Using Workflow Builder
- Robert Alexander Marshall
Overview
Workflow builder visual editor in Comala Document Control offers several simple ways to customize the look and feel of a workflow.
The visual editor is a graphical way to edit an existing workflow or create a new custom workflow without using the complex JSON code.
Workflows installed with the app cannot be edited. A space administrator can duplicate a bundled workflow in the app space settings, and the copy can be edited using the visual editor.
Using workflow builder visual editor
The visual editor is accessed for a custom workflow in the app space settings.
choose the pencil icon from Actions options to edit a custom workflow with the visual editor
Workflow builder visual editor opens with the selected space workflow displayed.
The space workflow does not have to be enabled to access the workflow builder.
The visual editor has two main sections
Workflow Panel (left side)
Workflow Navigator (right side)
The initial view displays the following (for the selected custom workflow in the space)
the workflow name, workflow elements, and the individual workflow states in the workflow panel
a visual workflow diagram in the workflow navigator
The workflow panel is contextual. Its contents change according to the current task, for example, editing a state, editing an approval, and editing the workflow.
Creating custom workflows
Workflow builder is used to edit and customize a copy of the installed workflows (saved as a new custom workflow).
Edited workflows are saved as copies of the source-installed workflow as a custom workflow. The installed workflows cannot be changed and remain available to add and apply
as a space workflow in the space
or as a page workflow on a page-by-page basis (if no space workflow is active in the space).
Custom workflows saved in the space are available
in the workflow picker to add as a page workflow
to enable and apply as a space workflow to all the pages and blog posts in the space
the three bundled workflows are displayed in the app space settings by default and cannot be removed
any saved custom workflows are also listed in the app space settings screen
custom workflows:
can be edited without the need to first make a duplicate
can be deleted from the space if required
are unique to a space but can be copied and added to one or more other spaces using the code editor