Series On Automating/Simplifying Navigation, enforce discipline, enhance object loading, etc. Via Macros

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Frank Hunnicutt, III on September 10, 2010

Folks, philosophically, I believe in driving "applications engineering" (via structure, filters, macros, etc.) in ARIS for users with two basic goals in mind: 1) minimize ramp up time from a beginner to a multi-dimensional modeler; 2) minimize needed "ARIS" epertise and maximize modeling and analysis expertise; 3) minimize "noise" in reporting and analysis created by needless duplication, unneccessary use of relationships, etc.

To that end, it would be extremely helpful for a macro series to help enable these these goals.

For example: a macro that would execute automatically:

when creating an assignment
that would generate the "correct" model,
with a menu to drive loading the appropriate parameters,
placing the new model in an appropriate subdirectory (which of course would be appropriately named based on some protocol),
and, of couse, naming the model appropriately (based on some protocol).

. . . and any other macros that would reenforce modeling discipline, enhance object loading, navigation, generating different kinds of models based on excel upload, etc.

Any one else interested??

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Anshuman Awad on September 14, 2010 - 11:51

Hi;

I would like to explore the functionality of developing of models using Excel upload.

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Donald Dillon on September 16, 2010 - 08:56

Frank,

We have such a report that was built customized for us.

Model epc (NOT EEPC) and then when ready select all functions, run our Create FAD report. It creates groups, makes fads, assignments, copies model level attribute from epc to fad and a few other little things.

Report also creates epcs from vacd, but cannot populate it like is done for the fad.

email me privately for additional information

donald dillon

Frank Hunnicutt, III Author on March 14, 2011 - 02:59 as Reply to Charise Hepburn

Mr. Dillon, wanted to follow up on your offer based on a question I posted third quarter last year . . . have been pulled away to another project, but now am back wrestling with this same issue again. Basically, I'm trying to build ways that modelers can spend more time modeling instead of tyring to learn the idiosyncracies of ARIS. Here's what I'm trying to accomplish:

An "entry screen" for an object's attributes. Where a modeler would place an attribute and on selecting or closing it, a window would pop up that would ask if attributes need to be added or edited. After selecting "Y", a windown would pop up displaying current attributes and allow entry or change. Upon closing the window, the attributes would be changed within the object.
A way when a particular model assignment is made that the system would either post the new model in an appropriate existing group (with standard naming conventions) or if the appropriate group didn't exist create an appropriate group (with standard naming conventions) and then open the new model.

If I understand what you're doing with a FAD correctly, that would be real helpful also.

You mentioned to email you privately. I'm not sure how to do this through the Community.

Thanks for all your help!

Frank

Martin Schröder on March 29, 2011 - 18:32

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