Import from ARIS

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Import an ARIS XML export file into TIBCO Nimbus®  to create a new map.

 

The following rules are applied when importing:

 

•The name of the ARIS database will become the map name.

•RADs (Resource Allocation Diagrams) are ignored.

•PSDs (Process Selection Diagrams) are ignored.

•EPC (Event Process Chain) diagrams are imported.

•FADs (Function Allocation Diagrams) are imported.

•Data table attachments are created for any data entity objects (blue and green rectangles on FADs).

•Document-type ARIS objects are converted into data table attachments on the activity that is connected to the document object via a flow line.

 

Note: Diagrams within ARIS that are not linked to any other ARIS diagrams are placed within the Orphaned Diagrams box on level 1 of the map.

 

 

1.From the File menu choose Import/Export and then Import from ARIS.

 

2.In the ARIS XML File click File Browse to locate the ARIS diagram to import.

 

3.In the Options panel select to import the ARIS diagram based on the TIBCO Nimbus®  map style or the ARIS style (see the example below of how these two styles differ).

 

4.To specify what elements to include in the import, click the Advanced tab and select or deselect the following options:

 

SAP transaction links enables direction connection to the relevant SAP transaction (screen) using the SAP user-interface.

Include inactive transactions includes inactive SAP transactions.

Data table attachment for data attributes converts relationships between data objects and functions into activity data tables.

Data table attachment for function objects converts functional objects into activity data tables.

Generate one data table definition for all imported attributes converts all attributes into a single activity data table.

 

Import descriptions as: allows you to specify how object function descriptions are imported. Choose to convert them to notes bubbles, internal WP documents or ignore them completely.

 

 

Internal WP documents

 

If there are less than 250 characters in the object description then the text will be stored in an Object Description field in the object's data table. This requires the Data table attachment for data attributes option to be enabled; if it is not then the text will be imported as an internal WP document, regardless of the number of characters.

 

 

5.Click OK.

 

 

Example

 

 

Original ARIS Diagram (EPC)

 

 

 

 

 

Imported map based on ARIS style:

 

Imported map based on TIBCO Nimbus®  style

 

 

 

 

Function Allocation Diagrams (FADs)

 

FADS are diagrams that drill down from a function (activity). They contain the supporting relationships, such as roles, resources, data, documents and they are equivalent to TIBCO Nimbus® data tables. When importing into TIBCO Nimbus® using the TIBCO Nimbus® style, these diagrams are not generated but the information is converted into resources and data tables associated with the parent activity. If the ARIS style of import is selected then the FAD is generated as a child diagram, as shown below.

 

 

 

 

 

Structural Differences

 

Multiple drill downs to child diagrams from one activity are supported in ARIS but not TIBCO Nimbus® . In most cases, an EPC diagram will drill down to an EPC column diagram, a FAD and a RAD. RAD diagrams are ignored in TIBCO Nimbus® . This is handled by creating the normal EPC diagram drill down to the FAD which then drills down to the other EPC column diagram.

 

Any orphan diagrams that exist in an ARIS database are imported as new diagrams which are accessible under a single Orphan Diagrams activity on level 1 of the new map, thereby maintaining the original map structure.