Status Definitions Graphical View

LEXICON User Guide

Status Definitions : Status Definitions Graphical View

The required STADEF or STAVAL elements must be selected in the Dictionary Explorer, right click, from the displayed menu, select Graphical View. The graphical view for the selected element is displayed.

The nodes represent the state of individual model objects, the links (arrows) represents transitions between states of the individual model objects as they progress through their lifecycle. The arrow direction indicates the direction of the allowed transition. The source state is the initial state of the individual model objects and the target state is the final state of the individual model objects.

The graphical view shows all the states and transitions that belong to the status definition or STADEF element. This is either the selected STADEF or the STADEF owning the selected STAVAL, unconnected node representing the STADEF can also be displayed.

The transitions are colour coded. A green transition indicates a promote state transition, a red transition indicates a demote state transition. Black transitions are valid state transitions that have not been marked as either promote or demote.

An alternative to using coloured transitions can be used as shown in the following graphical view:

In this graphical view promote transitions are indicated by dashed arrows, while demote transitions are indicated by a dotted arrow. Switching between the alternate styles for state transitions can be achieved by right-clicking on the graphical view background and selecting from the displayed menu, Coloured links or Dashed links.