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Swimlane diagrams are used to organize activities into separate visual categories in order to illustrate different functional capabilities and responsibilities based on resources and resource groups. Activities are grouped by placing them in a lane, with one lane assigned per resource or resource group. Lanes can be arranged horizontally or vertically and are labeled with the resource or resource group name.
Note: Only administrators and authors with read/write access to the diagram can create swimlane diagrams. If the resource library is updated, for example resources or resource group names are changed, then swimlane diagrams will be updated automatically.
1.From the Diagram menu choose Swimlane and Pool Properties.
2.Select Enable Swimlane Mode on this diagram.
Swimlane Pools
A swimlane pool is simply a collection of swimlanes. For example, you may have a pool named 'Supplier', and within this pool are two swimlanes, 'Sales' and 'Distribution'. To create a new swimlane pool click Add Pool.
To remove a swimlane pool, select the pool and click Remove (this will also remove any associated swimlanes).
Note: <No Pool> is used for swimlane objects that do not belong to any pools. A single resource can only be associated with one pool.
Hint: You can click and drag resources and resource groups between pools.
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3.Click a pool to select it, or click <No Pool> if you do not want to associate a resource with a pool, then do one of the following:
•Click Add Resource. Find and select the resource(s) that you want to add to the swimlane diagram and click Add Resources To List  .
•Click Add Group. Select the resource group and click OK.
Note: To reorder the assigned resources and resource groups as they will appear in the swimlane pool, select the resource or resource group and click Move Up or Move Down.
4.Modify any display options as required. See Formatting swimlane diagrams for more information.
5.Click OK.
You are now ready to design your swimlane diagram. If activities already exist then move the activities into the correct swimlanes. If you are creating new activities, note that when you assign a resource it will be automatically hidden.
Assigning resources to activities in swimlanes
When assigning resources to activities that lie within a particular swimlane, the Activity Resources dialog will automatically be filtered to display only the resource associated with the swimlane. This is called the <SWIMLANE> resource group. To assign other resources you must choose another resource group from the Group drop-down list.
If an activity that has been assigned a resource from the Swimlane group is moved to another swimlane then the resource will not be automatically updated. This must be done manually by right-clicking the activity and choosing Resources.
Resizing swimlanes
Width (or height for vertical swimlanes) - move the cursor to the end of the swimlanes until resizing handles appear, then click and drag the swimlanes.
Height (or width for vertical swimlanes) - move the cursor to the edge of the title area until resizing handles appear, then click and drag the title areas. This will only resize one swimlane at a time. To resize the height of all swimlanes you must define the height in the swimlane properties.
Integrity checking
Running an integrity check will also report on any resource mismatches within swimlane diagrams. When an integrity report has been generated, click the Swimlane tab to check for problems.
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Formatting swimlane diagrams
Integrity checking
About resources
About resource libraries
Creating resources
Creating resource groups
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