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- Allows any user to submit topics, which are approved by a Subject Matter Experts and FAQ administrations.
- Only the Author and FAQ Administrators can see the submitted FAQ until it is published.
Multi-Step FAQ creation workflow which allows users to submit topic/pages to be approved by the assigned SME(s) and FAQ Admin. Only the SME's and FAQ Admin can see the submissions before they are approved.
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The FAQ <at:var at:name="page" /> has been submitting by [~<at:var at:name="user" />] and is waiting for your approval.
The FAQ <at:var at:name="page" /> has been approved by [~<at:var at:name="user" />] and is waiting for your review.
Your FAQ <at:var at:name="page" /> submission has been rejected.
The FAQ <at:var at:name="page" /> has been approved by [~<at:var at:name="user" />] and is waiting for your approval.
The FAQ <at:var at:name="page" /> has been rejected by [~<at:var at:name="user" />].
The FAQ <at:var at:name="page" /> submitted by [~@FAQ Author@] has been approved by [~<at:var at:name="user" />>]
and is waiting for your review.
The FAQ <at:var at:name="page" /> has been published
The FAQ <at:var at:name="page" /> has been updated by [~<at:var at:name="user" />] and requires your approval
Configuration
After you installed the workflow you need to add the workflow parameters values that will be used in the workflow:
- FAQ-Administrators.
- Component Leads.
These values can be any existing Confluence user group. Teh default groups for both are confluence-users.
A space administrator can add these values in the space tools Document Management tab for parameters.
The workflow parameter values can also be edited using workflow builder.
Workflow rules:
- Any user can submit an FAQ
- Only the Author and FAQ Administrators can see the submitted approval
- FAQ Administrator determines if the FAQ is appropriate and assigns the appropriate Component lead
- If the FAQ is approved, then the FAQ become visible to the Component lead and he/she is notified
- If the FAQ is rejected, then the Author is notified
- If the FAQ is approved by the Component lead then it is re-assigned to the FAQ Administration for publishing
- If the FAQ is published then it becomes visible to everybody
- If the FAQ is rejected in this state, then the Author and Component lead are notified
- If the FAQ is updated after it has been published, then it has to be approved by the Component lead and FAQ administrator again