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title: Actors
slug: rm/actors
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createdAt: 2026-06-09T13:38:45.442Z
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An actor can be any person, role, organization, application, or system that interacts with a modeled process. The purpose of creating actor artifacts is to include them in Processes. After you have created actor artifacts, you can set an actor for each shape in a Process.

# Actor Artifact Properties

By default, an actor artifact contains the following system properties:

| **Property**      | **Description**                                                                                                               |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Name**          | Indicates the name of the actor                                                                                               |
| **Type**          | Indicates the type of artifact                                                                                                |
| **Id**            | Provides a unique identifier for the actor. The Id cannot be modified                                                         |
| **Image**         | Displays the chosen actor image, or a default avatar if no image is chosen                                                    |
| **Inherits From** | If the actor is inherited from another actor (that is, a parent), this property indicates the name and ID of the parent actor |
| **Description**   | Provides a description of the actor                                                                                           |

Your instance administrator can configure standard properties for each standard artifact type. Actors also have their own relationships, discussions, files, and history.