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over 4 years ago

The message will be removed in  6.3.0.   

STAT-4985

Remove or allow disabling of workflow status "too close" error

I would very much like to see an option that allows the System Administrator to disable the workflow message that indicates when a status is too close to another status to properly display workflow arrows.

This message can really slow down creating or modifying a workflow since the condition is not simply a warning.  It actually prevents the user from being able to place the status down even temporarily.

This is particularly troublesome when modifying a workflow that was created prior to the time that this error condition was created.  It creates a lot of extra work to get "old" workflows to be acceptable to this new condition.

Sonia.Montgomery_73270
  • over 4 years ago

    I agree 100%.  The current behavior makes it very difficult to create and modify workflows, and it is not even predictable how close one can place a new step - presumably that depends in part on the number of characters used for the step name.  I was trying two gridlines away, which often worked, but then with a different step it would take more than that, and sometimes much more.  I am glad I have several old workflows I do not need to touch, since they have steps close together making using them easier since they are much more compact. And, despite the steps being close together, they are entirely usable without any issues.  I would actually like the message to be removed, and reverting back to when things could be placed closer to one another.