State Transition Properties

The State Transition Properties dialog

Summary

The State Transition Properties dialog provides controls to edit the properties for a State Transition.

Access

The dialog is accessed in the following ways:

• Right-click in the State Before and Transitions region of the Edit Lifecycle Definitions dialog then select Add State Transition from the context menu.
• In the Edit Lifecycle Definitions dialog, add a new State Transition then click the  associated with that new State Transition. 

Options/Controls

Properties

• State Transition Name - enter the name for the State Transition.
• State After - use the drop-down to select the state that follows the State Transition that is being added.
• Menu Entry Text - this is the text that will appear in the right-click menu in the Item view allowing to perform this state transition for a given item revision. The parameter $RevisionId will be substituted with the ID of the revision.

State Transition Permissions

Use the drop-down to select how the permissions for the State Transition are set:

• Controlled - select this option to limit permissions based on the default Server permissions.
• Using Approvals - choose this option to allow permissions that are selected for this specific State Transition, which can be added in the table below using the Add button.

Additional Controls

• Add - use the drop-down to select from the following options:
  • Add Approval Group - select to add an approval group. The new group is named New Approval Group by default. You can edit the name using the Edit Approval Group Name command defined below. 
  • Add Role - select to add a Role using the Search for Role dialog.
  • Add User - select to add a User using the Search for Users dialog.
  • Edit Approval Group Name - select to open a dialog in which you can enter a name for a newly added approval group.
  • Move Up - click to move the currently selected item up one position.
  • Move Down - click to move the currently selected item down one position.
  • Remove - click to remove the currently selected group, role or user.

• Remove - click to remove the currently selected group, role or user.