API name
The API name is a unique identifier for database items. You can use the API name to address database items with the ARIS Advanced API programming interface.
You can find detailed information on method items in the ARIS Method help. No Method help is available for user-defined method items. If you want to call user-defined method items in scripts, please use the GUID of the item instead of the type number. You can find the GUID on the Properties page of the item.
In ARIS Advanced, you can find information about API names (see Manage ARIS Method).
Information about API names is available in ARIS Advanced (
Application launcher > 
Administration > 
Configuration > Conventions > Method) and in ARIS Advanced Architect on the Administration tab below the Method folder structure. Specific information from the Method help is available when you select an item, for example, an object, a connection, or a model, and press Ctrl + F1 in ARIS Advanced Architect.