Working with User-defined attribute types

Hello Fernando,

Best method to work with user-defined attributes is to use the GUIDs which are unique and constant. Here is an example for macros:

var metamodel = Context.getArisMethod();

var attRef =  metamodel.UserDefinedAttributeTypeNum("67e9d210-748a-11df-76b7-003005a85e34");

Basicly, you get the attribute type number by GUID. Hope this helps.

Best Regards,

Cezmi

Thank you very much Cezmi, that's really helpful!

What if I work with two ARIS enviroments (eg. Localhost and productive servers)? Would I still have to change the GUID values from one server to the other?

Best

Dear Fernando,

You need to change the GUID values according to the environment. I guess they are assigned at the time of creation, so same attributes have different values in different environments.

Best Regards,

Cezmi

Hi Fernando -

Cezmi is right that you need to change the GUID values according to the environment if you are creating the attribute types separately on each one.

The workaround for this is to create the attribute types on one environment (your localhost, for instance), export your filter with the new attribute types included in it, then import that filter onto your production server. By importing the filter, the attributes will have the same GUID values on both servers. This allows you to use them in your custom reports without having to change the GUID values.

- Ellen

Cezmi / Ellen,

Thank you guys! This helps a lot!

Thank you, Cezmi for the example above.

I'm currently trying to work with user defined attributes in a report and somehow, I'm missing something.

For macros and transformations there's the method "getArisMethod()" within the global object "context" which gives me access to the ArisMetaModel class.

For reports an semantic checks, the method "getArisMethod()" does not exist and I can't find any other method that gives me access to the ArisMetaModel class - or maybe I'm looking in the wrong places.

Could somebody please give me a hint? Thanks a lot!

It is not easy to find in Aris Script Help (SR2010_06):

Report script accesses the Aris Metamodel by means of the active method filter. so you can try:

oArisMetaModel = ArisData.ActiveFilter();

Regards, Martin

Works like a charm. Thank you so much!

Hi

Thank you very much, this is very useful.