You can automatically transfer formated description text for
, interfaces, documents, and diagrams when you transfer structural elements.In the SAP system, the following elements have an attribute description:
Structural elements, such as scenarios, processes and process steps within the Business Process database group structure, and process steps within the Process Step Library database group. Folder structural elements have no attribute description.
Documents
Process interfaces contained in the Interface Library database group.
Prerequisite
You have created a branch in SAP® Solution Manager.
A solution configuration was created for the solution containing this branch.
Procedure
In ARIS Architect, click ARIS > Explorer.
Log in to the database managing the desired SAP content.
Start SAP®synchronization. The Synchronization Wizard opens.
On the Select options wizard page, enable the requtred Transfer data to ARIS option or Transfer data to SAP® Solution Manager option.
Navigate to the Transfer structural elements wizard page.
Enable the Transfer names and Transfer formatted description check boxes.
If required, specify additional settings and click Finish.
The synchronization starts. Descriptions of structural elements, interfaces, documents, and diagrams are displayed as formatted text.
If you transfer data to ARIS, descriptions are transferred to the Description/Definition (AT_DESC) ARIS attribute. .
Attribute description text can have following formatting in the SAP system:
Plain text
Bold
Italic
Increase/decrease indent
Numbering
Bullets
Underline
Heading1 to heading3 (H1, H2, H3)
If you transfer formatted attributes from the SAP system to ARIS, the same formatting is used in ARIS. Plain text is mapped to font size 10. Headings are matched to different font sizes in ARIS:
H1 is mapped to font size 24
H2 is mapped to font size 18
H3 is mapped to font size 14
If you transfer data to SAP® Solution Manager and descriptions in ARIS are formatted in a way that SAP does not support, . This may lead to confusion .
In ARIS, attribute description text can be formatted in a way that SAP does not support, such as, Strike through, Font color, and Character (Font). Unsupported formatting is transferred as plain text. The following formatting can be transferred:
Bold
Italic
Underline
Numbering
Bullet
Increase/decrease indent
Paragraph with indent
Character (Size)
If you transfer formatted attributes form ARIS to the SAP system, the same formatting is used. The Character (Size) is used to match H1 - H3:
Font size 24 and larger is mapped to H1
Font size 18 to Size 23 is mapped to H2
Font size 14 to Size 17 is mapped to H3
If the Font size is smaller than 14, plain text is used in the SAP system.