Highlight objects on a diagram

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Craig Johnson on February 6, 2019

Hi,

I am using ARIS Architect and I have modeled a process flow in ARIS (using EPC at the moment). Depending on various scenarios, not all steps will always be required. Whilst I could put 'OR' rules all over the model, that will look very messy.

The solution I have implemented therefore is to link each of the objects in the model to a 'scenario' object. This can then be displayed in a matrix showing a clear summary of when each step is required.

What I would like to do now however is filter the EPC diagram based on which elements are linked to which scenario. I am aware of the 'navigation Mode', however this only seems to work for connectors visible on a diagram and is only able to hide objects rather than 'grey' them. What I want is to be able to select one object and then all objects not connected to it are 'greyed out'. I do not want the connections visible on the diagram as that would make for a mess, I just want to use the existence of these connections as a filter on the diagram. Is this possible in ARIS?

Regards

Craig

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Runé Becker on February 6, 2019 - 21:05

Dear Craig,

To fully understand what you'd like to achieve, a screenshot would help.

And why are those OR connectors messing up your EPC?

Did you maybe model out a complete decision tree?

Cheers

Rune

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Craig Johnson Author on February 7, 2019 - 08:37

Hi Rune,

Thank you for your reply. Attached is a screen shot of a very trivial example which demonstrates what I'm trying to achieve. The key points are:

I am building up a model using ArchiMate and EPC. The type of diagram is not especially relevant here and not all diagrams have decision tree functionality (most ArchiMate diagrams for example).
I want to be able to filter the view based on whether a function/process is required in a specific scenario.

I have mapped the scenarios in a matrix. Now, I want to be able to click on either 'large project' or 'small project' in one of the the models (either ArchiMate or EPC) and the functions not relevant in that scenario are 'greyed out'. The 'Hide and show' feature doesn't work unless all of those connections are visible on a diagram which would make the diagram unusable. I used to do this in Sparx Enterprise Architect which enables a diagram to be filtered by any number of criteria.

What I'm looking for is this functionality in ARIS.

Many thanks for your help

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