Pools and Lanes are both represented by the Participant definition.

You can specify Analysis properties of a Pool or Lane during business process analysis.

Through the Participant property, you can specify that the Pool or Lane represents one of the following items:

You can specify that the Participant definition is part of a Category. A category is a simple grouping mechanism, introduced by the BPMN 1.0 specification. Assigning a Participant to a Category enables you to show a hierarchy of categories and the participants that belong to them using a System Architect Decomposition diagram.

Execution properties are specified to map the Business Process diagram to BPEL.

In a web services flow, you specify what type of partner the Pool or Lane represents in this field: if the Pool or Lane represents an outside partner. This field must be filled in if you want to generate BPEL from the diagram. Otherwise you can leave it blank.

To specify a partnerLinkType, click Choices and drag in an already existing class from the repository (you must create the class first; you cannot create it for the first time inside the partnerLinkType property). Only classes of stereotype partnerLinkType are made available from the Choices list.

For example, in a Loan Provider process flow, if the pool is an outside organization that is performing the role of a Loan Service, you might specify that the partnerLinkType is a class named LoanService, which itself has a stereotype of WSDL partnerLinkType.

In a web services flow, you specify what role the Pool or Lane is playing in this field: if the Pool or Lane represents an outside partner. Otherwise leave it blank.

For example, in a Loan Provider process flow, if the pool is an outside organization that is performing the role of a Loan Service, you might specify its partnerRole as LoanServiceProvider.

In a web services flow, you specify what role the Pool or Lane is playing in this field: if the Pool or Lane represents something in your organization. Otherwise leave it blank.

For example, in a Loan Provider process flow, if the pool is a part of your organization that is requesting service from a loan provider, you might specify its myRole property as LoanServiceRequestor.