Define workflow stage properties

A workflow stage is composed of a set of selected workflow actions.

1. To select a workflow action to run on entering or exiting a workflow stage, click Select Actions.

   1. To add workflow actions, click Add.

      • Select the required workflow actions from the index and then click OK.

      • Only email actions can be selected to run on exiting a workflow stage.

   2. To remove workflow actions, select the workflow actions to remove and then click Remove.

   3. Use the arrow buttons to specify the order in which the selected workflow actions are run.

      In most cases, actions are run when entering a stage. For example, you add a scheduled move action to run on entering a stage so that it is enabled as soon as an item enters that stage. However, if we set a scheduled move action to run on leaving a stage, it will never run. The most common type of actions to run on leaving a stage are email actions, when to notify users that an item leaves a workflow stage, or custom workflow actions that have been designed to run a task when an item leaves a stage.

      Some actions need to be run in a specific order. For example:

      • A scheduled move action must always be the final action in a workflow stage, because any actions scheduled after a scheduled move action will not be run.

      • We cannot run a version action before a publish action because we cannot save versions of draft items.

      • If we are using a custom action, we may want to run the custom action before executing an email action so the draft content item is in a state ready to be reviewed by an approver.

2. Select whether Joint approval is enabled then select the users or groups that need to be assigned Joint Approval.

3. Select whether to require a comment to be entered when approving a workflow stage.

4. Select Enable Previous Stage Button For Approvers to allow approvers to move items back to the previous stage. Managers and administrators always have access to this button.

5. To select which users have access to an item in the current workflow stage:

   1. Click either:

      • Grant User Access.

      • Grant Contributor Access.

      • Grant Editor Access.

      • Grant Manager Access.

      • Grant Approve Access.

   2. To add users or groups, click Add.

      • Select either Users or Groups.

      • Enter text to search for in the Search field and then click Search.

        Leave the Search field blank to display all users or groups.

      • Select the required users or groups and then click OK.

   3. We can also choose to automatically inherit access based on the library access assigned to each user and group by selecting "Inheritance". This option is selected by default.

   4. To remove users or groups, select the users or groups to remove and then click Remove.

   5. Click OK..

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