Templates

Overview

Workflow macros define the major functionality of your workflow template, such as states (and the transitions between them), tasks and triggers.

The workflow macro must be the first macro in your template. The workflow is created by adding macros such as the state macro, to the body of this workflow macro.

Basic Syntax

In this example workflow, there are two states and one trigger.

{workflow:name=Example}
   {state:Start|submit=Stop}
   {state}
   {state:Stop|submit=Start}
   {state}
   {trigger:statechanged|state=Stop}
      {set-message}State is: Stop{set-message}
   {trigger}
{workflow}

Comala Document Management Templates

Templates are stored at

• global level in the Global Workflows dashboard

• space level in

  • the space tools Document Management dashboard

  • the space tools Page Workflows Templates dashboard

Editing a workflow template

A workflow template can be edited using the visual editing tool workflow builder. Changes made in workflow builder change/update the markup automatically.

Editing of the workflow template markup can be done directly in the markup editor. Changes made in the markup editor change/update the workflow in workflow builder automatically.

Triggers can can only be created using markup. This markup can be added either using the markup editor or can be copied and pasted into the Triggers option in the Edit Workflow panel in workflow builder.

All Examples

See: Examples

Macros

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  workflow macro — Defines a workflow tempalte

workflow macro - body macros

• Page:
  description macro — Describe your workflow templates.
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  pagefooter macro — Add content to page footer
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  pageheader macro — Add content to page header
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  read-ack macro — Request user read confirmation of content
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  state macro — Define workflow states & basic transitions
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  trigger macro — Trigger actions when events are fired
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  workflow-instructions macro — Add message to "create page/blog" screen
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  workflowparameter macro — Define editable workflow Value References

state macro - body macros

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  approval macro — Add content-focus reviews to states
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  state-selection macro — Specify direct state transitions
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  task macro — Add tasks to workflow states

trigger macro - body macros

See: Actions