Edit Status Operations

Status Control

Constructor Modules and Status Control : Edit Status Operations

In the Status Controller window, select the rows for the model objects to be controlled, right click in the selected area, and then from the displayed menu, select Edit Status.

The Edit Status window is displayed, to edit status values for the selected model objects. Initially the objects are Not Controlled, that is they have not been assigned a status value.

Select from the status value drop-down list, select for example, Assign to the initial value, the available status values reflects the valid transitions in the status definition set in LEXICON. Enter a relevant Comment (optional).

If the status definition has any states where a list of reasons values are defined then the Reason drop down list is displayed (this attribute is mandatory).

Use the status control to change the status on a selected element. If the transition is to a state with a list of reason values defined then the Reason drop down list is populated, if the state does not have values defined then the drop down list is not displayed.

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The content of the drop down list changes appropriately for the status selected.

Click Apply then OK

Click Cancel to discard any inputs and close the Status window.

If Promote and Demote transitions have been defined, these can be selected directly.

In the grid area, select the model object to be promoted or demoted, right click and from the displayed menu, select for example Promote, a variant of the Edit Status window is displayed.

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Actual values are shown if all selected model objects share the same values, otherwise are displayed as mixed.

For multiple select elements on Promote and Demote, if all elements are at the same state then the behaviour is the same as for a single element; if some elements are at different states then the following error window is displayed.

Once the session is saved the reason is displayed in the Status History for an element. If an element has a status assignment and transition in the same session then any reason set on the transition is also displayed on the assignment.

If a status value has a reference to a list of values of the wrong type (for example integers) then the Reason drop down list will be empty and disabled.

If a status value has a reference to a list of values where the referenced UDLOV has been deleted or is in a database that is not available then a window is displayed.

Remove Status deletes the status data for the selected model objects, (which means the model objects are no longer be controlled).

Navigate To allows a single row to be selected in the grid area and highlighted in the Model Explorer. In the grid area, right click the required row, then from the displayed menu, select Navigate To.