Changing case statuses

Communicate to stakeholders how a business process moves towards resolution, by changing the case status in the life cycle. For example, you can assure the stakeholders that the case advances within the time frame. You can configure the status change when the case reaches a certain stage or step.
Before you begin: Configure stages and steps:
  1. Create stages for your case life cycle. For more information, see Stages in a case life cycle.
  2. Create steps for the stages. For more information, see Adding a step to a process.
  1. In the navigation pane of Dev Studio, click Case types, and then click the case type that you want to open.
  2. On the Workflow tab, click Life cycle.
  3. In the Case life cycle section, define when the case changes the status:
    • To change the status when the case reaches a specific stage, in the Case life cycle section, click the stage, and then go to step 4.
    • To change the status when the case reaches a specific step, in the Case life cycle section, click the step, and then go to step 5.
  4. In the Stage property panel, on the General tab, define the transition after this stage is complete:
    • To move to the next stage, select Automatically move to next stage.
    • To let the customer service representative decide which stage the case enters, select Wait for a user action.
    • To close the case, select Resolve the case, and then define the resolution status and options, for example whether to delete open assignments.
  5. In the property panel, on the General tab, change the case status:

    • To use an existing status, in the Set case status on stage entry field, press the Down arrow key, and then select a status value.

    • To create a custom status, in the Set case status on stage entry, enter a unique name.

  6. Click Save.
Result: At run time, the case changes the status when the case reaches a point that you define in the case life cycle.