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You can create your own custom Comala Document Management workflow.

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The easiest way is to edit and customize an existing workflow.

The bundled workflows included on app installation cannot be overwritten. You can choose to edit one of these workflows but you will need to save the edited workflow with a new unique name.

(blue star) Workflows can only be created, copied or edited in the space settings Document Management dashboard.

Customize an existing workflow

To create a new custom workflow simply , in the space settings Document Management dashboard, you can create a duplicate of an existing workflow and edit this copy.

You can do this by

  • adding a

    page workflow to content and editing the

    workflow in the

    JSON editor or workflow builderadding a workflow in space settings

    document management dashboard

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The custom workflow must be saved with a different name to the source workflow.

By default, workflow (blue star) Workflow builder will only save changes to a copy of a bundled workflow. The original bundled workflow will be unchanged.

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Editing a workflow applied to a page

There is no option to edit a workflow applied to a page. If you require a workflow applied to a page to be changed, you will need to edit the template in the space settings Document Management dashboard. 

You can do this by

  • choose Page Actions Menu

  • select Remove Page Workflow

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  • leave ‘Delete Workflow History’ unchecked

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In the space settings Document Management dashboard

  • edit the custom workflow template previously applied to the page

On the page

  • choose Page Tools Menu

  • select Apply Page Workflow

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Adding the updated workflow restores the previous workflow history. The content will be in the last workflow state from the previously applied workflow if this workflow state has not been changed/removed in the updated workflow.

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  • we recommend using space workflows (partly to avoid the need to remove workflow/edit/add workflow if changes are needed in the workflow)

Sharing a custom workflow

A new workflow added to the space settings Document Management dashboard is available for use as a space workflow in that space or for a user to apply as a page workflow.

To utilize a custom space workflow in another space copy and paste the JSON notation from the space workflow to the JSON editor in the new space settings Document Management dashboard.

A new custom workflow in a space is available for use as a page workflow (a workflow applied to an individual page).

  • if the ‘new’ workflow does not contain the current state, the page will automatically switch to the initial state