Connection types

Connection types are templates for connections. A connection is the graphical representation of a relationship between two objects in a model. Use connection types to define which objects to connect, the attributes to use for the connections, the models to assign to the connections, and the models that include the connections.

Configuration administrators can rename and modify connection types. You cannot create or derive connection types. Because default types are mandatory in ARIS Method, and customized types are renamed default types, you cannot delete those two 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 Connection types page, you can find all the connection types that are included in the ARIS Method of this tenant. Use the Filter 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.

The name of a connection type is related to the orientation of a connection. The names listed in this column are the active names. The active name is identical with the name of the connection type. The active name indicates that the connection runs from the source to the target object.

Passive name

Lists the names of connections running from the target to the source object.

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: