Problem with color transparency in template

Hi

answer: transparency is not supported by the ARIS object model.

question: So why is it offered?

answer: this is a standard dialog from Java. Currently, we did not invest the effort to remove the transparency slider.

Conclusion: well, just do not set transparency. I will forward this to our development.

Bye,

Frank

I just stumbled on this need as a workaround for showing relationship differences between master and variant objects when the connections are not visible on the master and variant models. If transparency were persisted as a connection attribute, I could have used it as a near-term work around.

The model compare capability is nice, and I quite like the Excel export. However, I am not getting the needed report on relationships between Roles and Functions in EPCs that have changed between master and variant. Why? I don't show those relationships visually as connections on the models; too much connection clutter. Instead, I render on the screen a shaded box to visually communicate scope of a role's relationship to a set of functions. The DB *does* have each relationship defined. Apparently the Compare capability spots differences in attributes in objects but it doesn't mine object relationships for differences.

I had hoped the compare report would tell me what relationships had changed in the DB between the Master and Variant objects (not just the diagrams alone). I have not (yet) figured that out. Setting transparency to 100% would have let me keep the connections on the model and then use the out-of-the-box report. I tried it and it did work ... except for persisting transparency.

If anyone can describe how to do the compare report over relationships for objects in models that have changed AND where the relationships may not be rendered on the models themselves, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks.