Overview
When applied to a page, Comala Document Approval creates a distinction betweencontent the document in a draft workflow approval state (Review and Rejected states) and content the document in the approved Approved workflow approval state (Approved state).
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the Approved state is defined as the approved approved (or final) content)content in the state for the document
a document in other states is considered as draft content
Draft states and the approved state
When the Comala Document Approval app is added and applied to the content, the initial approval state is the Review state. The content document is considered to be in a draft state.
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Both the Review and the Rejected state contain a content review. When the content document is in one of these states, a user can choose to approve or reject the content. | |
When content a document is approved, the applied workflow transitions the content it to a third approval workflow state - the Approved state. This , which is the published final state.
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Your content document can only be in one of the approval workflow states at any one time. But However, both the last Approvedapproved version and the current draft version in either the Rejected rejected or Review Reviewed state can be viewed.
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Adding or removing a label or attachment does not cause a transition, as there is no version change for the content. Only The approval workflow sees only editing and publishing the content is seen by the approval workflow document as an update and will cause the approval to , which causes an approval workflow transition. |
Page sub-title status links
If the content has previously been published but is currently in a draft state, you will see the View approved link on the content byline itemthe page.
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The second link View approved will take takes you to the last approved version of the page.
The content state byline link with the state name and state indicator circle denotes the current draft version approval state for the content.
Similar breadcrumb links are displayed if you are viewing view the current Rejected state and there is a current Approved versionpreviously approved version.
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A user with view-only permission will be is able to access the byline links on the draft content document version in either the Review or Rejected state to view the latest approved version (if present). |
In the Approved state, the content state byline will include includes a link to any draft state that has a is pending approval.
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If a user is viewing a version that is different version to from the currently approved version, a link allows you to compare the approved versions.
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If you want users with view-only permission to view only view the latest approved version of your content, you can use Comala Document Approval together with Comala Publishing Cloud to publish your content to pages (but not blog posts) in a different space in on your cloud site. |
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