Changing the Orientation and Format of Swimlanes

You can change the orientation of swimlanes so that they run vertically (from top to bottom) or horizontally (from left to right). All swimlanes in a diagram must have the same orientation. You can change the presentation of organization units to swimlane or actor.

Select Tools > Display Preferences, select the appropriate radio button in the Organization unit swimlane groupbox, and click OK.

By default, you use organization units displayed as actors in top-level diagrams and as swimlanes in business process diagrams. To modify this default behavior:

Select Tools > Display Preferences > General, and select or deselect the Organization Unit Swimlane check box.
Right-click the diagram background, and select Enable Swimlane Mode or Disable Swimlane Mode.

When you switch organization unit representations, the symbols are often deleted from the diagram. To residplay the symbols, you can either drag the organization units from the Browser and drop them onto the diagram or right-click the diagram background and select Show Symbols.