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[j76nm5]

I am new to SPARX EA. I am using the SPARX EA 10 with UPDM add-in. I am trying to determine whether to use partitions as swimlanes or to create swimlanes using the swimlanes and matrix method. I want to be able to instantiate the swimlanes with the roles that will be performing the activities in the swimlane. I have tried both.  I can find the partitions (that I use as a swimlane) in the project browser but I can't find a swimlane in the project browser that I create using the swimlanes and matrix method.  Help?

[qwerty]

I don't know much about UPDM but a swim lane (and a matrix) are just graphical "gimmicks" of a diagram while partitions (or pools and lanes in BPMN) are real objects. Probably you can arrange partitions as matrix but then you can assign elements only to one of each and show a relation to the other graphically. But somehow that does not seem to make much sense?

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[j76nm5]

Well, I think I want to use real objects.  Since I can instantiate the partition with the role I want and the activities/actions are in turn associated with the partition (they are shown indented under the partition), I think I probably want to stay with partitions and not use the Swimlane and Matrix method since that method is just graphical. Does that make sense?

[qwerty]

It does  

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[j76nm5]

Thanks for your help!