Show technical information for models and objects

You can show the GUID, the type number, and the API name for selected models or objects. You can copy the data.

Globally Unique Identifier (GUID).

The GUID is a string that renders items unique anywhere in the world.

The API name is a unique identifier for database items. You can use the API name to address database items with the ARIS API programming interface.

You can find detailed information on method items in the ARIS Method help. No Method help is available for user-defined method items. If you want to call user-defined method items in scripts, please use the GUID of the item instead of the type number. You can find the GUID on the Properties page of the item.

In ARIS, you can find information about API names (see Manage ARIS Method).

Information about API names is available in ARIS (Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration > Configuration Configuration > Conventions > Method) and in ARIS Architect on the Administration tab below the Method folder structure. Specific information from the Method help is available when you select an item, for example, an object, a connection, or a model, and press Ctrl + F1 in ARIS Architect.

Prerequisite

You have the ARIS Connect Designer license privilege.

Procedure

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Models and objects Models and objects.

  2. Select the relevant database.

  3. Navigate to the database group in which the relevant item is saved. When you select the group, its contents are displayed in the details view.

  4. Move the mouse pointer over the relevant item. The More More icon is displayed next to the item name.

  5. Click MoreMore > Technical information Technical information.

The GUID, the type number, and the API name for the selected model or the selected object are shown. You can copy the data. In this way, you can insert the GUID elsewhere, for example.