Adding or modifying Categories in a Workflow
How-to Guide
Author:
Fluent Commerce
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.
Steps
Adding or modifying Categories in a Workflow
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.
