1. Drafts

Enable drafts

Important

To use the Drafts feature, you must enable the State flow functionality.

Note

To configure the Drafts feature, you must either be a superuser or have the necessary permissions granted to you through user group policies.

To enable drafts:

  1. On the menu bar, click Manage .
  2. On the Manage page, click Schema.
  3. On the Schema page, click the target entity definition.
  4. At the top of the entity definition page, click Actions , and then click Enable/Disable.
  5. In the Enable/Disable dialog box, turn on the Drafts switch.
  6. Click and select the target detail page.
  7. Click Confirm.
  8. Click Done.

Enabling Drafts has the following effects:

  • Adds the {Definition}To{Definition}Draft, M.{Definition}.IsDraft, and DraftLifeCycleStatusTo{Definition} members to the entity definition.
  • Creates three default copy profiles: create a draft, merge a draft, and save as new entity. The Display template property must be marked as Required. Also, each copy profile must have the Keep method enabled under Definition.
  • Creates a dedicated draft state flow containing three states: in progress, in review, and done.
  • Creates preconfigured operations for the entity page components: Create draft, View original, and View draft.
  • Enables the Save as new operation for entity operation page components.
  • Adds the DRAFT and ORIGINAL indicators to the respective pages.
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