Author Topic: Ending of swimlanes (Read 17103 times)

Dominika-Junior Analyst · « **on:** September 03, 2015, 07:08:41 pm »

Hello,

My question is: how to make the end of swimlane? After finishing making a partition, at the end of it there is no ending line - how to make it?

Best regards

Dominika

qwerty · « **Reply #1 on:** September 03, 2015, 07:38:21 pm »

You can't. Instead of swimlanes you should use pools/lanes which allow to create a whole bounding box (and thus an end). This is recommended anyway as swimlanes are a mere line with no further semantic while pools/lanes are real UML elements.

q.

Dominika-Junior Analyst · « **Reply #2 on:** September 03, 2015, 08:03:25 pm »

So I have another naive question: where do I find these pools and lanes? I use Enterpise Architect 9.3

D.

Geert Bellekens · « **Reply #3 on:** September 03, 2015, 08:52:51 pm »

Pools and Lanes are BPMN objects. In UML the equivalent is called ActivityPartition.

Geert

Dominika-Junior Analyst · « **Reply #4 on:** September 03, 2015, 08:59:07 pm »

Ok... but activity partitions don't have ends too. I would like to be able to create a partition which is a bouding box.

D.

qwerty · « **Reply #5 on:** September 03, 2015, 09:43:41 pm »

You could use a simple Boundary.

Maybe you explain WHY you need that.

q.

Geert Bellekens · « **Reply #6 on:** September 03, 2015, 09:50:56 pm »

I'm afraid Activity Partitions are always open ended as specified in the UML specs.
Closed ActivityPartitions don't exist in UML.

Geert

Dominika-Junior Analyst · « **Reply #7 on:** September 04, 2015, 04:36:57 pm »

Thank you guys a lot for help.
I've begun my journey with UML not a long time ago, so in my understaning of subject, the activitypartition should be close - now I know that they shouldn't

Probably I was mistaken by the fact that when I made an activity diagram with partition matrix - partitions were by a mirace close

D.

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