State Types

States are created in SBM Composer. All workflows contain several system states, however, that are visible in the visual workflow provided by SBM Composer and in the From State and To State columns for transitions on the States/Transitions page.

• None

  The "None" state is the state from which primary items are submitted. Also referred to as the Submit state, the "None" state cannot be a transition destination.

• Any

  Allows items residing in any state in the workflow move to one other state. For example, you can move items residing in any state move to the "Deferred" state.

• Same

  Allows items to remain in the same state after a transition is completed. This is useful for enabling users to update data in an item without moving the item to another state.

• E-Mail

  Represents a submit state used for e-mail submissions.

• Deleted

  Serves as the "To State" for "Delete" transition types. Items sent to this state are permanently deleted from the database.