Dynamic State Progression via UI Action Button (Without Workflow or Flow Designer)

[muneermajeed]

Hey SN Community! 
I recently created a UI Action button that updates a custom field (status) to the next logical state each time the button is clicked — kind of like a manual progression engine.

 Objective:
When a user clicks the button:

• If the current status is "new" → it becomes "retried"

• "retried" → "inprogress"

• "inprogress" → "resolved"

• After "resolved": shows error message "Last status"

This works without using any Flow Designer or Workflow logic — just simple JavaScript in the UI Action.

 Use Case:

// keys and values 
    var nextStates = {
        'new': 'retried', 
        'retried': 'inprogress',   
        'inprogress': 'resolved'     
    };
    
    if (nextStates[current.u_status]) {
        current.u_status = nextStates[current.u_status];
        current.update();
        action.setRedirectURL(current);
    } else {
        gs.addErrorMessage("Last status");
    }
// }

Useful for custom status fields where you want to give users a quick way to move the record through a defined sequence.