Enable enhanced variant management and default language

Steps | Phases

You can the enable the enhanced variant management for versionable databases.

Prerequisite

Procedure

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration. The Configuration Configuration view is shown.

  2. Click Databases.

  3. Selected items Select the database and click Properties Properties > Variant management Variant management.

  4. Enable the Enable enhanced variant management check box. By enabling the enhanced variant management, the "classic" variant creation in ARIS Architect is deactivated. This means that you can no longer create variants in this database with ARIS Architect, so variant creation for this database is only possible in ARIS.

  5. In the breadcrumb navigation, click Databases. The list of the databases is displayed. If you want to create the master model in a language other than the current default language, perform the following steps.

  6. Click Properties Properties > Database languages Languages.

  7. For the language you want to set as the default language click Set as default Use as default. If the selected language is already the default language, Set as default Use as default is not available.
    If you want to use different languages for the master model and model variants, you must set the default language as the language, in which the master model is created.

  8. Exit the databases configuration.

You can use variant management for this database. Master owners can capture general processes in master models and trigger the roll-out across national borders. Variant owners must adapt the model variants to their country-specific requirements with system support.

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