State Property
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| State Property | Definition |
| Name | The name of the state |
| Image | Click the Select an image link to access the Image Browser dialog. Select an icon for the state, then click the Return Selected button
to complete the selection. |
| Released | This property applies only if this Life Cycle map is associated with an ItemType that is versionable. A Boolean to indicate that the status of this state is Released. Items in a state with a Released status are moved back to the Start state upon the next “Lock/Unlock/Edit” sequence, and the Major Rev property is incremented. Only one state per Life Cycle can be marked as Released. |
| Not Lockable | A Boolean: when set to true, the item in this state cannot be edited. Typically, this property is set to true when the status of the state is Released. To edit the item, it has to be promoted to a new state, which would typically (depending on the life cycle) create a new version. |
| Item Behavior | Applicable only if the item going through this life cycle state contains one or more relationships with versionable items. There are four types of Item Behavior, and they are described below. Be aware that the Behavior set by the RelationshipType influences the Behavior set by the state as well. To see a full explanation of how these behaviors interact together, see Item Behavior. Fixed - The source item (in the current state) points to a specified generation of the related item. Float - The source item (in the current state) points to the latest generation of the related item. Hard Fixed - The behavior is Fixed, as described above, and cannot be changed by any subsequent states in this life cycle. Hard Float - The behavior is Float, as described above, and cannot be changed by any subsequent states in this life cycle. |
| State Permissions | A set of permissions may be defined for each state, which will govern the access to the item while it is in this state. The state permissions override any other permissions set on the Item. Promoting to a state changes the Item permissions to match the state permissions. If no state permissions are set, then the Item permissions are not changed. For an example of state permissions, look at the default Part Life Cycle map. While a Part is in the Preliminary state All Employees can get and update it. However, once the Part enters the Review state, only members of the Aras PLM and the Administrators identities can update it. |
| Configure E-Mail | Click on this link to configure e-mail, to notify specified identities that the item has entered this state. |
| Workflow | Click the
button to the right of the Workflow field. Select an allowed Workflow from the pop-up search dialog. The selected Workflow will be initiated when the Life Cycle State is activated.
Note
An allowed Workflow is one that is related to the same ItemType to which the Life Cycle is also related.
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| Label | This field defines the label that is displayed within the system for this Life Cycle State. If Aras Innovator is configured for Multilingual support, then this field allows the label to be defined in multiple languages. To set a multilingual value for this field, click the
button to the right of the Label field. The system will pop-up a dialog for inputting a value in different languages. |
| History Template | Click the
button to the right of the History Template field. Select a History Template from the pop-up search dialog. |