Confluence Workflow - multiple transitions?

Sonja Behrmann May 24, 2017

Hi everybody,

  1. I aim to expand a default content review workflow (4 statuses) to enable the development from project idea to project charter (within 6 statuses).

    Definition ends in reasonable diagram (see below)
    and I wonder
    1. what else transitions (next to 'approved', 'rejected', 'updated') do exist?
    2. how many transitions are allowed (inbound and outbound)/
      / is there a limit of transitions (e.g. 1 x inbound, 2 x outbound)?

      Workflow to Project Charter.PNG

  2. It would be great to have an addition:
    Either by approving the project idea to a 'project'
    or by rejecting the project idea to a simple 'task'
    I want the approving person to manually assign a budget available to project lead (who is to 'finish' the workflow).
    Ideally placed AFTER click to approve by a pop-up window asking for the option (!optional field might be empty) to indicate an amount at free disposal.
    1. Is it possible to arrange that?
    2. if yes, how can I arrange this?

Thanks a lot for input!

 

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Elena_Lurye March 31, 2020

I used other transitions in my workflows as well. You can specify conditions on your triggers, based  on some events:

(https://wiki.comalatech.com/display/CWL/Conditions)

https://wiki.comalatech.com/display/CWL/Events

For example, you can change state if

  1. specific label was added/removed to/from the page
  2. you can base state transitions on specific user or group being assigned/unassigned 
  3. you can set multiple tasks for a state, and use their completion/expiration time to transition between states as needed (or to send notification emails).

    You were asking for available budget assignments - you can accomplish it using tasks. 
    Name each task as your budget proposals. 
    Have a project approve select (complete) specific task and use this completion as a mechanism to change states (and to send out notifications with this budget number..
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Yves Martin
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August 5, 2019

Here are some other transitions I have found from examples and documentations - next to 'approved', 'rejected', 'updated':

  • submit
  • completed (from tasks list)
  • expired (from due date)

As far as I understand, these transitions are associated to page lifecycle event: https://wiki.comalatech.com/display/CWL/Transitions

They are all referred in "state" macro documentation, mixed with other parameters: https://wiki.comalatech.com/display/CWL/state+macro

If none matches your need, or you want to avoid automated transition from events, the easiest way is to use "state-selection" as child macro in "state": https://wiki.comalatech.com/display/CWL/state-selection+macro

 

 

 

 

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May 24, 2017

How are you implementing this workflow in Confluence?  With Comala workflows?

Sonja Behrmann May 24, 2017

Yes, Comala Workflow is the plugin. ✔

Sonja Behrmann May 30, 2017

Do you expect problems due to using this plugin?

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