Using Custom Symbols in TIBCO Business Studio

If you have created custom symbols in ARIS, you must perform the configuration described in this section before you can use those symbols with ARIS processes that you import.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the \LocalServer\sysconfig subdirectory of the ARIS installation directory.
  2. Open the methodextension.cpf file. This file contains a universal ID (Guid) for each custom symbol that you have defined. For example: 
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<!-- Do not edit this file !!-->
<SCSMethodExtension version="1" >
  <UserDefName KindNum="1" ItemTypeNum="66218" LocaleId="1033"    Name="Actor (sample)"/>
  <MetaFile Guid="da459755-894d-4a86-86bb-66624fde7434"    NewSN="65549" RefSN="13" size="12036" Amf="false"/>
  <MetaFile Guid="b783fa5d-a484-46f6-a357-b848ef6e328c"    NewSN="65569" RefSN="33" size="12036" Amf="false"/>
  <MetaFile Guid="9616e674-0dcb-40ac-b370-e7bc28271949"    NewSN="66218" RefSN="682" size="12036" Amf="false"/>
</SCSMethodExtension>

    The Guids listed in the file correspond to graphics files located in the same directory.

  3. Locate the graphics files listed in the methodextension.cpf file and copy them to a temporary directory.
  4. Rename the graphics files to .emf or .wmf file extensions.
  5. Open each image and save it to Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format.
  6. In TIBCO Business Studio, create a folder called images in the Project into which you will import the ARIS Process.
  7. Copy the PNG versions of the graphics into the images folder.
  8. Export the ARIS process and then import it into TIBCO Business Studio. The custom symbols you created in ARIS should be displayed in TIBCO Business Studio.
    Tip: If the symbol does not display correctly, click the Data Object and check that the file specified for External References is correct.