Not publish item after moving its workflow state through PowerShell script

Question

I am moving workflow state through Powershell script to approved state. However, it is not publishing that item in the web database.

Code:-

$item.Editing.BeginEdit()
$item.__Workflow=$workflowId
$item."__Workflow state"=$workflowStateId
$item."__Default Workflow"=$workflowId
$item.Editing.EndEdit($false,$false)

Answer 1

Changing the Workflow State field does not trigger any workflow actions. You need to use the WorkflowProvider to get the workflow and move it to the desired state.

With SPE you can do this via the Invoke-Workflow command:

Invoke-Workflow -Path master:/path-to-your/item `
    -CommandName "The Name of the Command" -Comments "Automated"

This will change the state of the item and execute any workflow actions that are setup in your workflow.

Here is the documentation for Invoke-Workflow