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Overview

These examples show two approaches for preventing a content review if there are any outstanding workflow tasks. 

The first example uses a precursor state to complete the tasks. The transition to the content review occurs only when the tasks are completed.

For the second example using a value reference condition in the content review state.

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Using the tasks completed transition in a precursor state to disable a review

It's achieved by adding a state as a precursor state to the Review state. This precursor state contains a completed transition that occurs when all the tasks are complete.

{workflow:name=Complete the tasks}
   {state:Editing|submit=CompleteChecklist}
   {state}
   {state:CompleteChecklist|completed=Review|description=Complete all tasks to undertake the content review|taskable=true}
	   {task:Proof read content}
	   {task:TPS Report Added}
	   {task:All images show latest version}
   {state}	
   {state:Review|approved=Done|rejected=Editing} 
      {approval:Review|assignable=true}
   {state}
   {state:Done|updated=Editing}
   {state}
{workflow}

In this simple example, the Review state containing the content review is only available as a submit transition destination state from CompleteChecklist.

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In the CompleteChecklist state, no transition options are available in the workflow popup. The workflow is waiting for the taskscompletedevent for the completed transition to occur.

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It's best to have at least one task added by the workflow on the transition to the CompleteChecklist state as a task will need to set as Complete in the tasks popup for the transition to occur.

You can also make the CompleteChecklist (or Editing) state taskable.

The transition to the content review state Review will occur when all tasks are complete.

Using a value reference condition to disable a review

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It's achieved using a condition on the {approval } macro.

{workflow:name=Complete the tasks}
   {state:Editing|submit=Review}
   {state}
   {state:Review|approved=Done|rejected=Editing}
      {task:Complete this to review}
      {approval:Review|assignable=true|@workflow:tasks > size@=0}
   {state}
   {state:Done}
   {state}
{workflow}

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When this workflow reaches the Review state, a single task is added. Only when that task is complete can reviewers Approve or Reject the content.Note: users

How the value reference condition works

The {approval} uses a Value Reference Condition which  condition that checks the number of tasks by querying the Workflow Supplier. If there are no tasks, the condition is met, and the review will be enabled.

Let's take a look at the condition:

@workflow:tasks > size@=0

Here's how that works:

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  content between the two @ symbols is a Value Reference

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• The 

   workflow: indicates we are querying the Workflow Supplier

• The 

  tasks indicates we want to access the tasks object within the supplier – it provides information about all the tasks on the current page or blog post

• The 

   > indicates we want to query an attribute on the tasks object, in this case, the size attribute which tells us how many tasks there are

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  this is then

  equate that

  equated to a number, in this case 0

We This could be set it up so that the review is only enabled if there are is one or more tasks by changing the condition to:

@workflow:tasks > size@=!0

Adding the exclamation mark means "notNOT", so this condition is requiring requires that "the number of tasks is not zero".

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The Workflow Supplier condition must be added as markup using the macro editor. It cannot be added in the approval editor in workflow builder. Once added in the markup editor, it will be displayed in the approval editor in workflow builder. Image Removed Image Added But you will not be able to change this individual approval using workflow builder with this markup added. However, you will still be able to can edit/amend other components of the workflow using workflow builder.

See also

Workflow Authoring Guide:

• Conditions

• Value References

• Approvals

• Tasks

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User Guide:

• Content reviews

• Tasks

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