Content change transitions - updated and expired
- Robert Alexander Marshall
Content change transition
A state can have a transition that occurs if the content changes when it is in that state.
There are two content change transitions
updated transition
If an updated transition has been added to a state, then editing the content will cause a transition event. The destination state will be unique to the state where the updated transition is present.
Changing the content label, adding or removing an attachment does not cause the updated transition to occur.
In the published (final state) Approved state in the basic Approval workflow, if the content is edited and saved, the page will move to the draft state Review
This transition is not implemented through the workflow popup. The workflow automatically transitions when the content is updated.
There is also an updated transition in the Rejected state in the Basic Approval workflow.
Pages in the Rejected state can also be approved, and the page will transition to the Approved state.
expiry transition
Another content change transition that is used in some of the workflow states is the expiry transition.
In the Content Expiry workflow, the Approved state has an expiry period set on the transition into the state.
When this expiry due date is reached the workflow will transition to a new state.
Again this content transition is not implemented by a user through the workflow popup.
The workflow automatically transitions when the content has expired.
The destination state will be unique to the state where the expired transition is present.
The due date period is reset every time the workflow transitions into the state
In some workflow states, the expiry date can be edited by a user in the workflow popup.
Both an expired and an updated transition can be together in the same state.
the Approved state in the Content Expiry workflow has both of these transitions
A content change transition may also be used together in a state with an existing content review transition.
Content review transitions are in a number of states in the Comala Document Management workflows bundled with the app.