Run the ARIS report

If you have modeled the process overview you want for your Performance Dashboard using ARIS, you can run the ARIS report for your Performance Dashboard. The ARIS report automatically generates the definition file required for your Performance Dashboard (*_def.xml), e.g., DemoDashboard_def.xml.

To be able to use the ARIS report from version 7.0 to create a Performance Dashboard definition file, copy the file PerformanceDashboardXML_TS700_PPM41_de.rsm in the directory <installation directory>\ppmmashzone\server\bin\agentLocalRepo\.unpacked\ppm-web-run-prod-<version>-runnable.zip\ppm\PerformanceDashboard\arisreport\ to the subdirectory script\report\de of your ARIS installation directory.

When you install and load the PPM demo database (UMG_EN), the predefined demo dashboard definition file (umg_dashboard_def.xml) and configuration file (umg_dashboard_conf.xml) are available in the directory <installation directory>\ppmmashzone\server\bin\work\data_ppm\webapp\WEB-INF\config\umg_de\performancedashboards.

To create a Performance Dashboard definition file, you must run the available ARIS report, e.g., in ARIS from the start model for your Performance Dashboard (e.g., in this case the DemoDashboard model in the ARIS demo database).

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Detailed information about the content of the Performance Dashboard definition file can be found in the file dashboarddefinition.dtd in the webapp\dtd subdirectory of your Performance Dashboard installation directory.

If you model your Performance Dashboard with ARIS from version 7.0, use the ARIS report PerformanceDashboardXML_TS700_PPM_de.rsm to create the dashboard definition file.

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Detailed information on how to run a report in ARIS is available in the ARIS help topics.

When running the ARIS report, apply the default report settings, i.e., the Create links in Performance Dashboard option is not enabled, or disable the option if it is.

Example: Report settings dialog box

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If you want to use your Performance Dashboard for multiple languages, you can enable the corresponding selection box to transfer the language-specific names of the ARIS objects. The user can then choose from the selected languages when logging into Performance Dashboard. Make sure that the specified PPM system also supports the selected languages. The language you used to log into the ARIS database is activated by default and cannot be deactivated.

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Further information on configuring the report settings is available in the chapter on Advanced ARIS report settings. The chapter describes how to set external links to more extensive documents and Management views.

Copy the created Performance Dashboard definition file to <installation directory>\ppmmashzone\server\bin\work\data_ppm\webapp\WEB-INF\config\<client name>\performancedashboards of your Performance Dashboard.

By default, the Performance Dashboard definition file created by the ARIS report is saved in the script\report\out subdirectory of your ARIS installation and is automatically given the file name <Identifier of top level model>_def.xml, in this case DemoDashboard_def.xml.