State Machine

A state machine object tracks the status of database actions.

A state machine contains the following attributes:

Name	Type/Value	Description
action_uid	string	A globally unique identifier of the action
object_name	string	Name of the object being manipulated by the state machine
status	pending	Requested state machine has not started
	active	State machine is currently running
	completed	Operation complete
	failed	Operation or state machine failed
name	string	Name of the running (or failed) state machine
state	string	Current state within the state machine, when known
error	string	A descriptive error string for failed state machine, when known