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State Actions vs. State Rule Actions
You can assign Vlocity Actions to States, State Rules, or both. There are several considerations for deciding.
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If something needs to happen at a specific state regardless of the path to the state, assign the action to the state.
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If an alternate state has no rule for the transition to it, assign the action to the state.
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If a transition can happen under different conditions, and these conditions need to have different results, assign the actions to the rules.
An action assigned to a rule must have the same State Model Version as the rule and must not have a To State value.
In the Report Card State Model, the student receives an email if their coursework is incomplete and/or if they pass the course. The Report Card State Model includes both state and rule actions:
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Because Incomplete is an alternate state and the Enrolled to Incomplete transition has no rule, the Incomplete state has an action assigned to it.
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Because the Completed to Passed transition has four separate rules based on different grades, each rule has an action assigned to it.
