Reports

A report is a script that can be applied to similar database content. You can use a report, for example, to collect database content and group it according to specific aspects, output the relationships between database elements, generate comparison tables, or display multiple uses of database items. You can also use reports to change database content, such as entering attribute values or correcting the layout of models.

You can generate reports in the repository or in the modeling component for the selected objects or the open model.

ARIS is supplied with numerous standard scripts. Authorized ARIS users can analyze and process data using scripts that you provide. The package and license that you have purchased will determine the range of reports available to you.

If you have the ARIS Enterprise Admin license privilege and the Script administrator function privilege, you can perform basic report management in ARIS Administration. If you are familiar with the JavaScript and ARIS Script programming languages, you can edit or write your own scrips in ARIS Architect.

To manage reports in ARIS Administration, click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration > Configuration Configuration > Evaluations and select Reports. If you modify scripts, always make the changes in copies of standard scripts and files. When updating ARIS, all ARIS standard scripts and files are overwritten and customer-specific changes to these files are discarded. Copied scripts and files and those you have created yourself are not overwritten.

All scripts are organized in a clear structure using categories.

Categories

You can Add template Create a category if you have no category selected.

Use categories to organize your scripts in a clear structure.

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration > Configuration Configuration > Evaluations and select Reports.

  2. Click Add template Create category.

  3. Enter the name of the new category and click Apply.

The category is displayed only in the current language.

To display the category in multiple interface languages, you must rename the category in each language. If you do not specify a category in a particular language, the category is displayed in English.

If you select a category, you can do the following:

Rename Rename a category

You can change the name of a category or specify the name in a different language. You cannot change the name of the Standard category.

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration > Configuration Configuration > Evaluations and select Reports.

  2. Select the category and click Rename Rename.

  3. Select the related language.

  4. Enter the name in the selected language and click Apply.

The category is renamed in the current language.

Delete Delete a category

You can delete a category and all the scripts that it contains. Software AG recommends that you first export the scripts in order to have backup files.

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration > Configuration Configuration > Evaluations and select Reports.

  2. Select the category that you want to delete. You cannot delete the Standard category.

  3. Click Delete Delete.

  4. Click Delete to confirm.

The category and all scripts that it contains are deleted.

Import Import a script

You can import scripts from export files or import common files that a script uses during runtime. This enables you to provide scripts from another tenant or import scripts from a previous version.

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration > Configuration Configuration > Evaluations and select Reports.

  2. Click the category into which you want to import the script.

  3. Click Import Import.

  4. Select the related import file and click Open.

  5. If the script already exists in a category, you must confirm in order to import a copy into the selected category.

  6. If the script executes imported common files during runtime, you can enable the required file and confirm the import of the file. Otherwise, the current common file on the tenant is used.

The script is imported.

If you select a report, you can do the following:

Edit Edit report properties

Duplicate Duplicate the report script

Duplicate standard scripts and files to prevent your changes from being lost. During a system update, all standard scripts and files are automatically overwritten to provide you with the newest features.

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration > Configuration Configuration > Evaluations and select Reports.

  2. Click the category in which you keep the script.

  3. Select the related script and click Duplicate Duplicate.

The script has been duplicated.

You can modify the duplicated script. The duplicated script will not be overwritten during an ARIS update because it has a new GUID.

Delete Delete the report script

You can delete scripts that you no longer require, such asa report scrips. If you export the scripts first, you can make them available again at any time.

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration > Configuration Configuration > Evaluations and select Reports.

  2. Click the category in which you keep the script.

  3. Select the script and click Delete Delete.

  4. Click Delete to confirm.

The script is no longer available on the tenant.

Export Export the report script

You can save scripts as export files if you want to store different versions or to make scripts available on multiple tenants.

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration > Configuration Configuration > Evaluations and select Reports.

  2. Click the category in which you keep the script.

  3. Select the script and click Export Export.

  4. If the script executes imported common files during runtime, you can enable the required files and confirm the inclusion of the files in the export file. Otherwise, only the script is exported.

  5. Navigate to the file location where you want to save the file and click Save.

The script has been saved.

Access privileges Restrict access for execution

By default, all users of a tenant have access to all scripts. You can make scripts available only to members of defined user groups.

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration > Configuration Configuration > Evaluations and select Reports.

  2. Click the category in which you keep the script.

  3. Select the script, click Access privileges Restrict access, and enable Restrict access to user groups. All user groups available on this tenant are displayed. Make sure that a related user group was created in ARIS Administration.

  4. Enable the related user groups and click Apply.

The script can be run only by members of the selected user groups.