Hello,
We use ARIS as our BPM repository and would love to have it integrated with other tools. I have been researching ways to do that and could use a little help. There are two ways in this integration:
1) ARIS >> Other tools
The obvious way to do it is use the "File >> Export >> As XML File..." menu. The file generated is a humongous blob of text that, granted, has all the information necessary. It is, however, very inefficient. Also, it requires Database export privileges.
So, this path of integration is, to me, solved.
2) Other tools >> ARIS
This is the complicated path. The native XML import functionality was, seemingly, projected to import files that were generated by ARIS itself. Other tools have no practical way to create an XML file of that complexity and mainting something like this is impractical.
Through research, I found another method. A standard script called "Import data in Excel format". There are a few problems with this approach. First, treating spreadsheets is not ideal for several reasons. But the main problem is when you import something over a database filled with data. The script has no way of updating objects in the database, it just appends a (1) to its name. There´s no intelligence in managing import conflicts and, therefore, no way to integrate and "sync" models with other tools.
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I'm sure this need (ARIS integration) is very common, but there seems to be no easy way to do it. Anyone knows how to make this happen?
If developping a script by ourselves is the only way to go, does anyone have any tips/pieces of code that could help? What are your thoughts on ARIS integration?
Thanks in advance.