Assignable approval
- Robert Alexander Marshall
Overview
Approval reviewers in a custom workflow state are managed by editing the approval using the workflow builder visual editor in the space settings document management dashboard.
Assignable approval in workflow builder
An assignable approval in a state can have one or more reviewers assigned manually by a user using the workflow popup.
The user assigning the reviewer requires Confluence view and . permission for the page.
To set an approval as assignable in workflow builder
open workflow builder visual editor
open the workflow state editor
choose Approvals
Open the approval editor by
selecting the approval name
Under Reviewers
check Users can be assigned through UI
If required
use Automatically assign users and/or Automatically assign groups to assign reviewers on transition into the workflow state
set the required number of reviewer decisions to complete the approval by adding a value in Minimum approvals
choose Apply
The workflow state approval icon in the workflow builder visual editor is appended with a user avatar and the "+" symbol.
Save the workflow and Exit the workflow visual builder
On a page with the applied workflow, the workflow popup in the edited workflow state displays the Add Reviewer option to assign one or more users as reviewers.
Preassigned reviewers set in the approval editor can be unassigned using the workflow popup.
Further details: Reviewer approval settings - Users can be assigned through UI