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# Customize story states of your Essential SAFe dashboard reports

# Customize story states of your Essential SAFe dashboard reports {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Australia  
Updated March 12, 2026  
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Configure story states to reflect your customizations on the Essential SAFe dashboards.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin or pa_admin

## Procedure

1. Navigate to AllScaled Agile Framework (SAFe)Stories.
2. Open a story to which you would like to add the custom states.
3. Right-click State and select Configure Choices from the drop-down menu.
4. In the New item text field, enter the new custom state name.
5. In the Numeric value field, enter any corresponding number.
6. Click Add.  
   The new state appears in the Selected list.
7. Click Save.

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