Version state graph of a PageData object.

I got several questions about versioning of the PageData object in EPiServer (mostly by people writing their own page providers). So I decided to create a simple script to find out exactly what is changed when saving a page using the Save method in DataFactory with different SaveActions..

State graph

Comments to state graph

Vocabulary:

Instance - means that properties in the saved instance are changed

Loaded – means the properties changed when loading a saved PageDataObject from the database.

FCV – ForceCurrentversion

FNV - ForceNewVersion

Id	From state	Save Action	Changed built-in properties		New ver.
			Instance	Loaded
1	Created	None Reject	PageURLSegment PagePeerOrder
2	Created	Save Save\|FNV	PageLink PageGUID PageURLSegment PagePeerOrder PageLinkURL	PageLink PageGUID PageURLSegment PagePeerOrder PageLinkURL PageCreated PageSaved PageChanged	X
3	Created	CheckIn CheckIn\|FNV	PageLink PageGUID PageWorkStatus PageURLSegment PagePeerOrder PageLinkURL	PageLink PageGUID PageWorkStatus PageURLSegment PagePeerOrder PageLinkURL PageCreated PageSaved PageChanged	X
4	Created	Publish Publish\|FNV	PageLink PageWorkStatus PageURLSegment PagePeerOrder PageLinkURL	PageLink PageWorkStatus PageURLSegment PagePeerOrder PageLinkURL PageGUID PageSaved PageChanged PageStartPublish PagePendingPublish	X
5	CheckedOut CheckedIn Published	None None\|FNV None\|FCV Reject Reject\|FReject\|FCV
6	CheckedOut	Save		PageSaved
7	CheckedOut	Save\|FNV	PageLink	PageLink PageSaved	X
8	CheckedOut	CheckIn	PageWorkStatus	PageWorkStatus PageSaved
9	CheckedOut	CheckIn\|FNV	PageLink PageWorkStatus	PageLink PageWorkStatus PageSaved	X
10	CheckedOut	Publish\|FNV	PageLink PageWorkStatus	PageLink PageWorkStatus PageSaved PageChanged PagePendingPublish PageStartPublish	X
11	CheckedOut	Publish Publish\|FCV	PageWorkStatus	"PageWorkStatus PageSaved PageChanged PagePendingPublish PageStartPublish
12	CheckedOut	Save Save\|FNV		PageSaved
13	CheckedIn	Save\|FCV CheckIn\|FCV		PageSaved
14	CheckedIn	CheckIn CheckIn\|FNV	PageLink	PageLink PageSaved	X
15	CheckedIn	Publish Publish\|FNV	PageLink PageWorkStatus	PageLink PageWorkStatus PagePendingPublish PageSaved PageChanged PageStartPublish	X
16	CheckedIn	Publish\|FCV	PageWorkStatus	PageWorkStatus PagePendingPublish PageSaved PageChanged PageStartPublish
17	CheckedIn	Save Save\|FNV	PageLink PageWorkStatus	PageLink PageWorkStatus PageSaved
18	Published	CheckIn CheckIn\|FNV	PageLink PageWorkStatus	PageLink PageWorkStatus PageSaved	X
19	Published	CheckIn\|FCV	PageWorkStatus	PageSaved
20	Published	Save Save\|FNV	PageLink PageWorkStatus	PageLink PageWorkStatus PageSaved	X
21	CheckedOut CheckedIn Published	Delete		PageDeleted PageParentLink

* = when checking in a published version with SaveAction.ForceCurrentVersion the status of the version is not saved to the database it only changes on the instance.

*1 = when checking in a new created version with the status of the version is not saved to the database it only changes on the instance.

Default PageData objects values after creation with DataFactory.

ACL	FullAccess Administrators Read Everyone	Value created by
Properties	PageTypeID	From DataFactory->CreateDefaultPageData
	PageParentLink	From DataFactory->CreateDefaultPageData
	PagePendingPublish	True
	PageWorkStatus	CheckedOut
	PageFolderID	DataBase
	PageTypeName	From DataFactory->CreateDefaultPageData
	PageMasterLanguageBranch	Parent
	PageLanguageBranch	Parent
	PageVisibleInMenu	True
	PageChildOrderRule	1
	PageStartPublish	Now
	PageCreated	Now
	PageLinkURL	From DataFactory->CreateDefaultPageData
	PagePeerOrder	Database
	PageShortcutType	PageShortcutType.Normal

Jul 08, 2010

Comments

Marthin Freij Sep 21, 2010 10:33 AM

Wow, massive!

Ted Sep 21, 2010 10:33 AM

+1! Great stuff!

Thomas Krantz Sep 21, 2010 10:33 AM

Nice!

Sep 21, 2010 10:33 AM

I have to update this graph after I wrote unit test from it (that tests are going to available as open source after my vacation).

Jared Wooden Oct 12, 2016 09:22 PM

@mattias, or anyone else here... Does anyone have an updated copy of this for CMS9? Have the version status IDs changed since this was last posted? Thanks!

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