Creating an Actor

An actor portrays a role which interacts with the system from the outside.

Context

An actor specifies a role which interacts with the system from the outside. An actor interacts with a use case in a use case diagram by triggering its execution or by actively or passively participating in its execution.

How to proceed

  1. Position the mouse pointer outside of the application systems on a free point in the diagram.

  2. Click the right mouse button and click on the actor icon in the context menu's mini toolbar.

    The actor is created and is given a default name. You can immediately change this.