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Editor and staff approval workflow 3.1

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Editor and staff approval workflow (3.1)

v.60 requires v3.0.2+

com.comalatech.workflow.repository.categories.label:General|Bundled

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  • An approvals workflow with four stages: Draft, Ready, Reviewed and Published

  • Staff edit a page, but it is not published until the Editor-in-Chief gives approval

Editor and staff approval workflow (3.1) markup

{workflow:name=Editor and staff approval workflow} {description} The Publishing Workflow has four states. Ready: Edited by Staff. Reviewed: Reviewed by Managers. Published: Approved by Editor-in-Chief & viewable publicly. You can define the Reviewer and Editor-in-Chief in the Space Admin Workflow Configuration. {description} {workflowparameter:Reviewers|description=Reviewers group|type=group} confluence-users {workflowparameter} {workflowparameter:Editor in Chief|description=User able to give final approval|type=user} @user@ {workflowparameter} {state:Draft|submit=Ready} {state} {state:Ready|approved=Reviewed|rejected=Draft} {approval:Review|assignable=true|group=@Reviewers@} {state} {state:Reviewed|approved=Published|rejected=Ready} {approval:Editor in Chief|final=true|user=@Editor in Chief@} {state} {state:Published|final=true|rejected=Reviewed|updated=Ready|hideselection=true} {state} {trigger:pageapproved|approval=Review} {send-email:user=@Editor in Chief@|subject=Page ready for final approval} The page @page@ has been approved by @user@ and is waiting for your final approval. {pageactivity} {send-email} {trigger} {workflow}
  • staff edit pages, and mark as Ready for a Manager to review

  • once reviewed, pages are sent to the Editor-in-Chief

  • once approved by Editor-in-Chief, the page is published

  • Reviewers and Editor-in-Chief are defined in the space tools workflow configuration Parameters dashboard as workflow parameter values