Assign relevant elements to processing activities

Use ARIS to assign relevant assets to processing activities, for example, data and application systems.

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. Start ARIS.

  2. Enter the name of the relevant Record of processing activity model to the Search Search field.

  3. Click the relevant model in the list of results. The fact sheet is displayed.

  4. Click Edit Edit > Edit Contribute if the edit mode is not activated yet.

  5. Assign the relevant processing activity if it is not assigned yet.

  6. In the Processing activities table, click the Processing activity details attribute of the relevant processing activity. The fact sheet is displayed.

  7. Select the assets for the following attributes. To do so, click the edit box of the respective attribute, select the relevant name, click Activate to transfer your input, then click OK to confirm your input.

    1. Reads: Data that is read by the processing activity, for example, the customer address.

    2. Outputs: Data that is created by the processing activity, for example, the sales quotation.

    3. Controllers: (Legal) entity that is controller of the processing activity, for example, the sales department.

    4. Processors: (Legal) entity that is processor of the processing activity, for example, the IT department.

    5. IT systems: Application system on which the processing activity is executed, for example, SAP HR.

The assets are assigned to the processing activity.

For detailed information on contribution, refer to the ARIS online help.

Example

Assign relevant assets to processing activities