Status file configuration

The status files have a similar structure and are configured in a similar manner.

Table 1. Status attribute definitions for each object cycle

Attribute

Possible values

Description

Name

  • Authoring

  • Localization

  • Published

  • Deleted

Workflow cycle

Level

Always 0

N/A

Type

  • Work

  • Localization

  • Published

  • Deleted

No longer required and may be used for backwards compatibility

Collection

Filepath and folder name

Collection folder in Content Store

Initial

  • True

  • False

  • Not given

Content is created in the cycle set as initial="true"

Lastworkcycle

  • True

  • False

  • Not given

The cycle defined as the last one in which the objects are initially created

Table 2. Status attribute definitions for each status in the cycle

Element or attribute

Possible values

Description

Name

Any value

Status name as it will appear to the user

Level

Any number 0 or higher

Usage for dependencies between status types.

Note: An object cannot move to a higher status until all its dependencies are at a status with the same or a higher level value.

Type

  • Contribute

  • Work

  • Review

  • Approval

  • End

  • External

  • Cancelled

No longer required, but may be used for backwards compatibility

Drop

  • True

  • False

When a child object's status is moved back to a status with a lower level number than its parent object, the parent object changes status automatically to the status in the same cycle with the drop attribute set to true

Note: This should only be applied to one status.

Color

RGB values separated by semicolons

Configures the colors of the pie charts in the Project Management view

Lockable object types

  • All

  • None

The permission to lock, open, or release an object is overwritten by the access rights file

Note: If set to none, the Edit button is dimmed, since it is unavailable to users.

Milestones

N/A

Not used

Next status

Any other existing status for the same object in the same cycle

The object can be moved from the current status to any next status, even if the next status is at a lower level