Unlike other items, Bundles do not enter a Workflow Process automatically in response to a trigger; instead, you must start workflow manually. This topic explains how. Starting workflow on a Bundle places all items in that Bundle in workflow.
Before you begin
To be able to enter workflow, the following must be true for your Bundle:
- The Bundle is based on a Bundle Schema that has an Associated Bundle Process configured in its Workflow tab.
- The Bundle is either empty, or only contains items that can enter workflow, that is: Components, Pages, Component Templates, Page Templates, Template Building Blocks, and Bundles.
- None of the items in the Bundle is currently in a Workflow Process.
Procedure
- Access the Content Manager Explorer website.
- Navigate to the Publication and Folder that contains the Bundle on which you want to start Workflow.
- Select the Bundle in the tree on the left.
The Bundle tab appears in the Ribbon, and is selected.
- Select Start Workflow Process in the Bundle tab.
The Start Workflow Process button shows an error if one or both of the following is true:
- One or more of the items in the Bundle is itself still in workflow. To fix this problem, find out to whom the item is currently assigned and follow the item through to the end of its Process Instance.
- One or more of the items in the Bundle cannot be subject to workflow. Only Components, Pages, Component Templates, Page Templates, Template Building Blocks and Bundles can be subject to workflow. To fix this problem, remove all other types of items from the Bundle.
If no error appears, Tridion Sites places all items in the Bundle in workflow, and triggers the first Activity in the Workflow Process Definition associated with the Bundle Schema of this Bundle.
If this first Activity is an Automatic Activity, Tridion Sites performs it and any other Automatic Activities that directly follow this one until it reaches a Manual Activity.
As soon as the first Manual Activity is reached, that Activity appears in the Assignment List of all the members of the User Group associated with that Activity.