Approval Status

An Approval Status, if set on an activity, is assigned to an item after an activity is completed in a Workflow Process. You can create one or more Approval Statuses or you can use existing Approval Statuses. The default Approval Status is Undefined. This non-modifiable status always has the lowest hierarchical importance.

You can also add an Approval Status to a Publication Target to become its Minimum Approval Status. A Minimum Approval Status is the status that an item in Workflow must have in order to be published to that Publication Target.

For example, a Workflow Process called Feature Article may consist of the following activities and Approval Statuses:

When this activity finishes......the item has this Approval Status
WriteFirst Draft
First EditFirst Edit Complete
ReviseSecond Draft
Second EditFinal Edit
Final ApprovalApproved Final Copy

Approval Statuses are shared in all Publications and can be used in any Workflow Process. Only one set of Approval Statuses can be created.