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Adding or modifying Categories in a Workflow

How-to Guide

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Changed on:

26 Sept 2023

Key Points

  •  A category represents a lifecycle phase in the WorKFlow,  it appears as a vertical column in the WF UI.
  • Within each lifecycle, we can have one or multiple statuses.

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Adding or modifying Categories in a Workflow

The vertical columns represent the lifecycle phase of the given or . In the JSON, they are referred to as categories. These display the lifecycle of the . Various States can be configured per lifecycle phase.

Categories are set based on the . For example, the involves four lifecycle phases:

  • Booking
  • Fulfillment
  • Delivery
  • Completion

Within each of these lifecycle phases, there could be one or more Statuses.

Categories are fixed per . Modifying them in any way is not currently supported.

Categories exist to make the graph more readable and don't serve any other purpose.

You can change the Category a State is in by modifying its `category` field in the JSON. Learn more about adding a state to a Workflow via JSON.

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