Use free-form texts as occurrence copy

In an open model, you can create a free-form text as an occurrence copy to make changes to text at different positions in the model or in various models at once.

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

  1. If you are authorized to use multiple databases, select the database containing the contents you want to access.

  2. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Published content Published content.

  3. Click Groups in the Classic or Processes in the Default configuration set.

  4. Select the group or process area containing the required model. The content of the selected group or process area is listed.

  5. Click the name of the relevant model.

  6. Click Diagram if you want to display the model graphically.

  7. Click Edit Edit > Edit model Edit model.

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Models and objects Models and objects. The Models and objects view in the repository is opened.

  2. In the database, select the group containing the relevant model. The content of the selected group is listed.

  3. Click the name of the model you want to open.

  1. If you are authorized to use multiple databases, select the database containing the contents you want to access.

  2. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Models and objects Models and objects. The Models and objects view in the repository is opened.

  3. Click Recent changes Recently used. All models are listed that have recently been changed or created.

  4. Click the tile of the model you want to open.

You can select models in the Published content Published content view and open them for editing in a separate tab.

Prerequisite

You have the ARIS Connect Designer license privilege.

Procedure

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Published content Published content.

  2. Click Groups in the Classic or Processes in the Default configuration set.

  3. Navigate to the relevant model.

  4. Click the name of the model you want to edit.

  5. Click Edit Edit > Edit model Edit model. The model opens on an individual tab.

  6. Make the required changes.

  7. Click Save Save.

Your changes are saved in the model.

  1. If you are authorized to use multiple databases, select the database containing the contents you want to access.

  2. 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.

  3. In the Models category, click the name of the model you want to open.

The model opens on a separate tab.

Copy of the occurrence, that is, only the graphical representation of an object, rather than the entire object as with the definition copy.

All occurrence copies of an object represent the underlying object definition.

You can create copies of objects. When copying an object, you can decide whether you wish to create a new object (a definition copy) or a new object symbol for an existing object (an occurrence copy).

It is helpful to create a copy of the object symbol for an existing object - that is, only a copy of the occurrence of an object - if exactly the same object is used at various positions in the model or in different models.

For example, if, in the model, you are creating, Plant 1 supplies goods at various points of the model, it is advisable to use occurrence copies at these points. These refer to the same object, and any changes to this object apply to all occurrence copies.

If you want to rename Plant 1 to Plant A, for example, you only need to do this for ONE of the occurrences: The names of all other occurrences are simultaneously changed to Plant A.

Warning

Free-form texts are not saved in groups and are thus not protected by access privileges for groups. Therefore, it is possible to have reports output the free-form texts of models for which the person running the report does not have read privileges. Therefore, remember not to include confidential information in free-form texts but to use model and object attributes for that.

Procedure

  1. Click the free-form text and select Copy Copy.

  2. In the same model or in another model, click Paste Paste as > Occurrence copy.

  3. Move the mouse pointer to the position in the model at which you want to place the occurrence copy of the free-form text.

A new occurrence exists for the same free-form text. If you edit one of the occurrences, the free-form text of the other occurrences is also changed automatically.

Tip

You can copy free-form text as a normal copy, that is, as text that can be changed without affecting other free-form texts, using the Copy/Paste functionality.

See also

Use free-form texts as definition copy

Insert free-form texts

Move free-form texts

Change free-form texts

Format free-form texts