Activity Properties

You can modify an object's properties from its property sheet. To open an activity property sheet, double-click its diagram symbol or its Browser entry in the Activities folder. The following sections detail the property sheet tabs that contain the properties most commonly entered for activities.

The General Tab contains the following properties:

Property	Description
Name	Specifies the name of the item, which should be clear and meaningful, and should convey the item's purpose to non-technical users.
Code	Specifies the technical name of the object, which is used for generating code or scripts.
Comment	Descriptive comment for the object.
Stereotype	Extends the semantics of the object beyond the core UML definition.
Organization unit	Specifies the organization unit (see Organization Units (OOM)) linked to the activity and also allows you to assign the Committee Activity value (see Displaying a committee activity) to a decomposed activity to graphically show the links between organization units designed as swimlanes and sub-activities. A Committee Activity is an activity realized by more than one organization unit. You can click the Ellipsis button beside the Organization unit list to create a new organization unit or click the Properties tool to display its property sheet.
Composite status	Specifies whether the activity is decomposed into sub-activities. You can choose between: Atomic Activity – (default) The activity does not contain sub-activities Decomposed Activity – the activity can contain sub-activities. A Sub-Activities tab is displayed in the property sheet to list these sub-activities, and a sub-diagram is created below the activity in the Browser to display them. If you revert the activity from Decomposed to Atomic status, then any sub-activities that you have created will be deleted.