Attribute symbols

Attribute symbols are symbols that you use to specify the values for attribute types. You can place attribute symbols in the modeling area instead of the values of attribute types.

If you have special needs for modeling that are not covered by the provided ARIS Method items, configuration administrators can create attribute symbols by deriving them from existing attribute symbols. In derived symbols, you can replace the default symbols of ARIS Method with your own user-defined symbols. You can design user-defined symbols in AMF format using ARIS Symbol Editor.

Use ARIS Symbol Editor to create user-defined symbols. To open ARIS Symbol Editor, start ARIS Architect and click ARIS > Symbol Editor Symbol Editor (for details, refer to the ARIS Symbol Editor online help).

To continue using user-defined or customized method items from previous ARIS versions, you must import the previous filters that contain all user-defined and customized items. These items are created and thus become visible only due to the filter import. You must restore the databases of previous versions on your current tenant after the filter import.

On the Attribute symbols page, you can find all symbol types that are included in ARIS Method on this tenant.

Name

Shows the type name in the current language. The names shown are related to the Type column.

Symbol

Graphic in AMF format that is currently used to place attribute values in models.

Type number

Number assigned to a specific API name in ARIS Method. Type number and API name are unique identifiers for database items that are used to define types in ARIS Method. You can find detailed information on method items in the ARIS Method help. No Method help is available for user-defined method items. If you want to call user-defined method items in scripts, please use the GUID of the item instead of the type number. The GUID can be found on the Properties page of the item.

API name/GUID

Name for ARIS Method items that are assigned to a specific type number. You can find detailed information on method items in the ARIS Method help. If you created your own method items, no method help is available and the Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) is listed instead of an API name.

Type

The Type column indicates whether an ARIS Method item is any of the following types: