UML Partitioning Decision Nodes

Question

I am attempting to partition a decision node based on environment attributes. The process I am modeling is slightly different depending if a variable scope is public or private.

I am trying to associate the related Map Variables action in the Pipeline partition but cannot determine the best way to model this. Should I use a fork node only for this specific action or instead add the action for both decision flows into the existing Pipeline partition?

Answer 1

Rather than swim lanes (which are purely graphical annotations) you would use Partitions which are concrete UML elements. You can classify these partitions (e.g. with components representing the environment in question).

Further I suggest to use Pins and an ObjectFlow where objects (like the YAML) are sent along actions.