Creating interaction occurrences with existing interactions

In Unified Modeling Language (UML) sequence diagrams, you can create an interaction occurrence with an existing interaction.

You must have a sequence diagram with lifelines open in the diagram editor.
To create an interaction occurrence with an existing interaction:
  1. In the Palette, click Interaction Occurrence.
  2. Click and drag the interaction occurrence across multiple lifelines.
  3. In the window that opens, click Select Existing Element.
  4. In the Select Element window, click an existing interaction and click OK.
  5. In the name field, type a name and press Enter.

Parent topic: Creating interaction occurrences

Related concepts
Interaction frames
Interaction occurrences

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Creating interaction occurrences with unspecified interactions
Creating interaction occurrences with new interactions

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