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Workspace state flows
Workspaces can be used in a variety of states. State-flow diagrams can help you understand the allowed actions during various states in workspaces, task groups, and tasks.
Workspace states
The following state-flow
diagram describes the typical workflow of workspace states:
![Workspaces state-flow](../images/locale/woworkspaceflow2.gif)
![Workspaces state-flow](../images/locale/woworkspaceflow2.gif)
Task group states
The following state-flow
diagram describes the typical workflow of task group states:
![Task groups state-flow](../images/locale/woworkspaceflow0.gif)
![Task groups state-flow](../images/locale/woworkspaceflow0.gif)
Task groups contain 14 states,
categorized into the following groups:
State groups | Technical state | Allowed actions |
---|---|---|
Inactive | 0: Inactive | Activate, Delete, Cancel |
Working | 1: Working | Cancel |
Ready for approval | 2: Ready for approval | Approve, Reject, Cancel, Return to Active |
3: Approved | Return to Active | |
Approved | 4: Ready to commit | Return to Active |
8: Commit in progress | ||
9: Committed | ||
10: Ready to publish | ||
11: Publish in progress | ||
Commit/Publish (ongoing) | 12: Published | |
7: Commit failed | Cancel, Return to Active | |
Commit/publish failed | 13: Publish failed | Delete |
Complete | 5: Complete | Delete |
Canceled | 6: Canceled | Delete |
Task states
The following state-flow diagram
describes the typical workflow of task states:
![Tasks state-flow](../images/locale/woworkspaceflow1.gif)
![Tasks state-flow](../images/locale/woworkspaceflow1.gif)