Prompts lifecycle

A prompt activity can have different states depending on where it is in its life cycle:

Create a draft:
- Requirements: a prompt activity can be created as a draft if the following minimum fields are provided:
- Name
- Type
How to Save as Draft:
- Click the Save as draft button
- Until all required information is provided Save as draft and Cancel are the only options
Publish
- A draft activity can be found under Draft tab
  - a draft can be published when has all required fields completed, all inputs valid and Start and End dates are set in the future
  - a draft is published after pressing Schedule button
  - a draft can be updated by pressing again Save as draft button
Delete Draft
- Delete draft by opening the draft prompt and pressing Delete button or by opening the menu on the prompt line and selecting Delete
Purpose: Drafts allow you to set up and review activities before all required information is available.

Requirements: All required fields must be completed.
Once all required data is provided, the prompt activity can be scheduled.
- A prompt activity can be directly scheduled without being created as draft first by pressing Schedule button. A pop-up will appear to confirm that the activity should be indeed scheduled with the starting date time configured.
- A prompt activity cannot become directly active as the starting time has to be in the future. A prompt will always go from scheduled to active state.
- A scheduled prompt can be updated or changed to draft state.
Please note: a Preferred prompt can be updated only from the Orchestration canvas (Press Go to source).

An active prompt cannot be updated. The only allowed action is disabling the prompt either by pressing Disable on the prompt view or by selecting the disable option from the menu on the prompt line.