Adding and Modifying Custom Properties

Often the workflow control property is a custom property that has been designed to fit your organization’s process. You can create and modify custom properties from Workflow Designer if you have the correct access rights.

Note: It is easier to create custom properties when you are using the application because they can be edited while you create them. See the StarTeam Administrator’s Guide for more information about creating custom property fields.

Adding a custom property field or making changes to an existing property field can cause confusion for users who do not use APEs. For example, APEs and your workflows control what property fields users see and what workflow property values (next steps) they can select, but users of the standard property dialogs see every field and every possible value for that field.

The initial default that you set for a new workflow control property is very important if you have existing items to be put under workflow control. For example, if you have been using the application, but without its workflow features, you may have hundreds of items that have not previously been under workflow control. As you create a new property, these existing items acquire the initial default value for that new property.

You can create a custom enumerated property from the New Workflow Properties and the Workflow Properties dialog boxes. These dialog boxes appear as part of the process of creating a new workflow or editing an existing workflow’s properties.

You can add a value to an enumerated property from the following dialogs:

  • New Workflow Properties dialog box (File > New).
  • Workflow Properties dialog box (Edit > Workflow Properties).
  • New Step dialog box (File > New Workflow Step).
  • Edit Step dialog box's General tab (double-click a step in the workspace).

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