The first state in a transaction flow is called an initial
state, and the last state in a transaction flow is called a final
state.
About this task
A state is a condition or stage of a flow. A state progresses
to the next state when conditions that you specify have been satisfied
or when events have been fired.
Important: A transaction
flow must have only one initial state. If you create more than one
initial state, the system will not know which initial state should
be used to start a transaction flow, causing the transaction to fail.
For
detailed information on states, refer to the
States topic.
Procedure
To create an initial state for a transaction, do the
following steps:
- In the Enterprise Explorer pane, double-click the transaction
file that you want to edit to open the transaction file in the Transaction
editor.
- In the Transaction editor, click the Processor tab.
- In the Palette pane, click Initial.
- In the Processor tab of the Transaction
editor, click on the area at which you want to place the Initial state
icon
. If you want to change
the location of the Initial state icon in the Processor tab,
drag and drop the Initial state icon to the desired location.