State Transition Properties
Created: December 17, 2018 | Updated: December 18, 2018
| Applies to versions: 19.0, 19.1, 20.0, 20.1, 20.2 and 21
Now reading version 21.0. For the latest, read: State Transition Properties for version 22
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, click the
associated with a 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.