Add and edit items of your custom modification set. The provided configuration sets Classic and Default cannot be edited.
You can find item identifiers for diagrams so that diagrams can be displayed on the ARIS Home page.
Procedure
Click Application launcher >
Published content.
Select the database in which the relevant diagram is stored.
Click Groups.
Navigate to the required diagram and click it. The model is displayed.
In the address bar of your browser, select the part of the URL that starts immediately after the entry item/ and ends before the next / slash.
Copy the selected text to the clipboard by pressing Ctrl + C.
You can use the item identifier of this diagram to configure the Home page.
Tip
If you want to configure start models for multiple databases, it is recommended to copy the various identifiers into a text file, and then copy them into the configuration from there.
Example
You can add items.
Prerequisite
You have created your own modification set.
You have the Portal administrator function privilege.
Procedure
Click Application launcher >
Administration. The Administration opens with the
Configuration view.
Click Publication settings > Manage configuration sets. All available configuration and modification sets are displayed. You can edit the modification sets.
Click Edit in the row of the relevant modification set.
Click Items. All items defined in this modification set for groups, models, and objects are displayed. You can use these items in fact sheets and define which information is displayed where.
Click Create item. The dialog opens.
Enter the technical name of the new content type as an identifier, for example, process. The identifier must be unique for all content types.
For each language, enter the name of the element that it is to be displayed. At least one language must be maintained. If you do not specify a path, the fallback path is used.
In the Source box, select the type of ARIS item, for example, Object or Model.
Enter the object or model type names. All types that you can use are displayed during input. Types that have already been assigned to other items are not shown.
Click an entry. The type is added.
Add further types, if necessary.
Optional: If you want to specify the default symbol, click Show advanced settings. Add further default symbols, if necessary.
Click Create. The item is displayed in the list.
Click Back. The Configuration and modification sets page is displayed.
To test the changed modification set, activate it.
As soon as a fact sheet has been configured, the changes are available to all users of ARISl.
The new item is displayed in the Search area.
You can edit items.
Prerequisite
You have created your own modification set.
You have the Portal administrator function privilege.
Procedure
Click Application launcher >
Administration. The Administration opens with the
Configuration view.
Click Publication settings > Manage configuration sets. All available configuration and modification sets are displayed. You can edit the modification sets.
Click Edit in the row of the relevant modification set.
Click Items. All items defined in this modification set for groups, models, and objects are displayed. You can use these items in fact sheets and thus define which information is displayed where.
Move the mouse pointer to the item you want to change, for example, Process.
Click Edit. The Edit item page opens.
Identifier, name, type, and ARIS items are shown on the overview page of the Process item. In this example these are various model types whose information for the Process item is displayed in ARIS. They are model types for representing business processes.
Click Edit. The Edit item dialog opens.
If required, change the name displayed in ARIS in all languages, for example, Process to Business process.
Click OK. The changes are applied and the dialog closes.
Next to the ARIS items box, click Add. The Add ARIS item dialog opens.
Add more items from ARIS. In the Process example, you can select model types that have not been used for the Process item yet.
Click Add. The model list is completed and the dialog closes.
Click Delete to delete entries.
Optional: If you want to specify the default symbol, click Show advanced settings. Add further default symbols, if necessary.
Click Back.
To test the changed modification set, select it for publishing.
Item properties determine the information available and displayable for the item in Published content. You can edit custom properties.
You can allow users who have both the ARIS Viewer and the Contribution license privileges to edit certain properties. This is also possible for properties that have already been defined in the selected template of the modification set.
Prerequisite
You have created your own modification set.
You have the Portal administrator function privilege.
Procedure
Click Application launcher >
Administration. The Administration opens with the
Configuration view.
Click Publication settings > Manage configuration sets. All available configuration and modification sets are displayed. You can edit the modification sets.
Click Edit in the row of the relevant modification set.
Click Items. All items defined in this modification set for groups, models, and objects are displayed. You can use these items in fact sheets and define which information is displayed where.
Move the mouse pointer to the item you want to change, for example, process.
Click Edit. The Edit item page opens.
Click Properties. All properties of the item that can be displayed in ARIS are listed.
Click Create property. The corresponding dialog opens.
Enter the technical name of the new property as an identifier.
For each language enter the name of the property that it is to be displayed with in the portal. Always specify the name in English as well because English is used as the default language if a language is missing.
In the Data mapping box, select the type of ARIS item whose information is to be available. This depends on the type of item for which you are defining the property.
For models you can select Attributes, Occurrence contained, or Related assigned models, while you can select Attributes, Related objects, or Object to object for objects. If you select Attribute and the attribute type, for example, Description, the descriptive texts for objects or models are searched and provided. For Connected objects, select connection and object type. This finds all objects associated with an object. Occurrences contained provides all objects of a model.
Specify the settings described depending on the item type.
Click Create. The new property is displayed in the table.
In order to be able to test the changed property, it must first be assigned to an area in a fact sheet. To test the changed modification set, select it for publishing.
The changes are available to users in Published content.
Item properties determine the information available and displayable for the item in ARIS. You can edit the properties.
You can allow users who have both the ARIS Viewer and the Contribution license privileges to edit certain properties. This is also possible for properties that have already been defined in the selected template of the modification set.
Prerequisite
You have created your own modification set.
You have the Portal administrator function privilege.
Procedure
Click Application launcher >
Administration. The Administration opens with the
Configuration view.
Click Publication settings > Manage configuration sets. All available configuration and modification sets are displayed. You can edit the modification sets.
Click Edit in the row of the relevant modification set.
Click Items. All items defined in this modification set for groups, models, and objects are displayed. You can use these items in fact sheets and define which information is displayed where.
Move the mouse pointer to the item you want to change, for example, process.
Click Edit. The Edit item page opens.
Click Properties. All properties of the item that can be displayed in ARIS are listed.
Move the mouse pointer to the property you want to change, for example, Process.
Click Edit.
For each language enter the name of the property that it is to be displayed with in the portal. Always specify the name in English as well because English is used as the default language if a language is missing.
In the Data mapping box, select the type of ARIS item whose information is to be available. This depends on the type of item for which you are defining the property.
For models you can select Attributes, Occurrence contained, or Related assigned models, while you can select Attributes, Related objects, or Object to object for objects. If you select Attribute and the attribute type, for example, Description, the descriptive texts for objects or models are searched and provided. For Connected objects, select connection and object type. This finds all objects associated with an object. Occurrences contained provides all objects of a model.
Specify the settings described depending on the item type.
Click OK.
Click Back. The Configuration and modification sets page is displayed.
In order to be able to test the changed property, it must first be assigned to an area in a fact sheet. To test the changed modification set, select it for publishing.
The changes are available to users in Published content.
There are four different templates for properties:
Text (value_meta_text)
This template is used for attribute values that consists of text.
E-Mail (value_meta_email)
This template is used for attribute values that consists of text.
Link (value_meta_link)
This template is used for attribute values that are links.
Image (value_meta_image)
This template is used for attribute values that are images or links to images.
You can configure a label and/or an icon for each template can. The icon is displayed in front of the label.
You can allow users who have both the ARIS Connect Viewer and the Contribution license privileges along with the corresponding access privileges to edit item properties that represent attribute values in the Published content view.
Prerequisite
You have created your own modification set.
You have the Portal administrator function privilege.
Procedure
Click Application launcher >
Administration. The Administration opens with the
Configuration view.
Click Publication settings > Manage configuration sets. All available configuration and modification sets are displayed. You can edit the modification sets.
Click Edit in the row of the relevant modification set.
Click Items. All items defined in this modification set for groups, models, and objects are displayed. You can use these items in fact sheets and define which information is displayed where.
Move the mouse pointer to the item you want to change, for example, Process.
Click Edit. The Edit item page opens.
Click Properties. All properties of the item that can be displayed in the Published content view are listed.
Move the mouse pointer to the property you want to edit.
Click Edit. The Edit property dialog opens.
Enable Editing allowed.
Click OK.
Click Back. The Configuration and modification sets page is displayed.
To test the changed modification set, activate it.
Users who have both the ARIS Viewer and the Contribution license privileges can edit the item.
If you have both the ARIS Viewer and Contribution license privilege, you can change items and values for the following predefined items
in the Published content view. 'Predefined' means that these items and their values were configured to be
editable in the program by default.
This means that not all items of the following model and object types can be changed. Only those can be changed that were designed to be editable by the underlying concept and were set up accordingly by the configuration.
Please note that this is a sample configuration, which means that other items may have been configured to be editable in your installation.
Model types
Application system type diagram
BPMN collaboration diagram (BPMN 2.0)
BPMN process diagram (BPMN 2.0)
Business controls diagram
Enterprise BPMN collaboration diagram
Enterprise BPMN process diagram
EPC
EPC (material flow)
EPC (column display)
EPC (table display)
EPC (horizontal table display)
EPC (row display)
Function allocation diagram
Organizational chart
Process schedule
Risk diagram
KPI allocation diagram
Object types
Application system
Application system class
Application system type
Cluster/Data model
Entity type
Event
Technical term
Function
Information carrier
KPI instance
Class
Lane
List
Message
Organizational unit
Participant
Person
Risk
Risk category
Role
Location
Position
System organizational unit
System organizational unit type
Control test definition
Attributes
ARIS Viewer Contribution enables you to edit attributes that are based on the following base types:
Boolean
Value
Floating point number domain
Integer domain
Floating point number
Integer
Date
One-liner
Multi-line text
Link/File
Text formatting is ignored and cannot be assigned. If you are expected to enter numbers, the field is colored red if you do not enter a numerical value.
Please note that Binary Large Object (BLOB) and combined attributes are not supported.