How to update data to ARIS Business Architect from Word documents

I will show you a very simple script to update data from Word files. Sometimes you may need update an object atribute (e.g., Description) from a Word document previously generated, this works for me:

Import POI library

    var importer = JavaImporter(

    Packages.java.io.File,

    Packages.java.io.FileInputStream,

    Packages.org.apache.poi.hwpf,

    Packages.org.apache.poi.hwpf.HWPFDocument,

    Packages.org.apache.poi.hwpf.extractor.WordExtractor,

    Packages.org.apache.poi.hwpf.usermodel.TableIterator

    );

Open Word file

    var docFile = new java.io.File([Word Document]);

    var fis = new java.io.FileInputStream(docFile);

    var doc = new importer.HWPFDocument(fis);

Iterate tables and rows in document

    var range = doc.getRange();  

    var ti = new importer.TableIterator(range);

    ArisData.getActiveDatabase().setAutoTouch(false);

    //Iterate tables in document

    while(ti.hasNext()) {

        var table = ti.next();

       

        //Iterate rows in table

        for (var rowIdx=0; rowIdx<table.numRows(); rowIdx++) {  

            var row = table.getRow(rowIdx);  

            var cell = row.getCell(0);

            var sid = cell.getParagraph(0).text();

           

Search and update the attribute

            //Search item in EPC model

            bitemisvalid = __toBool(getitembyid(ocurritem, sid));

           

            if (bitemisvalid) {

                //Get description attribute

                ocurrattr = ocurritem.value.Attribute(Constants.AT_DESC, g_nloc);

               

                if (ocurrattr.IsValid()) {

                   

                    var svalue = getCellText(row.getCell(1));

                   

                    changeAutoTouch(ocurritem.value);

                   

                    //Update attribute value

                    if (ocurrattr.setValue(svalue) == false) {

                   ...

    ArisData.getActiveDatabase().setAutoTouch(true);

Best regards,