Data store

Data store

Unlike data objects, which live only as long as the process instance is running, a Data store represents information that persists beyond the lifetime of a particular process. On the business level, a Data store is represented by the symbol Data store of the ARIS object type Information carrier. This symbol is available in the Symbols bar.

On the business level, where the data structures and mappings are not included, data objects are represented in ARIS by six symbols of the object type Cluster/Data model:

Information carrier provides input for function

Function creates output to information carrier.

A Data store inherits from FlowElement and ItemAwareElement.

Mapping the attributes and model associations to ARIS:

Class	BPMN attribute name	Implementation in ARIS
DataStore	inherits from FlowElement and ItemAwareElement	Object type: Information carrier (OT_INFO_CARR) Symbol: Data store (ST_BPMN_DATA_STORE)
	name: string	Attribute type Name (AT_NAME) of object type Information carrier (OT_INFO_CARR)
	capacity: Integer [0..1]	Currently not implemented.
	isUnlimited: Boolean = False	Currently not implemented.
DataStoreReference	inherits from FlowElement and ItemAwareElement
	dataStoreRef: DataStore	Occurrence copies of the (referenced) data store.