JB
Hello ARIS Community: I would like to make some user-friendliness improvements to the readability of BPMN models in ARIS Connect. Right now I see three related issues in the screen display that make it difficult for the users to read the models:
1) Size of text in Pool and Lane names: we would like the Pool and Lane names to be big and bold text, to make them easy to read on the screen. But when we change this text size, it also changes the text size on the Role objects used in the models, which is not desireable. Is there any way to change the Pool and Lane labels to large bold text, without also changing the text on the Role objects? (we use role objects in the models to show the full RACI relationships, while the Lane only establishes the R=Responsible relationship)
2) Freeze the Pool and Lane names on the screen: currently when viewing a model, the Pool and Lane names disappear off the screen when the user scrolls right. This makes it very easy to get lost; we can't tell what lane we are in. Is there a way to freeze the Pool and Lane names on the screen, so they remain visible as the user scrolls across the model? (like "freeze panes" in Excel)
3) Default scroll/zoom when opening a new model: currently the view of a new model seems to take the same display as the previously viewed model. Meaning if the user is at the lower-right corner of a BPMN model when they link to the next model, the next model opens from the lower right; then the user has to scroll up and left to get to the top left of the model, where the process usually begins. Is there a setting to make all models open with the view in the upper left corner?
Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions, or follow up questions to clarify the need.
Hello John,
ad 1): You can assign a template to the Pool symbol, which contains a larger font for Pool symbols.
ad 2): On the "Model" menu bar there is the "Freeze/Unfreeze" button, where you can define a horizontal and/or vertical position, which shall not scroll. Place that behind your Lane header and you are ready to scroll.
This setting is saved with the model and also applies when you view the model in the portal.
Hello John,
ad 3): sometimes it may be really useful to get to the same position in a different model, e. g. when you are comparing two similar models (e. g. variants). I suggest to use the navigation panel on the bottom right to move to the desired location in the newly opened model. It's a swipe of the mouse or finger of just an inch and you are back at the top left.
Regards, M. Zschuckelt
Thank you M, I will try those suggestions.
Meanwhile, since the Pool name is redundant to the model/process name, it is really the Lane names, meaning the roles, that users need to be able to read. Is there any way to increase the size of the text in the Lane name, without also increasing the size of the text on the Role objects?
Yes, this should work, because in a template you specify formatting instructions per symbol type. So for a role Lane symbol you could specify Font Format A and for the Role Symbol Font Format B. To be more precise: You even specify the format for each attribute occurrence type of a symbol. So you can have the "Name" attribute in a large font and specify an occurrence of "Description/Definition" attribute with a small font, because that tends to be a lot of text. (Just for the sake of an example, most of the time you don't make occurrences of that)
