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.

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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: