Object Lifecycles

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Overview

The policy that governs an object defines the object's lifecycle. A lifecycle is made up of one or more states that the object can be in. An object's state lets people know the object's status within the business process and determines who can access the object and what actions they can perform.

Lifecycle states can be associated with business process automation, so specific events and checks automatically occur when an object is promoted to a state. For example, when a Request for Quote (RFQ) is promoted to Sent in Sourcing Central, the system automatically creates a quotation for each supplier in the bid list. When a part is promoted to Release in Engineering Central, the system checks to make sure all component parts are in the Release state or beyond.

This section contains these topics:

• Viewing an Object's Lifecycle
• Promoting and Demoting an Object
• Applying a Signature

Following these sections, the lifecycles are listed in alphabetical order. To link to a specific lifecycle in online mode, click its name in the table of contents.