States

Workflows are composed of states and transitions. A workflow state represents a stage in a workflow for an issue. An issue can exist in only one state at any pointed time. Each workflow must have at least one state. This is called the start state and an issue is placed into this state when it is created.

This page allows you to manage the states of the workflow in the issue type.

Access Rights

You must have Manage Project (Project Templates Management) permission.

To Manage States

1. Click Projects (Project Templates) Management in System Admin page, and the Project (Project Template) List page appears.

2. Select the project (project template) that you wish to manage, click in Manage column of Project (Project Template) List page, and the Project (Project Template) Management page appears.

3. Click Issue Types Management in Project (Project Template) Management page, and the Issue Type List page appears.

4. Select the issue type that you want to manage, click in Manage column of Issue Type List page, and the Issue Type Management page appears.

5. Click Workflow Management in Issue Type Management page, and the Workflow Management page appears.

6. Click States in Workflow Management page, and the States page appears, as seen in the following figure:

7. Input a new state in State textbox, click Add to add the new state.

8. Click in Edit column to modify the corresponding state. See Edit State.

9. Click in Delete column to delete the corresponding state.

Window Items:

Add

Add a new state. Input a new state in State textbox, click Add to add the new state.

State

Name of the state.

Edit

Modify the name of the state.

Delete

Delete the state.

Note:

The state name can not be empty.
There is at least one state in the workflow, otherwise you can not create issues in the issue type.
If the state has already been related to transitions, you can not delete it, and at the same time the system will give you a warning.
Rename or delete the state will have no effect on the existing issues.