Specify report parameters in ARIS Architect

To generate data feed input for default ARIS Aware Dashboards, the reports listed in the Dashboard data category (Administration tab > Evaluations Evaluations > Reports) are available in ARIS Architect.

For some reports, parameters can be specified. These parameterized reports are to be started frequently using report schedules. This keeps the dashboards up to date. The scheduled reports themselves trigger related reports. Each report collects specific pieces of information. The results are stored in ARIS document storage as XML report output files. These pieces of information are formed into dashboards. That is why dashboards correlate very closely to the set of executed reports.

To use the Matomo - Global portal usage and Matomo - Database-specific portal usage reports, make sure to have Matomo installed and configured and the report parameters specified accordingly.

All default ARIS Aware Dashboards work together with the United Motor Group demonstration ARIS database. Some reports already use default parameters, such as file names and titles of the report results, stored in ARIS document storage. You can change these names and titles in different parameter value sets. If you assign different sets to different databases, the same report can be run on different databases using different parameters.

Prerequisite

You are script administrator for this tenant.

The administrator roles described in the following are defined via various privileges at the server and database level. Depending on the roles assigned to the administrators they can carry out specific functions.

superuser

The user superuser is created automatically. By default, this user is assigned the User management, License management, and Configuration administrator function privileges. This user can also enable this function privilege for other users. Users of the superuser type do not use up a license. They manage the system administration, but cannot use ARIS products due to license restrictions. The default password is superuser. You should change the default password to prevent unauthorized access. The password of the superuser is very important, as it is the only user who cannot be deleted. You can change all user data except for the user name. The superuser can recreate the other default users (system, arisservice, guest) if they were deleted.

system

The system user system assumes the administrator role of the system administrator and has all function and access privileges in all databases of a tenant. Authorized persons can use this emergency user to log in to any database, even if you are using an external system, such as LDAP, for authentication.

The name system cannot be changed. The System user check box for this user (Function privileges properties page in ARIS Architect) cannot be disabled either. You should immediately change the password manager to prevent unauthorized access.

To avoid problems, you should create additional system users. Having more than one system user can avoid problems, for example, if one system user has forgotten his password. If you forgot the passwords of all your system users, the full range of functions is no longer available and full data access is no longer possible.

The following administrator roles are defined:

Database administrators

Database administrators require the Database administrator function privilege in ARIS Administration. Users with this role have all function and access privileges and can edit data of all databases of the client.

Database administrators perform the following tasks at the server level:

  • Create databases

  • Delete databases

  • Backup databases

  • Restore databases using backups

  • Reorganize databases

Users with defined function privileges can perform additional actions at the database level.

Configuration administrators

A Configuration administrator requires the Configuration administrator function privilege in ARIS Administration.

They perform the following tasks:

  • Define the modeling conventions and adapt the appearance to match the corporate design of the company.

    • Create filter

    • Arrange attributes for attribute editing

    • Change object symbol sorting

    • Import filters

    • Export filters and templates

    • Create templates

    • Import templates

    • Create languages

    • Create font formats

  • Define the contents of ARIS Method that are available in the database.

    • Create model types

    • Derive model types

    • Derive object symbols

    • Create attribute type groups

    • Create attribute types

    • Create attribute type symbols

    • Define symbols for an attribute value

    • Define symbols for alternative attribute values

  • Change configurable method names in multiple languages

Script administrators

Script administrators require the Script administrator function privilege in ARIS Administration.

Script administrators perform the following tasks:

  • Write report scripts

  • Define report scripts (design view)

  • Delete scripts

  • Define rules (semantic check)

  • Define rule types (semantic check)

  • Define profiles (semantic check)

  • Define macros

  • Export scripts

  • Import scripts

  • Import script template

  • Export script template

  • Transfer custom or modified scripts of previous ARIS versions

Analysis publisher

Analysis publishers require the function privilege of the same name in ARIS Administration.

Analysis publishers perform the following actions:

  • Publish queries

  • Unpublish queries

  • Publish ad hoc analyses

  • Unpublish ad hoc analyses

Analysis administrators

Analysis administrators require the function privilege of the same name in ARIS Administration.

Analysis administrators perform the following actions:

  • Export query

  • Import query

  • Export ad hoc analysis

  • Import ad hoc analysis

  • Back up analysis and queries

  • Restore analyses and queries

Procedure

  1. Start ARIS Architect.

  2. In ARIS Architect, click ARIS > Show Administration Administration.

  3. Click Navigation Navigation in the bar panel if the Navigation bar is not activated yet.

  4. In the navigation tree, click the folder Evaluations Evaluations > Reports.

  5. Click the Dashboard data category (subfolder).

  6. Select the report to be made available in ARIS.

  7. In the Start tab bar, click Edit report parameters Edit report parameters. The report parameters are displayed.

    On the Output tab, for all reports generating input for data feeds, file names, document titles and the ARIS document storage paths are specified. For other reports, such as CoE reports, various other tabs are available, for example, General, Conventions or Thresholds. These tabs categorize parameters defining item types to be evaluated in the defined ways.

    If you modify values, the demo system will be affected. You can add Add and modify duplicated Duplicate value pairs instead. Click Assign modification Assign modification to apply the changes when executing the report for a specific database.

  8. Click OK.

The report evaluates data and uses the required parameters.

Users can start parameterized reports using the Report Wizard. If several parameter value sets are defined, the required set can be selected.