Model types are templates for
that define which attributes are available, which object symbols a model can contain, and how these objects relate to other objects. If you define a set of model types for each tenant, you ensure that the appearance of all items complies with your company's corporate design.Models are a collection of objects and connections. Models are graphic representatives of processes, structures, data, etc. of a company. Models, objects, and connections are described in detail by attributes. While objects represent activities, states, data, etc., connections represent how objects relate to each other.
Models are based on model types that specify certain rules, such as which connections are allowed between objects and thus, how they relate to each other.
Configuration administrators can rename model types or delete the ones you do not want to use. If you have special modeling requirements that are not covered by the provided ARIS Method items, you can create your own ARIS model types from scratch or derive them from existing model types.
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 Model Types page, you can find all model types that are included in the ARIS Method of this tenant. Use the filter to find the type you want to continue with. The table contains the following columns. If you click a header, the column entries are sorted.
Name
Shows the type name in the current language. The names shown are related to the Type column.
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:
Unchanged original (Default)
Item that you cannot modify (Default (not configurable))
Modified item that was based on an original (Derived)
Item that was changed by an authorized user (Customized)
Item that was added to the default ARIS Method (User-defined).