Creating Custom Symbols in ARIS Business Designer (Optional)

You can create custom symbols in ARIS processes that you want to export.

For example, you can specify that a certain type of ARIS object displays a graphic of your choice rather than the default graphic.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the ARIS database that contains the data you want to export.
  2. Expand Configuration and click Method.
  3. Click the Symbols tab.
  4. Right-click the object for which you want to specify a different symbol and select New > Symbol.
  5. Browse to select a graphic of the type AMF, WMF, or EMF.
  6. Click Next and change the Name of the object if desired.
  7. After you have created the object, log out of the database.
  8. Choose Configuration > Update Configuration.
  9. Log in to the ARIS database.