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Modify Select Alfabet object dialog

Define the dialog content that you want to show users when they are mapping ARIS and Alfabet objects.

Prerequisite

  • Alfabet RESTful API v1 is activated and configured in Alfabet. For more information, read the Alfabet reference manual of the ARIS - Alfabet Interoperability Interface. Read the documents on the ARIS Documentation website or download them from the ARIS Download Center.

  • You have the Configuration administrator function privilege.

  • The non-secure Alfabet RESTful API v1 is activated on this tenant.

Procedure. Procedure

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration. Configuration Configuration is displayed.

  2. Click Conventions.

  3. Click Alfabet import.

  4. Click the Alfabet configuration. You cannot modify the Default configuration. Thehe non-secure Alfabet import configuration and Mapping definition are displayed on the API version 1 tab.

  5. In the Alfabet import configuration, modify the values in this section:

    <dialog-columns alfatype="APPLICATION">

    <column alfabet="Version"/>

    <newlink url="ExternalAccess.aspx?AccessType=ExternalAccess&amp;UserType=Named&amp;View=GraphicView:APP_CaptureApplications_Ex"/>-->

    </dialog-columns>

  6. Save the changes.

The dialog is changed according to your modification.

XML properties

<dialog-columns alfatype>

dialog-columns alfatype

Defines the Alfabet table to be available in the Select Alfabet object dialog.

In this example, the APPLICATION Alfabet table is the source. All Alfabet objects of this table will be displayed.

<column alfabet>

column alfabet

Defines columns and content to be displayed in the Select Alfabet object dialog.

In this example, Version is the property name to be used as column title. All values of this property will be displayed in this column. Version refers to the attr subordinate element of the APPLICATION table, which is listed in the configuration file. You can use all other properties, for example, Status.

<newlink url>

newlink url

Defines the link to Alfabet for creating new Alfabet objects. This Create Alfabet object link is available in the Select Alfabet object dialog.

Do not change this value:

" ExternalAccess.aspx?AccessType=ExternalAccess&amp;UserType=Named&amp;View=GraphicView:APP_CaptureApplications_Ex "

The value represents the static part of the link. The link will be assembled using this value and the User interface URL value that you specified when you connected the ARIS database to the Alfabet system.