RFI status triggers

Hi everyone,

We're in the process of creating a custom RFI workflow and we're having difficulties determining how status changes are triggered.

For example, we fill out and save our RFI form and the status becomes "unpublished". Once we go into the record for edit and submittal, we receive the following error message:

We're looking for the RFI creation to result in two possible outcomes upon completion of the question form (1st step): save (status: draft) and submit (status: pending). Also, what triggers the status unpublished?

Regards,

Art