Changing the state of the lifecycle for assets

Based on the configuration of a lifecycle, you might have to manually change the state of an asset.

Before you begin

You must have the appropriate permissions to edit an asset to manually change the state of an asset. In addition a number of conditions, for example, a grade of 'pass' on all policies, might have to be met before an asset can change states. To modify the overall lifecycle, you must be a community administrator.

About this task

You cannot submit any changes to the description or artifacts for the asset and change the state of the lifecycle at the same time. Update the asset and then change the state of the lifecycle for the asset.

Procedure

  1. Find the asset on the repository by using the Asset Search view. You can search with any combination of keywords, filters, and tags. Your search results are displayed in the Assets view.
  2. To open the Asset Editor view for the asset, in the Assets view, double click the name of the asset.
  3. On any page of the asset, select a transition from the list at the top of the asset.
    Example list of transitions for the asset
  4. Click Save.
  5. If any conditions for the transition are not met, you will see warnings. To view the exit conditions for a lifecycle state (for example, policies that must pass or users that must approve), click the Review tab. Correct any issues and repeat step 3.

Results

Depending on how the lifecycle is configured, multiple policies might run on an asset when it leaves one state or enters a different state. When the asset is in a different state, your permissions for that asset might be different.

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