State types

States are used to track the progress of change requests from submission to completion. A state represents a particular stage in this progression. Each movement from one state to another is a state transition. The UCM integration with HCL Compass uses a particular state transition model. To implement this model, the integration uses state types. A state type is a category of states that UCM uses to define state transition sequences. You can define as many states as you want, but all states in a UCM-enabled record type must be based on one of the following state types:
  • Waiting
  • Ready
  • Active
  • Complete

Multiple states can belong to the same state type. However, you must define at least one path of transitions between states of state types as follows: Waiting to Ready to Active to Complete.