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Rule types

If you have the Admin role and the Script administrator privilege, you can manage semantic checks in ARIS Administration. To manage semantic check rule types in ARIS Administration, click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration > Evaluations and select Semantic checks > Rule types.

The rule types contain all rules available on a tenant. Related rules are well structured in multiple rule types. When you create a profile, you add the rules from these rule types that are relevant for the profile.

ARIS contains two different sets of rule types. The set of comprises all rules whose properties you can easily adapt to your requirements.

Extendable rule types

Extendable rule types contain rules that you can extend or modify without having programming knowledge. This means that you can modify the rule properties as required.

  • Allocation rules

    Check allocations of objects of one type to objects of a different type using defined relationship types.

  • Existence rules

    Check the consistency of contents among multiple models. You can use these rules to check how frequently an object type occurs in source and target models of a specific type.

  • Model attribute rules

    Check whether selected attribute types are specified for all models of a specific type.

  • Object attribute rules

    Check whether selected attribute types are specified for all objects of a specific type. This check takes place at the definition level.

  • Relationship attribute rules

    Check whether selected attributes are specified for all relationships of a certain connection type.

If you have no rule type selected, you can do the following:

Create database

Create your own rule type.

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration. Configuration Configuration is displayed.

  2. Click Evaluations.

  3. Select Semantic checks > Rule types.

  4. Click Add template Create rule type.

  5. Select the language in which you want to edit the text fields.

  6. Specify the entries in all required languages. Name and Description are especially important.

  7. Select the next language, if required, and edit the text fields in turn.

  8. Specify the settings as required.

  9. Click Apply.

The rule type is created.

Import

You can import semantic check rule types from export files if available. This enables you to provide rule types from another tenant or import rule types from a previous version.

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration. Configuration Configuration is displayed.

  2. Click Evaluations.

  3. Select Semantic checks > Rule types.

  4. Click Import Import.

  5. Select the related ASX import file and click Open.

  6. If the rule type already exists, you must confirm to overwrite the current rule type.

The rule type is imported.

If you selected a rule type, you can do the following:

Edit

You can change the settings of semantic check rule types if required.

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration. Configuration Configuration is displayed.

  2. Click Evaluations.

  3. Select Semantic checks > Rule types.

  4. Select the rule type and click Edit Edit properties.

  5. Modify the settings as required.

  6. Click Apply.

The rule type was modified.

Export

You can save semantic check rule types as export files if you want to store different versions or to make rule types available on multiple tenants.

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration. Configuration Configuration is displayed.

  2. Click Evaluations.

  3. Select Semantic checks > Rule types.

  4. Select the rule type and click Export Export.

  5. Depending on your Web browser, navigate to the file location where you want to save the file and click Save.

The rule type has been saved.

Delete Delete

If you have selected a rule from an expandable rule type, you can Edit .

You can change the settings of expandable semantic check rules if required. You cannot change properties of rules contained in predefined rule types.

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration. Configuration Configuration is displayed.

  2. Click Evaluations.

  3. Select Semantic checks > Rule types.

  4. Click the expandable rule type and click the rule.

  5. Click Edit Edit properties.

  6. Modify the settings as required.

  7. Click Apply.

The Rule was modified.