Administering Projects and Lifecycles › Create a State

Create a State

The State Properties dialog lets you create and define a state. The dialog also lets you view modify state attributes.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the Lifecycles tab of the Administrator application.
2. Right-click the States folder, and select New State from the shortcut menu.

   The State Properties dialog appears.

3. Define the properties of the state.

   Name

   Names the state. Each state in a project must have a unique name.

   View

   Shows all the currently defined working views in the project. To associate the state with a particular view, select the view from this list.

   All Snapshot

   Accesses all snapshots in a project in a read-only mode. This option automatically disables the View drop-down list and all processes that are used to update items this state.

4. Click Apply.

   Saves the state definition, but does not close the dialog.

5. Click the Access tab and set access for the state. Click OK.

   The state is created and appears in the Lifecycles tab.