Configure a branch status in DRM
You can change the configuration for the Branch/Version statuses if you modify the default settings.
Note: Always review what status objects are in before
making any change to statuses and workflows.
- In TEXTML Administration perspective, locate the version_status.xml file in Repository/system/conf.
- Right-click the file and select Check Out.
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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>
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Change the parameters for the statuses as needed using the
following parameters.
Parameter Function level
attributeThis value identifies the level of a status. A higher status is further along in the workflow than a lower status. Suppose Work status haslevel="3"
and Done status haslevel="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 Worklevel="3"
in a branch at Deliverylevel="10"
.name
attributeThis 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 withtype="delivery"
. - Save the file.
- Right-click the version_status.xml file and select Check in.
- Locate the container_status.xml file in Repository/system/conf.
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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.
- Change the configuration so that it matches any updates you made in container_status.xml.
- Save the file.
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Right-click the file and select Check in.
The DRM branch statuses reflect your configuration changes.