Modify configuration of Alfabet REST API
The connection between ARIS and Alfabet is enabled through ARIS database attributes. The Alfabet RESTful API interface is configured in ARIS using the Alfabet configuration and related reports available in Alfabet. The Alfabet import configuration is included in the Default Alfabet configuration. The Default configuration gets updated with each ARIS update to include all current features. To prevent overwriting custom Alfabet configuration settings during the ARIS updates, you can no longer modify the related XML files in ARIS Architect or edit the Default configuration. To modify the Default configuration, you must duplicate the Default Alfabet configuration and customize the Alfabet import configuration in the copy.
The Alfabet import configuration defines the general mapping for models, connections, and assignments. The configuration handles the data transfer between ARIS and Alfabet using Alfabet RESTful API version 2.
If you still use the non-secure Alfabet RESTful API v1 that is no longer recommended and you want to modify this configuration, you can activate the outdated version.
Alfabet interoperability is available for objects of the Application system type type by default. Objects can be mapped to Alfabet objects of the Application Alfabet object class.
If you want to define other ARIS object types or Alfabet object classes, you must modify the Alfabet configuration and adapt the related reports that are used in the Alfabet system to transfer the defined data to ARIS. All elements in both the reports and the Alfabet configuration must correspond to each other.