ARIS provides two reports to create the models and the data required for the process conformance configuration. The first report creates the ARIS reference model and a mapping of ARIS functions to PPM function names. Another report exports the corresponding configurations and imports them into PPM. See chapter ARIS PPM Integration.
A transport container provided by PPM contains all relevant PPM configuration settings and elements, such as dimensions, measures and relations required for the process conformance check. See chapter Extend the client configuration.
The actual conformance check is done when process data is imported into PPM. See chapter PPM import.
The chapter The meaning of conformance explains in more detail what it means for a process instance to conform to a reference model.
The conformance check imposes certain restrictions on the ARIS reference models and the PPM process instances, such as allowing only certain rule types etc. When any such restrictions are not met, you will get an instructive error message.
The result of the conformance check is a measure aggregated by average, with the two possible values 0.0 (non-conformant) and 1.0 (conformant). The measure shows the proportion of conformant processes to all processes and is called Conformance rate.
In addition, there is a relation that contains possible reasons for a process not conforming to a model.