Comparing Activities

You can open a finished or active Workflow Process to view the progress and status of the items associated with it as they progressed, or are progressing, through workflow. If you have Workflow auditing enabled, you can compare activities to view content changes.

About this task

Information on a Workflow Process is available in the Active Processes list and the Completed Processes list.

Procedure

  1. Access the Content Manager Explorer website.
  2. Select Administration at bottom left in the navigation pane.
  3. Expand the Workflow Management node.
  4. Select either Active Processes or Completed Processes.
    A list of Workflow Processes is displayed in a list on the right.
  5. Double-click a Process to open it.
    The Process opens in a new dialog, displaying a list of Activities at the top, and the details of the selected Activity at the bottom, including a list of Related Items at bottom right.
  6. Compare an item at two stages in the Workflow Process by doing the following:
    1. Select two Activities in the list at the top.
    2. Select the item you want to examine in the Related Items list at bottom right.
    3. Click the Compare button.
    The Compare window opens showing the differences between the two snapshots of the item.