You create state transitions when defining the state model
of a schema. To create a state transition, you define an action of
the type CHANGE_STATE and then select the source states and a destination
state for that action.
About this task
To
create a state transition:
Procedure
- Start the Designer.
- In the Workspace, open the Actions grid.
Expand the Record Types folder,
select the record type, expand the States and
Actions folder, and double-click Actions.
- Create a new action, selecting CHANGE_STATE as
its type.
To use an existing action, right-click
an existing action of the type CHANGE_STATE and
select Action Properties.
- On the State tab of
the Action Properties window, select one or more source states and
a destination state for the action. Each CHANGE_STATE action
must have at least one source state and a destination state. If none
are defined, the Designer reports an error during validation.
- After creating the state transition, display
the State Transition Matrix to verify that the transitions were applied
to the states. See To display
the State Transition Matrix for a Defect record type.