Modeling
The Metamodel language specifies the language in which the type names of UML elements, UML properties, and UML diagrams are displayed. For example, this allows object types, diagram types, and attribute names for non-UML content to be displayed in German, and UML types in English.
The option for selecting the owner property has already been explained in Graphic nestings.
The Show alert if data is implicitly changed option can be used to enable and disable the logging of implicit changes described in Implicit changes bar .
Some changing functionalities of ARIS UML Designer are executed on the server as they potentially involve large data volumes. They require all changes made in the client to be saved first. If the Save automatically before processing check box is enabled, saving occurs with no confirmation when the corresponding functionality is called. Otherwise, a dialog appears asking whether you want to save or cancel the functionality.
When multiple users are working on the same structures in a database, it is theoretically possible that two users could simultaneously change the structure in such a way that the two changes would combine to cause a cycle in the element hierarchy. As soon as one user has saved his changes, in this situation the second user's save will fail if the cycle is not fixed first. If the Automatically remove cycle from namespace hierarchy when saving changes check box is enabled, the fix is carried out when saving without confirmation. Otherwise, a corresponding dialog appears.
If the Refresh data after saving check box is enabled, all data is reloaded from the server after saving, so that changes made by other users are included.
The Enable secure storage check box is used to set ARIS UML Designer to back up all changes locally at regular intervals. You use the Save interval (seconds) setting to specify how often this is to be performed. If the connection to the server is lost due to network problems, at the next login you will be asked whether you want to restore the changes that are not saved in the database.
