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Workflow tab of a Bundle

If you open a Bundle in Content Manager Explorer, the Workflow tab gives you information about the workflow properties of that Bundle.

If the Workflow tab shows only the text Approval Status: followed by a value, one of the following is the case:

  • If the value is Undefined, the item is not subject to Workflow at all.
  • If the value is Unapproved, the item has either completed at least one Workflow Process, which did not assign any Approval Status to the item, or it has never entered a Workflow Process.
  • If the value is neither Undefined nor Unapproved, the item has completed at least one Workflow Process, which last assigned the Approval Status you see to the item.

If the Workflow tab shows a History of Activites area in the top half and an Activity Details area in the bottom half, then the item is subject to workflow and currently in a Workflow Process.

You see the following:

History of Activities

A list of the Activities of this Process. If the item has already gone through and finished a Workflow Process in the past, you see a dropdown from which you can select previous finished Workflow Processes.

The History of Activities area shows the following properties per Activity:

<Icon>
If the icon shows a green checkmark, the Activity has finished; if not, it has not finished yet.
Name
The name of the Activity, preceded by a number of indicate which step in the Process this is. (The number is useful to distinguish, say, a first review Activity from a second review Activity.)
Owner
The User currently performing the Activity. If this is empty, the item has been assigned, but not picked up yet.
Assigned To
The Group or User to whom this Activity is or was assigned.
Approval Status
The Approval Status of the item after this Activity has finished.
Activity <number> <name of Activity>

This area shows the properties of the currently selected Activity. The area label is the word 'Activity', followed by a number to indicate which step in the Process this is, followed by the Activity name. (The number is useful to distinguish, say, a first review Activity from a second review Activity.)

You see the following Activity Details:

Description
A description of what this Activity entails.
Assigned to
The Group or User to which this Activity was assigned.
Performer
If the Activity has a Started or Finished state, the name of the User who is currently performing (if Started) or has most recently performed (if Finished) the Activity.
Assigned on
A timestamp representing the moment at which the Activity was assigned, immediately after the previous Activity finished.
Started on
If the Activity has a Started or Finished state, a timestamp representing the moment at which a User picked up the Activity.
Time Spent
If the Activity has a Finished state, the amount of time that has passed from the moment the Activity was first assigned, to the moment a User finished the Activity.
Finished on
If the Activity has a Finished state, a timestamp representing the moment at which a User finished the Activity.
State
Only if the Activity failed or was suspended, its state.
State Message
Only if the Activity failed or was suspended, the reason for this failure or suspension.
Previous Activity Message
A message provided by the User who finished the previous Activity in this Workflow Process, typically intended as instructions to the current Owner.

The Related Items area shows the list of items associated with the current Activity.

If you select an item, you can do the following:

Preview
Preview the item in a new dialog.
Open
Open the item for editing in a new dialog.
Compare
If you also select two Activities from the History of Activities list, Compare shows you how the selected item changed between those two Activities. This button is disabled if Content Manager is not configured to save snapshots of the item you selected.