Configure a branch status in DRM

You can change the configuration for the Branch/Version statuses if you modify the default settings.

1. In TEXTML Administration perspective, locate the version_status.xml file in Repository/system/conf.
2. Right-click the file and select Check Out.
3. Right-click the file again and select Open.
   The file opens with the existing configuration for a status.

   <state color="22;80;45" initial="true" level="1" 
                  name="development" type="development">
                   <lockable>
                       <objtypes>
                           <type>all</type>
                       </objtypes>
                   </lockable>
                   <nextStates>
                       <next>maintenance</next>
                       <next>delivery</next>
                       <next>closed</next>
                   </nextStates>
               </state>

4. Change the parameters for the statuses as needed using the following parameters.

   Parameter	Function
   level attribute	This value identifies the level of a status. A higher status is further along in the workflow than a lower status. Suppose Work status has level="3" and Done status has level="10". Done is further along, or higher, in the workflow than Work. Note: A parent object cannot have a higher status than its children, so you cannot have a topic at Work level="3" in a branch at Delivery level="10".
   name attribute	This attribute identifies the name of the status that appears in the user interface.
   <next>	The identified statuses possible for an object when moved from the current status. The default settings allow users to change a branch from one status to any other status. There is no workflow enforced between the statuses.

   Note: version_status.xml allows for only one Branch of each type. For example, you cannot create and configure more than one Branch with type="delivery".
5. Save the file.
6. Right-click the version_status.xml file and select Check in.
7. Locate the container_status.xml file in Repository/system/conf.
8. Open and check out the file.
   The file opens. The configuration for the new statuses in container_status.xml is the same as version_status.xml.
9. Change the configuration so that it matches any updates you made in container_status.xml.
10. Save the file.
11. Right-click the file and select Check in.
    The DRM branch statuses reflect your configuration changes.