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Do Transition Dialog Box

Changes the workflow state of items and files.

To display the Do Transition dialog box, right-click one or more items and files, select Change State, and select a transition.

The items and files must be checked in.

Toolbar Buttons

The toolbar buttons provide quick access to commands that are also available on the right-click menu.

SLW_select_files.gif Select Files Opens the Select Files dialog box, where you can specify a wildcard pattern to select items.
SLW_open_file_list.gif Open File List Opens a list of items in Microsoft Excel.
SLW_save_files.gif Save File List Lets you save the item list as a comma-separated .txt file.

Item List

To show or hide columns, right-click in the list and select Columns > column_name.
File Name

Item ID or file name.

Result
Expected operation result:
OK Operation will succeed.
info Additional status information.
warning Warning conditions exist. Your administrator can configure which warnings block operations.
error Operation is blocked.
To quickly locate files with warnings or errors, click Ctrl + the up-arrow or down-arrow on the numeric keypad.
Change State

Select items and files to transition.

Version

Latest version number of the item or file in the vault.

Found in

Vault folder containing the item or file.

State

Workflow state of the item or file, such as Under Editing or Waiting for approval.

Comment

Type a comment to store in the history.

Notification comment

For state transitions with dynamic notifications, enter a notification comment and select recipients from the list. The comment is included in the message sent to the recipients.



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