Design the storyboard

Be sure you have created favorites for all of the target links that you need for the storyboard. A standard default setting should be defined for any existing filter settings in the view when the bookmark is defined. Click for details about how to create favorites for all target links you want to embed as bookmarks.

Storyboard views are designed using Alfabet's diagramming tool. Click for detailed information about using the diagram tool. The following description is a brief explanation of how to create a storyboard diagram.

  1. Go to Diagrams > Storyboards Management.
  2. Select the checkbox DWB_Checkbox for the storyboard you want to design and click Navigate to Diagram.
  3. Click Action > Edit Diagram. The Alfabet Diagram Designer opens in a new browser tab.
  4. You can add existing bookmarks, links to ARIS diagrams, or other storyboards as well as Web links and documents:
    • To add a link that opens a view saved to your favorites, click the Bookmark icon in the left pane and click a blank space in the diagram. Select the favorite that you have saved in the selector and click OK.
    • To add a link that navigates to another storyboard diagram, click the Storyboard icon and click a blank space in the diagram. Select the storyboard diagram you want to add to the diagram and click OK.
    • To add a Web link that opens a website or an externally-stored document, click the Web Link and click a blank space in the diagram. Define the following fields in the URL editor:
      • Title: Enter the text that should be displayed for the Web link. The text should help users understand why the URL is available. Please note that the text will be displayed in the language in which it was captured and will not be translated if the user interface is rendered in a secondary language.
      • URL: Enter the complete URL starting with http://, or click the Browse button to navigate to a directory where a document is located that you want to link to. The URL link may contain up to 511 characters.
      • Category: Optionally select the document category that the URL should be assigned to.
    • To add a link to ARIS diagrams in ARIS, click the ARIS Diagram Link icon and click a blank space in the diagram. Select the ARIS diagram link you want to add to the diagram. A white rectangle is placed in the diagram.
  5. Design the visualizations of the links with text, color, images, etc., as needed.
  6. Click the Save button to save your changes.