Replacing State Icons
By default, SmarTeam provides the following item state values:
- Pending
- By default, a new part is created in pending mode. Each site can customize the default part state to their own requirements.
- Active
- A state that represents the manufacturing and production phase in the item lifecycle
- Inactive
- A state that is not part of the standard development process (state 0). The inactive state has predefined properties
- Temporary
- A state that represents the introduction of an item into the system. It may signify that an item is waiting for approval from ERP system
- Prototype
- A state that represents the item prototyping and engineering configuration phase in the item lifecycle.
- Release
- A state that represents the item release process, configuration resolving and manufacturing planning.
Note: When a part is undergoing changes, its state cannot be changed.
IMPORTANT! An administrator can add new part states, update part state names, assign icons for each state and show a state graph for each part. By default, when a user creates new part, its part state is set to Pending. The administrator can select any other default state using the Default Value Utility.
To promote a part from one state to the next, the Lifecycle Æ Promote option is used. See Promoting an Item in the Lifecycle for details.