In an
, you can place model items in a different position than the existing one using the mouse or using the keyboard.You can open models in different ways.
Prerequisite
You have the ARIS Connect Designer license privilege.
The model type is allowed by the method filter in use.
Procedure
If you are authorized to use multiple databases, select the database containing the contents you want to access.
Click Application launcher >
Published content.
Click Groups in the Classic or Processes in the Default configuration set.
Select the group or process area containing the required model. The content of the selected group or process area is listed.
Click the name of the relevant model.
Click Diagram if you want to display the model graphically.
Click Edit >
Edit model.
Click Application launcher >
Models and objects. The Models and objects view in the repository is opened.
In the database, select the group containing the relevant model. The content of the selected group is listed.
Click the name of the model you want to open.
If you are authorized to use multiple databases, select the database containing the contents you want to access.
Click Application launcher >
Models and objects. The Models and objects view in the repository is opened.
Click Recently used. All models are listed that have recently been changed or created.
Click the tile of the model you want to open.
You can select models in the Published content view and open them for editing in a separate tab.
Prerequisite
You have the ARIS Connect Designer license privilege.
Procedure
Click Application launcher >
Published content.
Click Groups in the Classic or Processes in the Default configuration set.
Navigate to the relevant model.
Click the name of the model you want to edit.
Click Edit >
Edit model. The model opens on an individual tab.
Make the required changes.
Click Save.
Your changes are saved in the model.
If you are authorized to use multiple databases, select the database containing the contents you want to access.
Click the Search field and enter a term that is included in the model name. The search results list
all models that have the term in their name.
In the Models category, click the name of the model you want to open.
The model opens on a separate tab.
If you use the keyboard, objects in column and row models can only be moved within the columns and rows in which they are placed. If you want to move objects between columns or rows in which the objects are allowed by the method, use the mouse or the Cut/Copy functionality.
Procedure
Click the model item, for example, an object symbol or a graphic object, and hold down the mouse button.
Drag the mouse pointer to the relevant position. The preview frame of the model item is displayed. If you move objects, lines indicate the alignment of the moving object to the placed objects and arrows indicate the distances.
Release the mouse button.
If you set a grid, the model item "jumps" to the grid. If multiple model items are selected for moving, they "jump" from one gridline to the next in the grid width you set.
If you set a grid, the model item "jumps" to the grid. If multiple model items are selected for moving, they "jump" from one gridline to the next in the grid width you set.
If you want to place a model item in a position outside the visible area, you have several options:
Drag the model item to the edge of the modeling area. The visible area is moved automatically as long as you keep the model item in this position with the mouse button held down.
Reduce the zoom factor so that the new position will be visible, and drag the model item to the relevant position.
Select the model item you want to move.
Hold down the Shift key and press the arrow keys to move the model item in the corresponding direction by increments of one gridline.
Hold down the Ctrl key and press the arrow keys to move the model item in the corresponding direction by increments of one pixel, regardless of the grid-scale set.
Hold down the Alt key and press the arrow keys to move the model item in the corresponding direction by increments of four gridlines.
You have moved a model item.