Approved status

Overview

A page or blog post in the Review state or Rejected state can be reviewed and approved by a user. A successful approval transitions the workflow to the Approved state.

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The workflow popup displays

• confirmation of the approval process

• button link to the Activity report for the page workflow events and actions

The page or blog post in the Approved state will transition to the Review state on

• updating the page or blog post

• reaching a set date when the content is set to have expired

There is no other option to transition the page from the Approved state to another state in the applied workflow.

Approved content expiry

The Approved state can be set to expire on a set date (and time), this is called a Due Date (or an Expiry Date).

To set an expiry date for the Approved state, the content must be in this approvalstate.

In the in the approval popup open the Set Due Date dialog box by choosing either

• the clock icon

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• the Set due date option from the popup ellipsis menu

In the Set Due Date dialog option set the due date (and time) and select Save.

A due date needs to be added each time the approval workflow transitions to the Approved state.

The due date is only active for the content when it is in the Approved state

Icon colour

The clock icon in the approval workflow popup will change color to indicate the current status of the due date.

If a due date has been added the icon will include details of the current time period before the Approved state content expires.

What happens when a page expires?

The page will return (transition) to the Review state. The change will be shown in the page activity and watchers will receive a notification.