Organization Units (OOM )

An organization unit can represent a company, a system, a service, an organization, a user or a role, which is responsible for an activity. In UML, an organization unit is called a swimlane, while in the OOM, "swimlane" refers to the symbol of the organization unit.

Note:

To enable the display of organization unit swimlanes, select Tools > Display Preferences , and select the Organization unit swimlane checkbox on the General page, or right-click in the diagram background and select Enable Swimlane Mode.

An organization unit can be created in an activity diagram and can contain any of the other activity diagram objects:


Created October 7, 2009. Send feedback on this help topic to Sybase Technical Publications: pubs@sybase.com