Customize diagrams

You can configure global settings for diagrams.

Customize name and languages

You can specify the name in different languages.

Prerequisite

  • You have created your own modification set.

  • You have the Portal administrator function privilege.

Procedure

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration. The Administration opens with the Configuration Configuration view.

  2. Click Publication settings > Manage configuration sets. All available configuration and modification sets are displayed. You can edit the modification sets.

  3. Click Edit Edit in the row of the relevant modification set.

  4. Click Components on the Define modification set page.

  5. Click Edit Edit in the Diagram row. The Edit component dialog opens.

  6. If you want to rename the Diagram component, click Edit in the Edit component property area. The dialog opens.

  7. Change the name in the required languages. If you want to maintain more languages, click Show more languages. Enter the name in the desired languages.

  8. Click OK.

  9. Click Reset Back. The Configuration and modification sets page is displayed.

You have specified the name in different languages for the Component tab.

For ARIS to be displayed with this modification set, you need to select the new modification set for display.

Customize display options

You can specify the display options for the Diagram fact sheet.

Prerequisite

  • You have created your own modification set.

  • You have the Portal administrator function privilege.

Diagram graphic size

Procedure

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration. The Administration opens with the Configuration Configuration view.

  2. Click Publication settings > Manage configuration sets. All available configuration and modification sets are displayed. You can edit the modification sets.

  3. Click Edit Edit in the row of the relevant modification set.

  4. Click Components on the Define modification set page.

  5. Click Edit Edit in the Diagram row. The Edit component dialog opens.

  6. Scroll to Display options.

  7. Disable the Default display settings check box. This enables the subordinated controls for editing.

  8. Enable the relevant option for the diagram graphic size.

    If you select Fit to window, the zoom factor is selected such that the entire model is displayed.

    If you select Fit width displays the model so that its full width can be seen.

    If you select Fit height displays the model so that its full height can be seen.

    If you select Defined size, you define the zoom factorwith which the model is displayed. You can enter a zoom factor between 1 and 200.

    Click Reset Back. The Configuration and modification sets page is displayed.

You have customized the display option of the diagram on the Component tab.

Enable/Disable the assignment filter

Procedure

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration. The Administration opens with the Configuration Configuration view.

  2. Click Publication settings > Manage configuration sets. All available configuration and modification sets are displayed. You can edit the modification sets.

  3. Click Edit Edit in the row of the relevant modification set.

  4. Click Components on the Define modification set page.

  5. Click Edit Edit in the Diagram row. The Edit component dialog opens.

  6. Scroll to Display options.

  7. Disable the Default display settings check box. This enables the subordinated controls for editing.

    Enable Filter by hierarchy configuration.

  8. Click Reset Back. The Configuration and modification sets page is displayed.

The diagrams show an assignment icon only for objects that have a diagram assigned to them which can also be accessed via the navigation hierarchy. For example, if a user-defined hierarchy includes value-added chains and processes only, the assignment icon is not displayed for functions to which only a model of the Function allocation diagram type is assigned.

Enable/Disable the Hide non-configured objects functionality

Procedure

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration. The Administration opens with the Configuration Configuration view.

  2. Click Publication settings > Manage configuration sets. All available configuration and modification sets are displayed. You can edit the modification sets.

  3. Click Edit Edit in the row of the relevant modification set.

  4. Click Components on the Define modification set page.

  5. Click Edit Edit in the Diagram row. The Edit component dialog opens.

  6. Scroll to Display options.

  7. Disable the Default display settings check box. This enables the subordinated controls for editing.

  8. Disable the Hide non-configured objects check box. In this case non-configured objects are displayed as frames in the models.
    Enable the Hide non-configured objects check box. In this case non-configured objects are not displayed in the models.

  9. Click Reset Back. The Configuration and modification sets page is displayed.

You have specified that non-configured objects in models are displayed as empty frames or are not displayed.

Example

Model displayed with Hide non-configured objects functionality disabled:

Hide non-configured objects disabled

The same model displayed with Hide non-configured objects functionality enabled:

Hide non-configured objects enabled

Enable/Disable the Hide non-configured objects functionality

You can specify that non-configured objects on the Diagram fact sheet are displayed as empty frames or are not displayed at all. Non configured-objects are objects that are not contained in the current method filter or are in groups for which the user does not have read privileges.

To open the Diagram fact sheet, click Application launcher Application launcher > Published content Published content, Navigate to the database group in which the model is saved, and select the model name and Diagram.

The Diagram fact sheet displays the diagram graphically. Depending on the diagram type, different functions are available.

Diagram fact sheet

You can switch on mini fact sheets (Mini fact sheets) to display object information.

Prerequisite

You have the Portal administrator function privilege.

Procedure

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration. The Administration opens with the Configuration Configuration view.

  2. Click Publication settings > Manage configuration sets. All available configuration and modification sets are displayed. You can edit the modification sets.

  3. Click Edit Edit in the row of the relevant modification set.

  4. Click Components on the Define modification set page.

  5. Click Edit Edit in the Diagram row. The Edit component dialog opens.

  6. Scroll to the Display options area.

  7. Disable the Default display settings check box. This enables the subordinated controls for editing.

  8. Disable the Hide non-configured objects check box. In this case non-configured objects are displayed as frames in the models.
    Enable the Hide non-configured objects check box. In this case non-configured objects are not displayed in the models.

  9. Click Reset Back. The Configuration and modification sets page is displayed.

You have specified that non-configured objects in models are displayed as empty frames or are not displayed.

Example

Hide non-configured objects functionality disabled:

Hide non-configured objects disabled

Hide non-configured objects functionality enabled:

Hide non-configured objects enabled

Enable/Disable the change view functionality

You can enable or disable the change view functionality.

Prerequisite

  • You have created your own modification set.

  • You have the Portal administrator function privilege.

Procedure

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration. The Administration opens with the Configuration Configuration view.

  2. Click Publication settings > Manage configuration sets. All available configuration and modification sets are displayed. You can edit the modification sets.

  3. Click Edit Edit in the row of the relevant modification set.

  4. Click Components on the Define modification set page.

  5. Click Edit Edit in the Diagram row. The Edit component dialog opens.

  6. Scroll to View generation.

  7. Configure whether the Change view functionality is enabled. To do so enable Enable view generation.

  8. Click Reset Back. The Configuration and modification sets page is displayed.

You have enabled/disabled the change view functionality of the diagram on the Component tab.

For ARIS to be displayed with this modification set, you need to select the new modification set for display.

See also

Available view options

Restore ARIS default settings

You can restore the ARIS default settings for the Diagram fact sheet.

Prerequisite

  • You have created your own modification set.

  • You have the Portal administrator function privilege.

Procedure

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration. The Administration opens with the Configuration Configuration view.

  2. Click Publication settings > Manage configuration sets. All available configuration and modification sets are displayed. You can edit the modification sets.

  3. Click Edit Edit in the row of the relevant modification set.

  4. Click Components on the Define modification set page.

  5. Click Edit Edit in the Diagram row. The Edit component dialog opens.

  6. Scroll to Restore default settings.

  7. Click Restore default settings. The dialog opens.

  8. Confirm the dialog by clicking Restore default settings.

  9. Click Reset Back. The Configuration and modification sets page is displayed.

The ARIS default settings for the Diagram fact sheet of the component are restored.

For ARIS to be displayed with this modification set, you need to select the new modification set for display.