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On a page with an applied workflow, page editors can view the current page progress with an added workflow state byline and manage the approval process using the workflow popup.

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The workflow allows lets you to:

  • ensure that content is reviewed and signed off

  • assign specific users as reviewers for the content reviews in the states

Some workflow states let you manually select a destination state and move to this state. The workflow can also be configured to change state when the page is updated, or the added workflow state expires.

Only one workflow can be active on an individual page or blog post at any time.

Applying a workflow to pages and blog posts

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A space workflow is added to all your pages and blog posts in a space using the app space document management dashboardsettings.

A space workflow allows greater central management of your content and is the recommended way to add and apply a Comala Document Management workflow for use in a production environment.

Page workflow

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You can add a workflow on a page-by-page basis.

On an individual page or blog post (if there is no active space workflow in the space), to add and apply a workflow is applied using either the

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Add Page Workflow page tools menu option

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  • choose the Add Workflow breadcrumb on the page

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  • choose Add Workflow to this Space (only displayed to a user with administrator permission) to open the

    space document management dashboardenable and apply a workflow to all the pages and blog posts in the space

    Add a Workflow dialog box

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  • choose Add Workflow to this Page or Add Page Workflow page tools option (displayed to users with page Confluence edit permission or admin permission) to open the Add workflow picker

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You can also use the page tools menu Add a Page Workflow to open the Add workflow picker.

  • select a workflow

  • choose Apply to add to the current page or blog post

The initial state byline is added to the page. This can be used to open the workflow popup.

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In this example:

  • the initial workflow state is Review

  • this state includes a content review or approval

  • users can be manually assigned to undertake the review

A workflow applied to a page or blog post on a page-by-page basis copies the workflow template to the page. Changes Subsequent changes to the original source workflow template in the app space settings do not change the page workflow applied to the page or blog post.

Different page Page workflows can be added and applied on a page-by-page basis to pages and blog posts in a space only if there is no active space workflow. If Different workflows can be applied to each page. However, if a space workflow is active, this workflow , is applied by default , is applied to all the pages and blog posts in the space overriding space. The active space workflow overrides any existing page workflow previously applied to a page or blog post.

Space

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workflow

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A space admin administrator can add and apply a workflow to all pages and blog posts in the space using the document management space settings Document Management dashboard.

In the Confluence sidebar

  • choose Space settings

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When no workflow is applied, a space administrator can access the app space setting using the Add Workflow byline on the page.

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  • choose Add Workflow to this Space to open the app space settings

The space administrator can also open the app space settings by

  • choosing Space settings in the Confluence sidebar

Under App links

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  • choose Comala Document Management

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The space admin applies a workflow by enabling one of the workflows displayed in the dashboard moving Move the grey slider next to the selected workflow name to blue to make the workflow active.

The enabled active workflow is added and applied to

  • all existing pages and blog posts in the space

  • automatically added to any new pages and blog posts created in the space

Only one workflow can be enabled active and applied at any one time. Making a different workflow active in the space disables the existing active space workflow.

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Additional workflows can be added to the dashboard app space settings as custom workflows.

Related pages

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