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One or more editable workflow parameters can be added to a custom workflow. Their values can be changed at the space level. Each time the workflow encounters the workflow parameter, for example, in a trigger action,  the the value is retrieved.

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Workflow parameters can help manage your reviewers or expiry dates for your approved pages. Your By using a workflow parameter, your workflow can dynamically adapt to changing situations by using a workflow parameter.

For example, you want to use the same workflow in different spaces, but each space uses different team members as workflow approval reviewers

  • users or user groups can be added as a value for a workflow parameter

  • the workflow approval is configured to assign users as reviewers using the parameter value

  • the parameter value used by the workflow is set in the space document management dashboard in each space

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The included Quality Management System Workflow uses a workflow parameter value to assign reviewers to the approval in the In Approval state.

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  • in workflow approvals for the values of reviewers

  • in workflow states as a value for state expiry

  • trigger actions that support workflow parameters

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Workflow parameters can be created in a workflow to use different You can edit a custom workflow to add one or more workflow parameters. When adding a workflow parameter, you can select one of several data types for the content value.

Adding a string type parameter as a placeholder for a project name value using workflow parameter
  • string workflow parameter value is a string of characters

  • user workflow parameter value is one or more Confluence usernames

  • group workflow parameter value is one or more Confluence group names

  • duration workflow parameter value is a period or set date

  • list workflow parameter value is a list of values that are options for the value of the workflow parameter

You can create and edit workflow parameters using workflow builder.

A You cannot use a workflow parameter cannot be used as a value for another workflow parameter.

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In a workflow, we have created the user workflow parameter named Team_Reviewers.

Editing a user parameter used as a placeholder for approval reviewers with workflow builder
  • it has been created with a value that its value is the users Suni and Matilde

In the Approval content review, add the name of the workflow parameter as reviewers.

editing an approval using workflow builder to add reviewers using a workflow parameter as a value reference

Here, we have configured the approval to use the workflow parameter value to set all the reviewers that who must approve it.

The added workflow parameter name is enclosed in the @ symbol.

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The workflow parameter added to a workflow appears as an option in the dialog box when typing "@Tea…"

When you apply the workflow is applied to the contenta document, the value(s) of the @Team_Reviewers@ workflow parameter is added to the workflow popup. These are the users who must undertake the content review.

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In the space settings Document Management dashboard the When you make a workflow active, the number of parameters defined in a workflow is displayed when in the workflow is enabled for the spacespace document management dashboard.

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The You can change the values of the workflow parameters used in the current space are edited by choosing the @ Parameters lozenge and editing the values.

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The @ Parameters lozenge is only displayed if the workflow includes at least one workflow parameter and is active in the space document management dashboard. The workflow parameter default value can be is changed by editing the workflow template.

Choose @ Parameters to display all workflow parameters in a dialog box.

The changed value is used when a workflow event next encounters the workflow parameter, for example, when the workflow is applied to on the creation of a new page created in the space.

This allows the use of a workflow in different spaces but , with different values for the reviewers in each space; for , the project team, or the expiration due date in each space.

Tip

You can add workflow parameters for each team of reviewers or expiration due dates for a different workflow state. This allows the management of you to manage your document process locally, changing the values for the workflow parameter for each space without creating a different workflow for each space.

If you add the workflow is added as a page-level workflow, you can edit the value of the workflow parameter can be edited using using the Manage Workflow Parameters option in the page tools menu option, Manage Workflow Parameters.

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