Pool

Introduction

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A Pool is the graphical representation of a Participant in a Collaboration. A Participant can be a specific PartnerEntity (e.g., a company) or can be a more general PartnerRole (e.g., a buyer, seller, or manufacturer). A Pool MAY or MAY NOT reference a Process. A Pool is NOT REQUIRED to contain a Process, i.e., it can be a “black box.”

— BPMN 2.0.2 Standard, 9.3, Pool and Participant

Processes in BPMN models are often wrapped in a so-called pool which is further divided into lanes.

A process does not necessarily need a pool to be executable. However, a pool with lanes can help to make the model clearer.

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 pool, to give the pool 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.
Is executable	Boolean	An optional boolean value specifying whether the process is executable.
Process identifier	Text	Process identifier.

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.