You can make your dashboards context-sensitive by assigning dashboards to specific ARIS models or objects. For example, if you select a model in ARIS, the dashboards assigned to the model are displayed and you can open any dashboard from the list.
The Input field widget allows you to insert variables in a dashboard. The variables are used to connect ARIS models or objects with the dashboard. The dashboard variables required are contextguid for the GUID of an open model and selectionguid for the GUID of a selected object.
When you open a model, the selectionguid variable is not set. However, when you make a selection in the open model, the selectionguid variable is set to the GUID of the selected object. When you remove the focus from the selected object, the selectionguid variable is set to the GUID of the opened model.
Procedure
Click the Input field widget icon to insert an input field for each required variable.
Click an input field to open the properties dialog.
Enter the variable names contextguid and selectionguid in the Name input box of the relevant input field.
On the URL selection tab of the contextguid input field, enter contextguid in the URL ID input field.
On the URL selection tab of the selectionguid input field, enter selectionguid in the URL ID input field.
The relevant variables contextguid and selectionguid are inserted into the dashboard.
Tip
ARIS Aware provides the predefined data feed Context GUID containing the variables required. The variables defined always deliver the current selection, either the model GUID or the object GUID. You can use the data feed as an example for creating your own context-sensitive dashboards.