Configure new branch statuses

The Web Installer for IXIASOFT CCMS 6.5 adds the new statuses for branches to the configuration files: status.dtd, version_status.xml, and container_status.xml. You can change the configuration for the new statuses if you do not want to use 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. The configuration for the new statuses is the following code:

   <state level="1" name="maintenance" type="maintenance">
                   <lockable>
                       <objtypes>
                           <type>all</type>
                       </objtypes>
                   </lockable>
                   <nextStates>
                       <next>development</next>
                       <next>delivery</next>
                       <next>closed</next>
                   </nextStates>
               </state>
               <state level="10" name="delivery" type="delivery">
                   <lockable>
                       <objtypes>
                           <type>none</type>
                       </objtypes>
                   </lockable>
                   <nextStates>
                       <next>development</next>
                       <next>maintenance</next>
                       <next>closed</next>
                   </nextStates>
               </state>

4. Change the parameters for the new statuses as needed.

   You can change the following parameters:

   Parameter	Config
   level attribute	This value determines whether a status is "higher" or "lower" than another status, i.e. further along in the workflow. For example, Work status has level="3" and Done status has level="10". So Done is higher than Work. Since a parent object can't be at a higher status than its children, you can't have a topic at Work (level="3") in a Branch at Delivery (level="10").
   name attribute	The name of the status that appears in the UI
   <next>	Possible statuses that an object can be moved to from the current status. The default settings allow users to changes a branch from one status to any other status. There is no workflow enforced between the statuses, and IXIASOFT does not generally recommend creating a workflow.

   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 changes you made in container_status.xml.
10. Save the file.
11. Right-click the file and select Check in.