10.4.1. Steps for Defining New Lifecycles

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### 10.4.1. Steps for Defining New Lifecycles

Follow these basic steps to define a new lifecycle in EKM Studio.

1. Open EKM Studio, as described in Launching EKM Studio in the User’s Guide.

   If you see a pop-up that gives you the option of opening LaunchStudio.jnlp or saving the file, select the Do this automatically for files like this from now on option, select Open with Java(TM) Web Start Launcher (default), and click OK.

   If you are already in EKM Studio and have another item open, select File > New > Lifecycle.

2. Insert a start stage using the Insert Stage action and add additional stages to build your diagram. See Inserting New Stages.

3. Add transitions between stages using the Insert Transition action. See Inserting New Transitions.

4. Edit the stages and transitions to further define them. See Editing Stages and Editing Transitions.

5. Select Edit > Lifecycle Attributes to define the object types to which the lifecycle will be applied. See Editing Lifecycle Attributes.

6. Select File > Save As to save the lifecycle file to your local file system or to an EKM Repository. The lifecycle is saved as an XML file with the .lc.xml extension. See Saving Lifecycle Files.

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