Defining event for state

About this task

All states in a transaction flow must consist of events in order to proceed to the next state in the flow. The event that is fired determines the direction of a flow so that the appropriate states are displayed for a customer.

Procedure

  1. In the Properties tab of the state, click the General tab.
  2. In the Events panel, click the Add icon . An event is added to the Events panel.
  3. If you want to modify the name of an event, click the event and then enter a name. The event name should always follow the defined naming conventions; otherwise a validation warning will be shown in the Problems view of the workspace. The default naming conventions are
    • Can contain any of the following: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, _ (underline), - (hypen).
    • The first character must be letters.
    • No duplication
    • No space character