Create Solution configuration for migration

Administrators must create solution configurations for migrating SAP project to SAP solutions in ARIS.

Prerequisite

Procedure

  1. In ARIS Designer, click ARIS > Show Administration Administration.

  2. Click Navigation Navigation in the bar panel if the Navigation bar is not activated yet.

  3. Open the folder SAP SAP > Solution configurations (SAP® Solution Manager 7.2).

  4. In the Start tab bar, click New New > SAP® Server. The Register SAP® Server dialog opens.

  5. Enter the server name to be displayed in the solution configuration.

  6. Enter the URL (syntax: https://<solution manager server name>:<port>), for example, https://sapsolman72.us.co.abc:50001.

    You can retrieve the URL from the corresponding SAP System using the SCIF or the SOLDOC executables. Just copy the URL up to the port number.

  7. If you use a proxy server, enter the parameter.

  8. If the connection fails, activate the Allow untrusted server access only if you use https on a trusted server but the certificate is unknown.

  9. Click OK. The SAP® Server is displayed in the table.

  10. Select the SAP® Server, and click New New > Solution. If you are not logged on, the SAP® logon dialog opens.

  11. Enter the credentials and select the language to be used for the transferred items in ARIS.

  12. Click OK. The Add solution dialog opens.

  13. Select the solution that corresponds to the migrated 7.1 project, and click OK. The solution is displayed in the table.

  14. Select the solution, and click New New > Branch. The Add branch dialog opens.

  15. Select the branch you are about to synchronize, for example, the maintenance branch or the development branch, and click OK. The branch is displayed in the table.

  16. Double-click the branch in the navigation tree. The Branch configuration tab is activated. The overview displays all pages for which you need to set the options. Users can only select the settings you specify here when transferring data.

  17. Select the options for transferring data from SAP Solution Manager to ARIS.

    1. Click the Transfer data to ARIS page in the Navigation bar. The default options selected are displayed in a table.

    2. Click Edit Edit. The Synchronization Wizard starts.

    3. If you want to prevent users from selecting custom synchronization settings, disable the corresponding option on the Allow changes page.

    4. Click Next, and activate all check boxes for data synchronization of structural elements on the Transfer structural elements page.

    5. Click Next, and activate all check boxes for data synchronization of executables on the Transfer executables page.

    6. Click Next, and activate all check boxes for data synchronization of deleted elements on the Delete elements page.

    7. Click Next, and activate all check boxes for data synchronization of documents, master data, and organizational units on the Transfer assignments page.

    8. Click Next, and activate all check boxes for data transfer of end user roles on the Transfer end user roles page.

  18. Do not specify the options for transferring data from ARIS to SAP® Solution Manager, the document types for the solution, the method configuration for the solution, or the attribute assignment for the solution.

  19. Activate the project configuration.

    1. Select the Locked branch configuration locked configuration in the table.

    2. Click Activate Enable/Disable branch for synchronization.

    The configuration is enabled for synchronization. Active configurations are indicated by this symbol Enabled configuration. When Active, users can transfer contents between ARIS and SAP® Solution Manager.

The solution's branch is available for transferring data between ARIS and SAP® Solution Manager in order to migrate projects to solutions.

When migrated, you can lock this configuration. If you are not about to create a new configuration for productive use, you can customize the current configuration.