How does Cascade Server handle workflows and approvals?
The workflow engine is fully customizable to include steps such as submit, approve, and publish. A variety of triggers and actions can be associated with each step in the workflow. The built-in visual workflow builder allows for the creation and management of any type of workflow assigned to any number of users or groups, and unlimited levels of approvals and routing.
A workflow can have an unlimited number of reviewers. They cannot, however, all access the item at once. To avoid the confusion of creating multiple drafts of the same item, workflows progress from one person or group to the next in an organized, predefined manner. Once a workflow has been initiated, only an administrator can edit or cancel the process.
Workflows can be applied at the page or content block level by selecting the appropriate workflow at time of creation, or by editing the workflow selections to a specific page. For pages that are composed of multiple content regions, each region or block can have individual workflow options attached to it.
Because workflows are selected at creation from a set of administrator-defined options, users can be granted the option of bypassing workflow, provided this option has been included on the page or folder level.