Lane

Introduction

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A Lane is a sub-partition within a Process (often within a Pool) and will extend the entire length of the Process level, either vertically or horizontally.

— BPMN 2.0.2 Standard, 9.3.2, Lanes

Lanes are a good way to organize responsibilities in a process. Often, a pool defines a process or an organization and the lanes represent departments. BPMN elements such as Tasks, Gateways etc. are then modeled within the pool that most matches that organizational unit. While this has no effect on most tasks, User Tasks can benefit from it.

Properties

General

Attribute	Type	Description	Category
Model Id	Text	Model Id identifies the element within the process model.	The model id, name and documentation properties can be found on any element. They are used respectively to uniquely identity the lane, to give the lane a user-friendly name and to add a free-form description.
Name	Text	The name of the element. This is the name displayed in the diagram.
Documentation	Multiline Text	A free-form text that can be used to explain details about the particular element.

Visual

Attribute	Type	Description	Category
Font size	Selection: 8 9 10 11 12 14 18 20 24 36 48 72	Font size.	Visual properties that determine how the pool is shown in the diagram. This has no impact on the runtime execution.
Border color	Color	The border color of the element in the diagram.
Font weight	Selection: Normal Bold	Select the style between bold and normal.
Font style	Selection: Normal Italic	Select the style between italic and normal.
Font color	Color	Select a font color.
Background color	Color	The background color of the element in the diagram.