In the Attribute state transitions table, review the first row and
click the options that you want to make available to users when an artifact is newly
created.
To assign a default initial state to a state attribute, choose exactly one state in
the Initial Creation row of the attribute state transitions table. Tip: You
can assign more than one transition state to a preceding state. For example, for a
Defect artifact type, you may always want the initial state to be New. From the New
state, if you want the user to be able to choose from the Open and Closed-Will Not Fix
states, you would check these checkboxes in the row and de-select the other
checkboxes.