Mapping syntax for tables defining connections only
A pure connection table can be recognized by the fact that no property ID is defined in it.
table element
XML properties
Only name and aristype are valid attributes.
name
Alfabet table name, for example, VALUENODE.
aristype
Comma-separated list of API names for ARIS connection types. The connection types are tried one after another until a type is found that is valid between the source and target object type. This is useful if the source and target objects are of more than one type.
Value -1 (= do not create a connection) is allowed only if an assignment definition has been specified as a sub-element.
'assign' sub-element of a table element
Creates an assignment for all connections that are imported from this table. This can be performed only if the target reference is a model.
XML properties
add-parent
Adds an occurrence of the superior object to the assigned model.
The default setting is false. If you change it to true, an occurrence of the superior object will be added to the assigned model. Therefore, the parent-symbol attribute is mandatory.
parent-symbol
API name for the symbol type of the superior ARIS object used in the assigned model, for example, ST_APPL_SYS_TYPE.
Required only if the add-parent attribute is set to true.
'attr' sub-element
Maps properties to ARIS connection attributes. This is not applicable to imports including assignments only. The syntax is the same as in the general description (see attr sub-element ).
'cxn' sub-element
Defines the properties to contain the source and the target of the connection.
property
Name of the Alfabet property. The property must be of the Reference or ReferenceArray type.
role
Defines the role of the object referenced by the property.Possible values are: source or target.
forceexist (optional)
Specifies whether or not the import forces the target or source object of a referenced object to exist in the database. If the value is set to true, the target or source object will be created using the mapping definition of the referenced object. Only if the target or source object exists will a connection be imported. Whether the target object or the source object must exist depends on the value specified in the srctotarget XML property. The default value is false.
<table name="BPINFORMATIONFLOW" aristype="CT_LEADS_TO_1,CT_ACTIV_1,CT_IS_PREDEC_OF_1,CT_LNK_2"
<attr aris="AT_CXN_ROLE" alfabet="name" />
<attr aris="AT_DESC" alfabet="description" />
<attr aris="AT_REM" alfabet="shortname" />
<cxn property="from" role="source" forceexist ="true" > <!-- src must exist / is imported if needed–>
<cxn property="to" role="target" forceexist ="true" > <!-- src must exist / is imported if needed–>
<cxn property="data" /> <!-- not mapped -->
<cxn property="documents" /> <!-- not mapped -->
</table>