You can define exclusion groups to store objects to be excluded from variant creation. If model variants are created, objects stored in exclusion groups are placed as occurrence copies instead of object variants.
Warning
If you create an object collection before using the objects in models, keep in mind that objects not used in models are deleted during a database reorganization.
You can define exclusion groups to store objects to be excluded from variant creation. If model variants are created, objects stored in exclusion groups are placed as occurrence copies instead of object variants.
Prerequisite
You have the ARIS Enterprise Administration license privilege.
You have the Database administrator function privilege.
Procedure
Click Application launcher >
Administration. The
Configuration view is shown.
Click Databases.
Click Application launcher >
Administration >
Configuration > Databases.
Click the name of the database in which you want to define an exclusion group and
click Properties >
Variant management.
Click Add exclusion group. The bar opens and you can expand the database groups.
If you want to create a new group as an exclusion group, click Create group, enter a name, and click OK.
Select the group you want to exclude from variant creation and click Add exclusion group. The selected group is listed.
Follow the same steps to exclude other groups.
Enable the check box Consider exclusion groups in ARIS Architect if the groups should also be considered as exclusion groups in ARIS Architect. If you have enabled the Enhanced variant management check box, Consider exclusion groups in ARIS Architect is gray because ARIS Architect does not provide enhanced variant management.
You defined the groups that contain objects, which are excluded from variant creation.
You can remove the Excluded status for groups so that variants are created instead of occurrence copies for the content when creating model variants.
Prerequisite
You have the ARIS Enterprise Administration license privilege.
You have the Database administrator function privilege.
Procedure
Click Application launcher >
Administration. The
Configuration view is shown.
Click Databases.
Click Application launcher >
Administration >
Configuration > Databases.
Click the database that contains the exclusion group you want to delete and click
Properties >
Variant management.
Enable the check boxes of the exclusion groups you want to remove so that variants can be created again for their contents.
Click Remove exclusion groups.
To confirm the action, click Delete.
The selected exclusion groups are removed.