Creating ArchiMate diagram

ArchiMate is a modeling technique for describing enterprise architectures. It divides architecture into three layers - business layer, application layer and technology layer. The business layer offers products and services to external customers. The application layer supports business layer and the technology layer offers infrastructural services for application layer.

A part of a sample ArchiMate diagram

Creating ArchiMate diagram

To create an ArchiMate diagram, right click on ArchiMate Diagram in Diagram Navigator and select New ArchiMate Diagram from the popup menu.

To create an ArchiMate diagram through Diagram Navigator

Notations - Business Layer

Name Representation Business actor Business role Business collaboration Business process Business function Business interaction Business event Junction Business service Business interface Business object Product Contract Representation Meaning Value

A list of supported notations in ArchiMate diagram, for business layer

Notations - Application Layer

Name Representation Application collaboration Application component Application service Application function Application interaction Application interface Data object

A list of supported notations in ArchiMate diagram, for application layer

Notations - Technology Layer

Name Representation Node Device System software Infrastructure interface Infrastructure service Artifact Communication path Network

A list of supported notations in ArchiMate diagram, for technology layer

Changing the appearance of some notations

Some of the ArchiMate notations support different ways of presentation. Take node in technology layer as example, to change to another presentation, right click on the node and select Presentation Options > Display Option, Show as Box/Symbol from the popup menu.

To change the presentation of a node

Node shown as box or symbol