Transfer formatted descriptions

You can automatically transfer formated description text for structural elements, interfaces, documents, and diagrams when you transfer structural elements.

In the SAP system, the following elements have an attribute description:

  • Structural elements, such as scenarios, processes and process steps within the Business Process database group structure, and process steps within the Process Step Library database group. Folder structural elements have no attribute description.

  • Documents

  • Process interfaces contained in the Interface Library database group.

Prerequisite

Procedure

  1. In ARIS Architect, click ARIS > Explorer Explorer.

  2. Log in to the database managing the desired SAP content.

  3. Start SAP®synchronization. The Synchronization Wizard opens.

  4. On the Select options wizard page, enable the requtred Transfer data to ARIS option or Transfer data to SAP® Solution Manager option.

  5. Navigate to the Transfer structural elements wizard page.

  6. Enable the Transfer names and Transfer formatted description check boxes.

  7. If required, specify additional settings and click Finish.

The synchronization starts. Descriptions of structural elements, interfaces, documents, and diagrams are displayed as formatted text.

If you transfer data to ARIS, descriptions are transferred to the Description/Definition (AT_DESC) ARIS attribute. If descriptions are formatted in the SAP system, the same formatting is used in ARIS.

Attribute description text can have following formatting in the SAP system:

  • Plain text

  • Bold

  • Italic

  • Increase/decrease indent

  • Numbering

  • Bullets

  • Underline

  • Heading1 to heading3 (H1, H2, H3)

If you transfer formatted attributes from the SAP system to ARIS, the same formatting is used in ARIS. Plain text is mapped to font size 10. Headings are matched to different font sizes in ARIS:

  • H1 is mapped to font size 24

  • H2 is mapped to font size 18

  • H3 is mapped to font size 14

If you transfer data to SAP® Solution Manager and descriptions in ARIS are formatted in a way that SAP does not support, only the supported formats are used in the SAP system. This may lead to confusion if you use plain text in ARIS in a large font size, the text is displayed in the SAP system with H1 to H3.

In ARIS, attribute description text can be formatted in a way that SAP does not support, such as, Strike through, Font color, and Character (Font). Unsupported formatting is transferred as plain text. The following formatting can be transferred:

  • Bold

  • Italic

  • Underline

  • Numbering

  • Bullet

  • Increase/decrease indent

  • Paragraph with indent

  • Character (Size)

If you transfer formatted attributes form ARIS to the SAP system, the same formatting is used. The Character (Size) is used to match H1 - H3:

  • Font size 24 and larger is mapped to H1

  • Font size 18 to Size 23 is mapped to H2

  • Font size 14 to Size 17 is mapped to H3

  • If the Font size is smaller than 14, plain text is used in the SAP system.