Modify connection type

If you have special modeling requirements that are not covered by the provided ARIS Method items, you can modify connection types. You can rename connection types and change the set of attributes, connection assignments, and model types that allow connections of this type. You cannot create or derive connection types.

Prerequisite

Procedure

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration. The Configuration Configuration view is shown.

  2. Click Conventions.

  3. Click Connection types.

  4. Click the entry that you want to change. You cannot modify entries of the Default (not configurable) type. Use the Filter filter to find a list entry.

    All attributes are displayed in the language with which you logged in.

  5. Select all configuration languages that you use on this tenant.

    Use configuration languages to specify the names and descriptions of all items that are managed in the Configuration section for this tenant, such as method items, filters, templates, font formats, content type sets, and evaluation scripts.

    The Configuration administrators create the set of configuration languages that are available on a tenant.

  6. Enter the attribute values, such as Name and Description. You cannot edit certain attributes that are set by the system, such as Original name, API name, or GUID.

    Warning

    You must enter all values in each language. If you do not enter the name and description in a language, users who log in with this language will not be able to find this filter because (Untitled) is displayed as the filter name.

    You should also change the passive name. When renaming, use the original passive name as a reference.

  7. Click Connected objects to view the objects that users can connect using this connection type. You cannot modify the set of objects.

  8. Assign the required attributes that you want to make available for connections of this type.

    1. Click Attributes to select the attribute types that you want to make available for this connection type. The Show only types assigned view displays all locked attributes. Locked items # Locked items are mandatory items. That means that you cannot remove or modify them.

    2. Select the Show all view.

    3. To assign the required attributes,Selected items enable the controls in the Assigned column.

      Use the Filter filter to quickly find attributes or sort the columns. If you are looking for attributes you configured, filter the list using the User-defined keyword. If you click a header, the column entries are sorted.

    4. Click Assign # s_icon_conn_assign.png Assign. In the Show only types assigned view, all selected attributes are listed and shown as Assigned items assigned.

    5. Check the assignment. Click Remove assignment # s_icon_conn_remove_assignment.png Remove to delete selected attributes from the connection type.

    6. If the assignment is OK, click Apply.

  9. Select the model types that you want to allow users to assign to connections of this type.

    1. Click Assignments to select the model types that you want to provide as assignments for connections of this type. The Show only types assigned view displays all locked model types. Locked items # Locked items are mandatory items. That means that you cannot remove or modify them.

    2. Select the Show all view.

    3. To assign the required models,Selected items enable the controls in the Assigned column.

      Use the Filter filter to quickly find model types or sort the columns. If you are looking for model types you configured, filter the list using the User-defined, Derived, or Customized keywords. If you click a header, the column entries are sorted.

    4. Click Assign # s_icon_conn_assign.png Assign. In the Show only types assigned view, all selected models are listed and shown as Assigned items assigned.

    5. Check the assignment. Click Remove assignment # s_icon_conn_remove_assignment.png Remove to delete selected connections from the model type.

    6. If the assignment is OK, click Apply.

  10. Click Connected objects to view which connections are available between model objects. You cannot modify the set of connections.

  11. Click Used in model types to view the models in which connections of this type are available. You cannot modify the set of models.

  12. Click Apply.

  13. Add the connection type to the method filter that users should use for login.

The connection type is updated and available for all users of this tenant who logged in with the method filter that contains this connection type.