General State Settings

Use the General page to:

Override the form assigned to a state.
Override the state's inherited transition order. For details, refer to Transition Ordering Settings.
Override Time Capture options for specific states. For details, refer to Time Capture Settings.
View general state and decision properties defined in SBM Composer.

The following information and options are available on the General page when you edit a state or decision.

Note: Decision properties should only be modified in SBM Composer.

General Settings

State Name
Indicates the display name for a state or decision.
Items in State
Indicates whether items residing in the state are active or inactive.
State Internal Name
Indicates the unique name assigned to the state. This name can be used to reference the state in scripts and Web service calls.
Owner
Indicates the single User field used to determine primary ownership for all items in the state.
Secondary Owner
Indicates the User, Multi-User, or Multi-Group field that establishes which users are secondarily responsible for items that reside in this state.
State Form
Indicates the form used for this state. By default, the form inherited from the workflow or project is used. You can override this default form for individuals states. Quick Form indicates that the built-in form will be used; other forms are custom forms created in SBM Composer. For details, refer to Overriding Forms for States.
End-user Help Text
Shows the description for the state or decision that was provided in SBM Composer. If provided, this information is shown to users who click Get help for this Application or Get help for this Form in items that use this workflow.

Use the scroll bar to view long descriptions. To hide the text, collapse the General section.
Note: HTML tags provided in SBM Composer are not rendered.

Transition Ordering Settings

Use the Transition Ordering settings to reorder transition buttons on the form for the state you are editing. For details, refer to Reordering Transition Buttons on State Forms.

Override Inherited Transition Order
Select this check box to enable the drag-and-drop capabilities so you can reorder transition buttons.
Transitions List
By default, lists the inherited order of transitions for this state. You can drag-and-drop transitions as needed.

Time Capture Settings

You can override Time Capture settings for states in a specific project as long as the Time Capture feature is enabled for the project. For example, you can hide Time Capture options on some state forms, but show them on others. For details, refer to Time Capture.

Note: If Time Capture settings are explicitly set for a project rather than inherited, and you later change the settings to "inherited," time capture overrides set for states and transitions in that project are removed.

Options are:

Time Capture
- Visible
  Displays Time Capture options on forms.
- Hidden
  Hides Time Capture options on forms.
- Inherited (Visible/Hidden)
  Inherits the setting from the system or a parent workflow or project.