Content state byline

Overview

When a workflow is added to a page or blog post, the workflow content state byline is added below the page/blog heading:

Open

The name of the current workflow state is shown together with a colored state status indicator circle.

Choosing the status indicator circle and state name breadcrumbs will open the workflow popup. The content state byline changes to show the current workflow state.

For example, there are three states in the Basic Approval Workflow installed with the app.

Review state	Open
Rejected state
Approved state

 

The Approved state is defined as the final state in the workflow. When documents are in any other state, the content is considered to be in a draft workflow state.

When the document is in a draft state (either Review or Rejected), if a previously approved version of the content exists, the content byline item includes a link to that version.

Last approved version

On each workflow transition to the final state, an approved version of a document is created. If the document is now in a draft workflow state, a user can view this previous version using the byline link View approved in a draft state.

The byline link is to the Confluence page version at the time of the last transition to the final state (in the Basic Approval Workflow, this is the Approved state).

This last approved version does not have the workflow applied but will display

• the Approved (Compare versions) breadcrumb

• a byline link View pending approval to the current document version in a workflow draft state

The breadcrumb on this version indicates that the version is the last approved version created on the transition to the final state. It does not give access to the workflow popup, as the workflow is currently in a draft state.