Status Control Data Model

The Status Control data model defines an Example Workflow as a Status Definition (STADEF) object owning a set of Status Value (STAVAL) objects. Individual model objects reference the Status Values via Status Link (STALNK) objects, as illustrated below.

Status Link objects reside in the same Database (DB) as the model objects they reference, so that they are globally distributed with those model objects. The Status Link holds references to the model object and to the Status Value, along with attribute data for comments and history. So status data is not stored directly on the model object and the User does not need Write access to the model object in order to set its status.

The Status Link objects are not visible to the End-User, but the status data is available on the model object as pseudo-attributes. Administrators need to know of their existence for purposes of Data Access Control (DAC).