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Un Grupo es un conjunto de elementos gráficos que pertenecen a una misma categoría.
Las categorías, que tienen una semántica definida por el modelador, se pueden utilizar para documentación o análisis. Por ejemplo, todas las Actividades dentro de una transacción B2B, o las Actividades orientadas al cliente versus las de soporte.
Se representa con un cuadrado de esquinas redondeadas dibujado con línea segmentada, que encierra a los elementos agrupados. El nombre del Grupo representa la categoría, es decir, el criterio por el cual los objetos están agrupados.
Los Grupos no están restringidos por Piscinas ni Carriles. Esto significa que un Grupo puede extenderse más allá de los límites de una Piscina.
Un Grupo no afecta la ejecución del Proceso, no puede ser el origen o destino de Flujos de Secuencia ni de Flujos de Mensaje. Sin embargo, los Flujos de Secuencia y de Mensaje pueden atravesar su borde.
NOTA: los objetos de una categoría también se pueden destacar por otros mecanismos, como el color.
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Especificación BPMN
Group (a box around a group of objects within the same category).
The category is optional.
A Group is a grouping of graphical elements that are within the same Category (see page 66). This type of grouping does not affect the Sequence Flows within the Group.
The Category name appears on the diagram as the group label. Categories can be used for documentation or analysis purposes. Groups are one way in which Categories of objects can be visually displayed on the diagram.
The Group object is an Artifact that provides a visual mechanism to group elements of a diagram informally. The grouping is tied to the CategoryValue supporting element.
That is, a Group is a visual depiction of a single CategoryValue. The graphical elements within the Group will be assigned the CategoryValue of the Group.
(NOTE - CategoryValues can be highlighted through other mechanisms, such as color, as defined by a modeler or a modeling tool).
A Group is a rounded corner rectangle that MUST be drawn with a solid dashed line (as seen in Figure 8.13). The use of text, color, size, and lines for a Group MUST follow the rules defined in “Use of Text, Color, Size, and Lines in a Diagram” on page 39.
A Group Artifact
As an Artifact, a Group is not an Activity or any Flow Object, and, therefore, cannot connect to Sequence Flows or Message Flows.
In addition, Groups are not constrained by restrictions of Pools and Lanes. This means that a Group can stretch across the boundaries of a Pool to surround Diagram elements (see Figure 8.14), often to identify Activities that exist within a distributed business-to-business transaction.
Groups are often used to highlight certain sub clauses of a Diagram without adding additional constraints for performance, as a Sub-Process would. The highlighted (grouped) sub clause of the Diagram can be separated for reporting and analysis purposes. Groups do not affect the flow of the
Process.
Category
Categories, which have user-defined semantics, can be used for documentation or analysis purposes. For example, FlowElements can be categorized as being customer oriented vs. support oriented. Furthermore, the cost and time of Activities per Category can be calculated.
Groups are one way in which Categories of objects can be visually displayed on the diagram. That is, a Group is a visual depiction of a single
CategoryValue.
The graphical elements within the Group will be assigned the CategoryValue of the Group. The value of the CategoryValue, optionally prepended by the Category name and delineator ":", appears on the diagram as the Group label. (NOTE - Categories can be highlighted through other mechanisms, such as color, as defined by a modeler or a modeling tool). A single Category can be used for multiple Groups in a diagram.
