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Actions options - space workflow


Actions options - space workflow

Owned by Robert Alexander Marshall
Last updated: Nov 25, 2024
1 Actions menu options | 2 Actions options - included workflows | 2.1 View detail | 2.2 Duplicate | 2.3 Initialize States | 3 Actions options - custom workflow | 3.1 Edit with Visual Builder | 3.2 Edit with Code Editor | 3.3 Remove | 4 Related pages

Overview

The document management space settings display all the workflows available in the current space. Each workflow has several Actions options to view the workflow details and manage it in the space.

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In addition to selecting a single workflow and making it active on all content in the current space, a space administrator has several Actions options for each workflow:

  • view a workflow visual flowchart

  • duplicate a workflow to add a custom workflow in the space settings screen

  • initialize the workflow states for an active workflow

  • edit a custom workflow using the code editor or visual builder

  • remove a custom workflow from the space

Workflows are ordered alphanumerically in the app space settings.

Actions menu options

Actions options are displayed for each workflow in the space app space settings.

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For each workflow, several Actions options are available.

Available Actions depend on whether the workflow is

  • active or inactive

  • a bundled workflow or a custom workflow

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  • View detail

    • display a visual flowchart for the workflow

  • Duplicate

    • create a copy of the existing workflow and add it to the app space settings as an editable custom workflow

  • Initialize States

    • choose and set the workflow state on all pages for the active space workflow

The Initialize States option is only displayed when the workflow is active

Additional Actions options are displayed for a custom workflow

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  • Edit with Visual Builder opens the visual editor to edit the workflow

  • Edit with Code Editor opens the code editor to edit the JSON code for the workflow template

  • Remove deletes the custom workflow from the space

If no workflow is active in the dashboard, all workflows in the space document management settings are available for a user to add as page workflows.

If the current workflow includes one or more workflow parameters, a space administrator can set the value(s) for these workflow parameters when the workflow is active.

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Actions options - included workflows

Three Actions tool options are available for the workflows included with the app. These workflows are appended with the Template lozenge.

View detail

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Displays the

  • visual workflow diagram

  • workflow description

Duplicate

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Creates a copy of the workflow in the app space settings.

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The duplicate is

  • a custom workflow

  • editable

Confirm duplication and addition of the workflow copy to the app space settings by

  • adding a unique workflow name

  • choosing Submit

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By default, the new workflow uses the existing name appended with Copy

Initialize States

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Displays the Initialize States dialog box to

  • initialize all non-initialized and obsolete workflow states to a selected state

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Check the Override preexistent states option to set all pages with an applied workflow to the selected state.

Initialize States is only displayed in the Actions options for the active workflow in the space.

Actions options - custom workflow

There are three additional Actions tool options for a custom workflow.

Edit with Visual Builder

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Opens the current workflow in the workflow builder visual editor.

  • changes are saved to the current workflow.

If the name is changed when saving the changes, a new custom workflow is created and added to the app space settings.

Edit with Code Editor

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Opens the current workflow in the code editor.

  • changes are saved to the current workflow

If the name is changed when saving the changes, a new custom workflow is created and added to the app space settings.

Remove

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Deletes the current workflow and removes it from the app space settings screen.

As this is not reversible, the dialog box requests confirmation of the action.

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All three additional Actions options for a custom workflow are shown when the workflow is active or inactive.

Related pages

Space Administration