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State Transitions

State transition rules determine whether and when a record can change from one state to another.

The following table describes the common transitions and notes any differences between base object records and cross-reference records:

From State	To State	Notes
ACTIVE	DELETED	This transition is called a soft delete.
PENDING	ACTIVE	This transition is called promote.
DELETED	ACTIVE	This transition is called restore. A cross-reference record can be restored. A base object record can be restored only if cross-reference records are restored.
DELETED	PENDING	You cannot change a deleted record to a pending record. This transition happens indirectly only. If you delete an active base object record and then add a pending cross-reference record for the deleted record, the base object record state goes from ACTIVE to DELETED to PENDING.

Note: The following state transitions are not valid:

ACTIVE to PENDING. An active record cannot change to a pending record.

PENDING to DELETED. You can delete a pending record, but it does not transition to the DELETED state. Instead, the

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removes the record from the database. This is called a hard delete. You cannot restore a hard-deleted record.