Global Configuration

Global configuration allows you to set default options for all workflows and states in the vault and default view settings.

In M-Files Admin go to Configuration, select Other Applications, Workflow Dashboard will be in listed applications. You can access application configuration from the right pane tabs, or by expanding the application tree in the left pane

Update Workflows
Allow State Transitions
Default transition comment
Default View Settings
State Colors
Default State Shape
Enable debug mode

Update Workflows

Workflow Dashboard uses WorkflowAdmin cached data, when you made changes to workflow, state or state transition in M-Files admin, these changes will not appear in client view until the metadata cache is refreshed. To refresh Workflow Dashboard’s metadata cache, click on Update Workflows button, which is on the top right corner of Workflow Dashboard configuration.

Allow State Transitions

When set to Yes this will allow users to set object state into next transition using Workflow Dashboard by clicking on the state in the graph.

Default transition comment

You can define a default comment when a transition is triggered, this comment will fill the State Transition dialog each time you click on state, ofcourse this comment can be changed in the dialog

Default View Settings

In this section you can set default view options:

Option	Values	Description
Default graph direction	`Top to Bottom` `Left to Right`	Define default graph direction, from top to bottom or from left to the Right
Initial zoom	`Fit graph` `Center on current state`	When set to Fit graph, the view will zoom to make the full graph visible, otherwise it will zoom to current object’s state
Show history path	`Yes` or `No`	When set to Yes, the view will highlight the history state history path of current object
Show transition names	`Yes` or `No`	Whether to display transition name near its path by default or not
Show grid	`Yes` or `No`	Whether to display a grid in the view or not
Use dark background	`Yes` or `No`	Whether to use dark or white background view

State Colors

In this section, you can set appearance for different states according on theire statuses:

State Colors Description

Attribute	Condition	Description
Default	none	The default color for all states
Current	none	The color of current object’s state, this overrides the default color
Auto Color	none	When enabled, the fellowing `Previous`, `Next`, `Selectable` and `No State` whill apply, otherwise the default color will be used
Previous	`Auto Color = Yes`	The color for the previous current object’s state
Next	`Auto Color = Yes`	The color for the possible next states of current object
Selectable	`Auto Color = Yes`	The color for the possible selectable states of current object, this will override all the `Next` colors which are not automatic transitions
No State	`Auto Color = Yes`	The color for the default M-Files’s no state
Fill	none	When set to true, the colors above will apply to fill the state shape, otherwise, the colors will be used for the stroke
Use Light Color	`Fill = No`	When `Fill` option is enabled, select whether to fill the state whith fellowing `Light Color` or `Dark Color` options: this option will toggle light/dark colors between state shape and state text
Light Color	`Fill = No`	The color to use to fill the shape when `Use Light Color` option is set to Yes, otherwise it will apply on state text
Dark Color	`Fill = No`	The color to use to fill the shape when `Use Light Color` option is set to No, otherwise it will apply on state text
Stroke	none	The stroke width in pixels

Default State Shape

Here you can select the dafault state shape for all workflows, there are actually 14 different shapes plus the Automatic option which will define a shape according to state actions and/or conditions. For more details about shapes and automatic shape selection see Available State Shapes

Enable debug mode

When enabled, a button will be added in client tab to show or hide the debug window. The debug window can be helpful to:

Log any errors which may not let the graph draws well
Shows workflow and state IDs with aliasses on state tooltip
Logs some useful informations which may be sent for technical support