Right-click Conventions Filter > New > Filter Filter.
    The Filter Wizard opens.

  17. Give your filter a meaningful name and description and click Next.
    Tip: structure your description to follow changes over time (who changed what and when).

  18. In step 2 Select creation mode activate Create automatically.

  19. In step 3 Select database click <Company name> filter database and click Finish.

A new filter with your custom viewpoints is now available. To use the filter, log in to the database again with this filter. Assign the filter to users or user groups.

Note

You can create a new consolidated filter that combines your filter with custom viewpoints and other existing filters such as the ArchiMate® 3.x filter.