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WORKFLOWTRANSITION: Workflow Transition

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A valid status-to-status transition within a workflow, defining which moves are permitted and what the action button should be labelled.

WORKFLOWTRANSITION: Workflow Transition

A valid status-to-status transition within a workflow, defining which moves are permitted and what the action button should be labelled.

Default definition. This article describes the default WORKFLOWTRANSITION definition shipped with DemandFlow. Administrators can add, remove, rename, or re-type fields, change which ones are required, and alter the layout from the Definitions screen in Settings. Your tenant's current schema may differ from what is shown here. To read the current definition at any time, GET the DEFINITION object whose id matches WORKFLOWTRANSITION.

Entity properties

PropertyValue
Entity codeWORKFLOWTRANSITION
Display nameWorkflow Transition
PluralWorkflow Transitions
Level11120

Use cases

A valid status-to-status transition within a workflow, defining which moves are permitted and what the action button should be labelled.

Child of WORKFLOW, stored in the transitions objectarray. Each row defines an allowed move from one statusId to another. The name field provides an optional action label (e.g. 'Start Work', 'Send to Review') shown on buttons or context menus. When a WORKFLOW has enforceTransitions enabled, only transitions defined here are permitted.

Fields

General

FieldTypeRequiredNotes
nametextYesAction label shown on buttons (e.g. Start Work, Send to Review)
fromStatusIdreference → WORKFLOWSTATUSYesFrom Status.
toStatusIdreference → WORKFLOWSTATUSYesTo Status.

Relationships

  • Lookups: fromStatusId points at a WORKFLOWSTATUS record; toStatusId points at a WORKFLOWSTATUS record.

Creating a Workflow Transition via the API

POST /v1/objects
Authorization: Bearer <your-pat>
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "entity":   "WORKFLOWTRANSITION",
  "level":    11120,
  "comboKey": "SUB:<your-sub-id>|ENT:",
  "name": "Example name",
  "fromStatusId": "",
  "toStatusId": ""
}

Listing Workflow Transitions

GET /v1/entities/WORKFLOWTRANSITION/SUB

See also

workflowtransitionworkflowtransitiontransitionsworkflowtransitions

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