Element - Transition

Definition

A transition is a directed relationship between one source and one target state. Transition can be used for moving from one state to another. The source state is inactive for this and the target state is active.

You can enter a condition for a transition if required. The transition will then only be run through if the condition is met at the time of the evaluation.

Unlike with transitions in UML, triggers and behaviors in Innovator for Business Analysts are not supported

Icon/Notation

A transition is shown as solid edge. An arrow points to the target side.

The edge can be labeled with the name of the transition and/or condition. The condition is noted in square brackets.

Owner Hierarchy/Prerequisites

• A transition is created within a region.

• Initial states or simple states can be the transition's source.

• Final states or simple states can be the transition's target.

• The condition needs to be formulated in such a way that True or False can be evaluated at all times.

• The initial state can only be the source of one single transition.

• A transition's condition with the initial state as source is empty and cannot be modified.

• The name of the transition is unique within the state machine.