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alias: user-guide-business-workflow-task-read-state-models
render_macros: false
description: "Reads persisted main and additional entity states together with their configured outgoing transitions."
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# Read State Models

Reads persisted main and additional entity states together with their configured outgoing transitions.

![Screenshot of a Business Workflow reading the state models assigned to a Material.](images/business-workflow-task-read-state-models.png)

## Inputs

Set `Entity`, `StateModel` in the task details. Use the value editor to select compatible results from earlier tasks.

## Outputs

Use `Records`, `Count`, `Found` in subsequent tasks.

??? example "Read State Models"

    Connect a loaded entity, optionally select one state model, and inspect the returned current states and possible transitions before choosing a change.