Define semantic check settings only affecting ARIS

Users can start semantic checks in ARIS. The Semantic check is executed and the result is displayed. Errors, warnings, and notes are listed in the Semantic checks bar and the corresponding objects are marked by error, warning, and note markers in the model.

These markers and text messages to be displayed in case of rule violations are defined in ARIS Architect.

Prerequisites

You have the Script administrator function privilege for this tenant.

The administrator roles described in the following are defined via various privileges at the server and database level. Depending on the roles assigned to the administrators they can carry out specific functions.

superuser

The user superuser is created automatically. By default, this user is assigned the User management, License management, and Configuration administrator function privileges. This user can also enable this function privilege for other users. Users of the superuser type do not use up a license. They manage the system administration, but cannot use ARIS products due to license restrictions. The default password is superuser. You should change the default password to prevent unauthorized access. The password of the superuser is very important, as it is the only user who cannot be deleted. You can change all user data except for the user name. The superuser can recreate the other default users (system, arisservice, guest) if they were deleted.

system

The system user system assumes the administrator role of the system administrator and has all function and access privileges in all databases of a tenant. Authorized persons can use this emergency user to log in to any database, even if you are using an external system, such as LDAP, for authentication.

The name system cannot be changed. The System user check box for this user (Function privileges properties page in ARIS Architect) cannot be disabled either. You should immediately change the password manager to prevent unauthorized access.

To avoid problems, you should create additional system users. Having more than one system user can avoid problems, for example, if one system user has forgotten his password. If you forgot the passwords of all your system users, the full range of functions is no longer available and full data access is no longer possible.

The following administrator roles are defined:

Database administrators

Database administrators require the Database administrator function privilege in ARIS Administration. Users with this role have all function and access privileges and can edit data of all databases of the client.

Database administrators perform the following tasks at the server level:

Users with defined function privileges can perform additional actions at the database level.

Configuration administrators

A Configuration administrator requires the Configuration administrator function privilege in ARIS Administration.

They perform the following tasks:

Script administrators

Script administrators require the Script administrator function privilege in ARIS Administration.

Script administrators perform the following tasks:

Analysis publisher

Analysis publishers require the function privilege of the same name in ARIS Administration.

Analysis publishers perform the following actions:

Analysis administrators

Analysis administrators require the function privilege of the same name in ARIS Administration.

Analysis administrators perform the following actions:

Procedure

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

  2. Click Navigation Navigation in the bar panel if the Navigation bar is not activated yet.

  3. In the navigation tree, click the folder Evaluations Evaluations > Semantic checks > Rule types.

  4. Click the required rule type, for example, Allocation rules. All related rules are displayed.

  5. Select the rule that you want to modify the settings for, such as Function is allocated to organizational unit and click Properties Properties. The first page of the properties pages is shown. The page names and the number of pages are related to the rule you have selected. Single property pages are called General, others are called, for example Select object type or Select model type.

  6. On the first property page, click the Finding type field.

  7. Enter a sentence to be displayed if the semantic check was executed in ARIS and this rule was violated. Enter, for example:

    An ERROR has occurred: This rule was violated. You must connect this function to an organization unit using one of the allowed connection types, such as 'carries out'.

    The text is listed in the Finding type column of a semantic check result and in the model if users click the related marker that is to be defined in the Severity field.

  8. Click the Severity field and select a marker, for example, Semantic check error marker Error. The selected value defines whether a rule violation is to be marked as a Semantic check note marker Note, a Semantic check warning marker Warning, on an Semantic check error marker Error. The marker has no impact on the semantic check itself. It only characterizes the severity of the violation to be indicated.

  9. Click OK to save the changes and to close the dialog.

If a semantic check is executed in ARIS and this rule was violated, the Finding type entry and the Semantic check error marker Error marker are listed in the Semantic checks bar as well as the description that helps you to solve the problem.

Semantic check warning

In the model, the Semantic check error marker Error marker is placed above the corresponding object. When you position the mouse pointer over the marker, additional information on the error is displayed, such as the description and the Finding type string that was entered in the rule's properties.

Semantic check warning

The described settings only affect semantic checks started in ARIS.