The connection between ARIS and Alfabet is enabled through ARIS database attributes. The Alfabet RESTful API interface is configured in ARIS using the Alfabet configuration and related reports available in Alfabet. The Alfabet import configuration is included in the Default Alfabet configuration. The Default configuration gets updated with each ARIS update to include all current features. To prevent overwriting custom Alfabet configuration settings during the ARIS updates, you can no longer modify the related XML files in ARIS Architect or edit the Default configuration. To modify the Default configuration, you must duplicate the Default Alfabet configuration and customize the Alfabet import configuration in the copy.
The Alfabet import configuration defines the general mapping for models, connections, and assignments. The configuration handles the data transfer between ARIS and Alfabet using Alfabet RESTful API version 2.
Alfabet interoperability is available for objects of the Application system type type by default. Objects can be mapped to Alfabet objects of the Application Alfabet object class.
If you want to define other ARIS object types or Alfabet object classes, you must modify the Alfabet configuration and adapt the related reports that are used in the Alfabet system to transfer the defined data to ARIS.
Prerequisite
Make sure that the defined attribute types are available for each object type.
Alfabet RESTful API version 2 is activated and configured in Alfabet. For more information, read the Alfabet reference manual of the ARIS - Alfabet Interoperability Interface. You can open or download documents and the Technical Help from the Documentation Web site. Documentation is also contained in the ARIS installation package that is available in the ARIS Download Center.
You have the Configuration administrator function privilege.
Procedure
Click Application launcher >
Administration > Conventions > Alfabet import.
Click the Alfabet configuration. You cannot modify the Default configuration. The Alfabet import configuration is displayed.
Modify the configuration as required. Tags are explained in these examples.
Click Save configuration.
The configuration is modified.
You must activate the Alfabet configuration to use. You can modify the Select Alfabet object dialog available for users. Make sure to . All elements in both the reports and the Alfabet configuration must correspond to each other.
Alfabet reports that support the default configuration are shipped with Alfabet releases 10.5p2 and higher. You can modify these reports in Alfabet or define your own reports. If you create custom reports, make sure to modify your Alfabet configuration accordingly.
The reports reduce the amount of data transferred from Alfabet to ARIS. The reports include a set of defined properties and enable access to properties that are not defined in the current class, but that should become ARIS attributes of the imported object, such as the lifecycle attributes of an Application system type object.
The reports must return the following properties at a minimum:
all mapped properties
all properties used as a condition to determine ARIS types.
in case of a PSU mapping: refstr, xobject, yobject
in case of a PSM mapping: refstr, xobjects1, yobjects1, name, last update, property defined by user as master guid check attribute, property defined as condition for type
If a referenced report is not available in Alfabet, the import log reports this issue. In this case, the import tries to fall back to the default import without using the report.
Further information on the interface and on how to configure the data exchange is available in the related manual. For more information, read the Alfabet reference manual of the ARIS - Alfabet Interoperability Interface. You can open or download documents and the Technical Help from the Documentation Web site. Documentation is also contained in the ARIS installation package that is available in the ARIS Download Center.