Software AG Products 10.11 | Designing and Implementing Business Process Models | Quick Start Guide ARIS Designer | Before you start
 
Before you start
This Quick Start Guide introduces you to the basic functions of ARIS Designer. Using simple examples, you learn about important workflows for creating models, as well as for evaluating model content.
After specifying the required settings, you will first create a model of the EPC type and then evaluate it with a report. Your work with ARIS Designer can be divided into the following phases:
Quick Start Guide - Processes
The Quick Start Guide guides you step by step through the required workflow.
If you have questions about working with ARIS Designer, you can use the online help:
*If you need help on an open dialog, click the Help button of the dialog.
*If you require additional information, click ARIS > Help in the menu bar.
*If you need method help you can press the Ctrl + F1 keys at many points in the program; the Method help opens. If, for example, you have opened a model of the EPC type and press Ctrl + F1, the EPC type will be explained. If you have selected an object while pressing the Ctrl + F1 keys, the Method help for this object is opened instead.
The screen graphics in this manual may differ from your program interface, because different functions may be provided in ARIS Designer depending on your license.