Create status

To add a new status, click on add status on the left side of the toolbar. Click on the arrow to expand the list of pre-defined order- and tour states of your configurations. Click on of those to load it as a template into your editor.

To move a status, click on it first. After that you can drag-and-drop it by the icon in the top right corner. Clicking the status will also unfold its detail view on the right side. Here you can see all its meta information. To edit this, click on the button edit. A new window will open. Click on apply to apply your changes and refresh the main view. A status is defined by an ID, an optional ident, a german status text and an arbitrary amount of translations. Furthermore you can set a color. This is only relevant for the editor and will not be sent to the display. To change the color, click on the circle. You can also do this directly from the side bar.

You can assign properties to your status:

• repeatable: This status owns a dependency to itself and can therefore be pressed multiple times once this step of the workflow is reached.
• always reachable: Such a state can be pressed at any time during the workflow and will return to the actual step of the workflow afterwards.

Attach actions

Below this you will see the attached actions. To add a new action, click on +action. A new window will open. You need to set an action type (see above). If you have chosen 'set child elements to done' or 'trigger consecutive status' you will have to define a status as well, which should be set in this moment. This does not affect display output, but can be accessed via interfaces. If you have chosen 'open form' you need to set an user-defined form. Besides 'trigger consecutive status', all action types can only be attached once per status. Click on apply to apply your changes and refresh the main view. To edit an existing action, hover it with your mouse and click on the gear icon or click on the bin to delete it. You can also change the order of your actions by grabbing the icon on the left and drag-and-dropping it to your desired position. By clicking delete status you can delete the status and all its dependencies.

Add dependencies

To create a dependency between two status, you need to activate the line tool first by clicking on the arrow icon in the toolbar. Now click on the status from which your dependency should start. It will be highlighted. Now select the target. The line will be drawn automatically. The detail view of your new dependency will open on the right. You can also open this view by clicking on an existing line. Here you can find the option delete dependency to remove this line. Dependencies can be created from any status in an arbitrary amount, they are directional. The start node can only be the start of a dependency, the end node can only be the target. You are not able to draw a dependency directly from start to end.

To edit the intermediate points of the automatically generated line, select it first. Drag and Drop one of the highlighted points to move the line. To delete an intermediate point, just click on it without dragging. The manually set points will be connected automatically.

Add conditions

A condition is a decision path. To create a new condition, click on add condition at the toolbar. Conditions are similar to status: You can move them, you can view detail info and create dependencies. What is special is that you can set a type. This defines the condition that has to be met or not be met in order to go a specific path in the workflow. The following types are supported:

Dependencies which are linked from a condition to somewhere else own a type. To set it, click on the line and go to the detail view on the right. The type defines wether the follwoing state should be reached on meeting the condition or not meeting the condition.

Sorting order

The sorting order defines in which order simultaneously reachable states should be shownon the display. You can reach this option via the meta view of the workflow, here you will find the button edit sorting order. A new window will open. One below the other you will see all states and their corresponding follow-up states. You can edit the order via drag-and-drop for each step. Click on apply if you are done.

Saving

If you are done with editing click on save at the top. By default this will overwrite the old data if given. You can also save your workflow as a copy. Your copy has to have a new name. Before saving the workflow, it will be validated. If there are any problems, these will be displayed. You can save the workflow nevertheless. Please notice that unwanted behaviour might occur if such a workflow is sent to a display.

Via cancel you can stop editing without saving.