Import models from Microsoft Visio

The Visio drawing types are converted into predefined model types, the shapes into predefined symbols. This mapping of Visio items to ARIS items can be changed by script administrators.

Prerequisite

You are logged in to your database with a method filter that permits the target model and all required symbols and connections.

Procedure

  1. Save your drawings in Microsoft® Visio in VDX or VSDX format.

  2. In ARIS, open the Explorer tab.

  3. Log in to a database in the Navigation bar.

  4. Select the group into which you want to import the diagram.

  5. Activate the Contents tab bar and click Import Import > Visio files. The dialog for selecting the file opens.

  6. Select a file of the VDX or VSDX type and click Open. The import starts.

  7. If required, select the drawing type the import is to be based on.

  8. Disable the check boxes of the Visio pages that you do NOT want to import.

  9. Click OK.

The Visio drawing type is imported into the selected group. A model is created for each drawing page and opened in ARIS. The model name comprises the drawing type name and the drawing page name. For the file data_mgmt.vdx with the drawing page to_be, the name of the imported model is data_mgmt_to_be.