Status Codes

Appendix A — Configuration Reference

Status codes define the lifecycle states a mapping can occupy, from initial creation through final approval. They control how mappings are displayed, when they can be edited, and how they are counted in project statistics.

Fields

Sequence — Controls the display order of statuses in dropdowns and lists. Lower numbers appear first.

Name — The display name shown in the status dropdown and throughout the interface. Names must be unique within the workbook.

Description — An optional explanation of what this status means and when it should be applied.

Category — An optional label for grouping or distinguishing statuses — useful for telling custom statuses apart from the defaults at a glance. Not used by the application logic.

Color — The color used to represent this status in the mappings tree and property panels. Click the color swatch to open the color picker. Well-chosen colors make project health visible at a glance.

Is Approval — When set, mappings in this status are locked against further editing. This protects reviewed and signed-off work from accidental changes. One or more statuses can be marked as approval statuses, supporting multi-stage sign-off workflows if needed. See Chapter 3 for how approval locking behaves in practice. At least one status must be marked as approval.

Is Default — The status automatically assigned to new mappings. Exactly one status must be designated as the default.

Built-in Statuses

New workbooks include a default set of statuses covering the typical mapping lifecycle. These can be renamed, recolored, and reordered to match your team's conventions, but the general progression — from not started through in-progress work to final approval — is a well-established pattern that most teams adapt rather than replace entirely.

AI Generated is a reserved status created and assigned exclusively by the AI mapping process. It cannot be manually assigned to a mapping and cannot be set as the workbook default. See Chapter 11.