Using Participants
A participant defines a partition of the actions of a process that will be assigned to a same agent.Example of participants
Creating a Participant (Org-Unit )
A participant (org-unit) enables representation of org-units assigned to execute a group of process operations.Org-units, either new or already created, can be assigned to participants of a process.
Example: The "Analyze Purchase Request" operation in the "Process Purchase Request" process, handled by the Purchasing Manager, is assigned to the Purchasing Assistant when the manager is absent. To represent this, we assign org-units "Purchasing Manager" and "Purchasing Assistant" org-units to the same participant.
To create a participant (Org-Unit) in an organizational process diagram:
1. Click the arrow at the right of the participant (org-unit) 
button in the insert toolbar.
button in the insert toolbar. 2. Click within the organizational process frame.
The Creation of Participant- Assignement wizard opens.
3. In the Org-Unit field, select the org-units you wish to assign to the participant.
4. Click the Next button.
The Creation of Participant - Assignment wizard allows you to modify the list of selected actors.
5. Click OK.
The participant is positioned in the diagram. If you have not specified a name, it will carry the name of the assigned org-unit.
To hide the name of the participant, open its pop-up menu and select Shapes and Details. In the tree on the left, click the "Short Name" folder, then in the Content tab, clear the Short Name check box.Creating a Participant
To create an org-unit participating in execution of a process:
1. In the diagram insert toolbar, click the Composite Participant (Org-Unit) > Participant 
button.
button.2. Click in the diagram within the organizational process frame.
The participant appears in the diagram.
3. Click the "Participant" name and press key <F2> to modify the name of the participant.
Assigning an org-unit to a participant
Org-units, either new or already created, can be assigned to participants of a process.
Example: The "Analyze Purchase Request" operation in the "Process Purchase Request" process, handled by the Purchasing Manager, is assigned to the Purchasing Assistant when the manager is absent. To represent this, we assign org-units "Purchasing Manager" and "Purchasing Assistant" org-units to the same participant.
To assign an org-unit to a participant:
1. Open the Characteristics property page of the Participant.
2. In the Assignment section, click the Connect button.
A wizard opens.
3. Select Org-Unit and select Propose.
A list of proposed org-units is displayed.
4. Select the org-unit you wish to assign to the participant, "Purchasing Assistant" in the example, and click OK.
The assignment appears in the properties dialog box of the participant..
Conditioning the assignment of an object to a participant
To condition participation of an org-unit:
1. Open the Characteristics property page of the Participant.
2. In the Assignment section, select the line of the org-unit of which you wish to condition assignment.
3. Click in the Conditioning column.
4. Enter the text of the condition.
5. Click OK to close the properties of the participant.
The text of the condition appears between brackets alongside the name of the org-unit in the participant title bar.