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Models

You can specify which models to display and use in ARIS.

Prerequisite

  • You have the Admin role and the Configuration Administration privilege.

  • You have created a set of content types.

Add model content types

You can add model content types to a content type set.

  1. Open content types page.

  2. Click the content type set you want to edit.

  3. In the Models section, click New/Add Create content type. The dialog opens.

  4. Enter the technical name of the new content type as an identifier, for example, process. The identifier must be unique for all content types.

  5. For each language, enter the name of the element that it is to be displayed. At least one language must be maintained. If you do not specify a path, the fallback path is used.

  6. ClickNew/Add Add model type. The dialog opens.

  7. Click the model types that you want to add. You can filter the list by typing the first letters of the model type you want to add.

  8. Click Close.

  9. If you want to use a model type for Contribution, click Contribution Used for contribution.

  10. Optional: If you want to restrict the models by an attribute value, in the Attributes row, click the Next arrow.

    If you have created multiple model content types with the same model type, you must restrict the models by an attribute value. Otherwise, you get an error notification. The behavior of these model content types is undefined.

    1. Start typing the name of the attribute you want to restrict. The matching attributes are displayed.

    2. Select the attribute that you want to restrict to a specific value and specify the value and language.

  11. Optional, only for Contribution: If you want to specify the group path to where the models are stored, in the Location for new models row, click the Next arrow.

  12. Enter the group path and select the language. The settings in this section are used only by Contribution and not by the modeling component of ARIS. The path of the group within the main group is specified. In the following example, a group named Contribution containing another group named My assigned models is created in the main group: Contribution/My assigned models.

  13. Click Save.

You have added a model content type.

For more information about the content types, click Information Information.

Edit model content types

You can edit the model content types.

  1. Open content types page.

  2. Click the content type set you want to edit.

  3. Click the Next arrow next to Models.

  4. In the row of the relevant model content type, click Show details Details. The dialog opens.

  5. Enter the technical name of the new content type as an identifier, for example, process. The identifier must be unique for all content types.

  6. For each language, enter the name of the element that it is to be displayed. At least one language must be maintained. If you do not specify a path, the fallback path is used.

  7. ClickNew/Add Add model type. The dialog opens.

  8. Click the model types that you want to add. You can filter the list by typing the first letters of the model type you want to add.

  9. Click Close.

  10. If you want to use a model type for Contribution, click Contribution Used for contribution.

  11. Optional: If you want to restrict the models by an attribute value, in the Attributes row, click the Next arrow.

    If you have created multiple model content types with the same model type, you must restrict the models by an attribute value. Otherwise, you get an error notification. The behavior of these model content types is undefined.

    1. Start typing the name of the attribute you want to restrict. The matching attributes are displayed.

    2. Select the attribute that you want to restrict to a specific value and specify the value and language.

  12. Optional, only for Contribution: If you want to specify the group path to where the models are stored, in the Location for new models row, click the Next arrow.

  13. Enter the group path and select the language. The settings in this section are used only by Contribution and not by the modeling component of ARIS. The path of the group within the main group is specified. In the following example, a group named Contribution containing another group named My assigned models is created in the main group: Contribution/My assigned models.

  14. Click Save.

You have edited a model content type.

For more information about the content types, click Information Information.

Remove model types

You can remove model types from a model content type.

  1. Open content types page.

  2. Click the content type set you want to edit.

  3. Click the Next arrow next to Models.

  4. In the row of the relevant model content type, click Show details Details. The dialog opens.

  5. In the row of the relevant model type, click Delete Delete.

  6. Click Save.

The model type is removed from the model content types.

Delete model content type

You can delete model content types.

  1. Open content types page.

  2. Click the content type set you want to edit.

  3. Click the Next arrow next to Models.

  4. In the row of the relevant model content type, click Delete Delete. The dialog opens.

  5. Click Delete to confirm.

You have deleted a model content type.