WebSphere Lombardi Edition 7.2 > Modeling processes > Basic modeling tasks
Add lanes to a BPD
A Business Process Definition (BPD) needs to include a lane for each system or group of users who participates in a process. A lane is the container for all the activities to be performed by a specific group of users or system.
Use the BPD created in the preceding task, follow these steps to
change the names of the default lanes and add additional lanes:
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Click the Participant lane and in the Name field (in the Properties) enter Employees:
This lane will contain activities that corporate employees will perform.
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Leave the System lane as is for the sample Expense Reimbursement BPD that we're building.
System lanes hold activities that are to be completed by a Lombardi system. During implementation, a developer creates a service or writes the JavaScript necessary to complete the activities.
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Drag a Lane component from the palette to the diagram so that the new lane is positioned beneath the System lane.
You can right-click the new lane and select Move Lane Down until it is positioned where you want it.
- Click on the new lane in the diagram (named Untitled 1 by default) and in the Name field in the properties, enter Manager.
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Repeat steps 3 through 5 to add two lanes (Accounts Payable and Monitor) beneath the Manager lane as shown in the following image:
- Click Save in the main toolbar.
- Continue creating a BPD and its basic components,
Parent topic: Basic modeling tasks