The State tab of the State Editor allows for workflow designers to assign specific characteristics to a state.
When creating states for a workflow, not all states need a characteristic assigned to them. Many states will not have any characteristics assigned, but in some cases state characteristics become very important. For example, in order for a workflow to be valid, it needs one Initial state and one Final state. Additionally, if clusters are present in a workflow, there also needs to be one Initial state inside the cluster.
This section of the documentation describes the various state characteristics and how they are used within workflows, specifically: