Project managers must create solution configurations so that all functions for exchanging data between ARIS and SAP® Solution Manager 7.2 are available to the users. All data transfer options are defined in these configurations for each branch of an SAP® solution. Users can change options only if you allow changes in the configuration.
You have selected the appropriate perspective in the Perspective Wizard so that all relevant folders are displayed on the Administration tab.
You have selected the Configuration & Administration working environment in the Perspective Wizard.
You have the required privileges for the different tasks. The various privileges are listed in the procedure descriptions below.
Click Navigation in the bar panel if the Navigation bar is not activated yet.
Open the folder SAP > Solution configurations (SAP Solution Manager 7.2).
In the Start tab bar, click New > SAP® Server. The Register SAP® Server dialog opens.
Enter the server name to be displayed in the solution configuration.
Enter the URL (syntax: http://<solution manager server name>:<port>), for example, http://sapsolman72.us.co.abc:50001.
You can retrieve the URL from the corresponding SAP System using the SCIF or the SOLDOC transactions. Just copy the URL up to the port number.
Optionally enter the number of the SAP® Client. This connects to an SAP Client other than the default client. If you do not enter a number, you are connected to the default client. The number can be obtained from your SAP administrator.
If you use a proxy server, enter the parameter.
Activate the Allow untrusted server access only if you use https on a trusted server and the certificate is unknown.
Click OK. The SAP® Server is displayed in the table and in the navigation tree.
Select the SAP® Server, and click New > Solution. If you are not logged on, the SAP® logon dialog opens.
Enter the credentials and select the language to be used for the transferred items in ARIS.
Click OK. The Add solution dialog opens.
Select the corresponding solution, and click OK. The solution is displayed in the table and in the navigation tree.
Select the solution, and click New > Branch. The Add branch dialog opens.
Select the branch.
Select the required scope of the branch. If no scope is available in SAP Solution Manager, the value Default scope is selected. Default scope means, that the branch itself is used.
Click OK. The selected scope of the branch is added. If you have selected a different scope as the Default scope, the scope name is added to the solution name to indicate the scoped content.
Double-click the branch in the navigation tree. The Branch configuration tab is activated. The overview displays all pages to be processed. Define the settings for data transfer available for all authorized users.
Click Document types. The overview of settings is displayed.
Click Edit. The Assign document types dialog opens.
If document types are not yet displayed, click Import document types. All document types created in SAP® Solution Manager are transferred and are available for this tenant.
In the Available document types box, select all types.
Transfer your selection to the Selected document types box using the arrow key.
Select the required document types in the Selected document types box and transfer your selection to the Allow to delete in SAP box using the arrow key. Documents that are managed in ARIS and base on these types can be deleted in SAP Solution Manager, using the SAP synchronization.
Click the Transfer data to SAP®Solution Manager page in the Navigation bar. The default options selected are displayed in a table.
Click Edit. The Synchronization Wizard starts.
If you want to prevent users from selecting custom synchronization settings, disable the corresponding option on the Allow changes page.
Click Next, and select the settings for data synchronization of structural elements on the Transfer structural elements page.
Click Next, and select the settings for data synchronization of transactions and the settings for the transfer of documents on the Transfer executables and documents page.
Click Next, and select the settings for data synchronization of process models on the Transfer models page.
Click Next, and select the settings for data synchronization of deleted elements on the Delete elements page.
Click Next, and select the settings for data transfer of end user roles on the Transfer end user roles page.
Click Next, and select settings on the Transfer model links page.
Click Method configuration. The overview of settings is displayed.
Click Edit. The Edit method configuration dialog opens.
Enable the Use method configuration check box and click Method configurations. The Method Configuration Wizard opens.
Select the relevant symbol and model types, the allocation diagrams, and the BPMN lane assignment on the Blueprint page to map the Business Blueprint structure. You cannot change the Function object type.
Click Next, and select the required object, symbol, and connection types to map the items that are managed in the Master data and Organizational units folders in the SAP® system.
Click Next, and select the required object, symbol, and connection types to map the items that are managed on the End user roles tab in the SAP system.
Click Next, and select the required object, symbol, and connection types to map the items that are managed on the listed tabs in the SAP system - General documentation, Project documentation, Test cases, and Training documentation.
Click Next, and select the required object, symbol, and connection types to map the items that are managed on the System landscape tab in the SAP system.
Click Next and verify your settings.
Click Finish. The method configuration is created. This configuration is now applied whenever you download the SAP® synchronization for this project.
Check the method configuration using a backed up database to rule out the possibility of unwanted changes.
Click Attribute assignment. The overview of settings is displayed.
Click Edit.
Click Import SAP® attributes.
The SAP® attributes column displays all attributes of the registered SAP® default server that are assigned to capabilities in SAP® Solution Manager. Attributes transferred earlier are now updated. Only text and single value attributes are transferred.
Click (...) in the ARIS attributes column, and select the attribute to be used for the corresponding SAP® attribute.
Ensure that text attributes and single value attributes are properly assigned. Multi value attributes are not supported. Multi value attributes are attributes with more than one value assigned to an ARIS value attribute. Assigning an SAP® attribute to different ARIS attributes is not allowed. If required, create new attributes with single values or text attributes to be used for the assignment. You can assign only ARIS attributes that are not used by SAP, for example, SAP ID, etc.
If you have assigned value attributes, click (...) in the Assign values column and assign the values.
Click OK. The attributes are assigned. These attributes are transferred during the SAP® synchronization.
The status of this configuration is changed. The status is displayed in the table. When Active, users can transfer contents between ARIS and SAP® Solution Manager.
The project is available to users for transferring data between ARIS and SAP® Solution Manager.
You can customize the selected options at any time or lock the project configuration.