Questions tagged [workflow]
Questions about workflow in Sitecore: configuring, using, issues, customizing, ...
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Component with workflow loads only once
In our project we have a home page and test home page. Both the pages have a component with two different data sources (based on same template- but content differs). Now the problem is when we make ...
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Custom Email action in workflow using Sitecore cloud email
We are using Sitecore email cloud as our smtp server, we are trying to send custom email notification during publishing workflow. We are using below code to send mail and set SMTP to be sitecore.smtp....
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Publish with Subitem functionality
I have a root item and subitems. When i publish the Item with Subitem option checked, the root item is published but the below items if in draft state are not published.
For example:
In the below ...
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Update Workflow of a Sitecore form Item
In sitecore I have created a Sitecore form in Sitecore FormBuilder and saved it as template. I have added default Workflow in Form Template standard value.
I have published this Form saved as template ...
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Workflow in the Experience Editor - state does not refresh
Using Sitecore 9.3 - just implementing workflow. In the Experience Editor, workflow commands appear in the blue information bar. They are working, but after performing any of these command: Submit, ...
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JSS Workflow - How to default newly create items to Content Mode?
Sitecore 10.1, JSS 16
I am using a user with the sitecore/Author role that I have added access to "write" when items are in the "Content Mode" state. However when I create a new ...
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Data source workflow action in SXA
I am trying to use Assign a data source workflow action in SXA feature in SXA 10 so that when a page move in a workflow all data sources have a states updates as well and create new version on each ...
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Asynchronous Custom Workflow Action
We have a custom workflow action where the process method can sometimes take a significant amount of time. This causes the browser to hang and sometimes show a browser waiting message.
I am looking ...
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How to disable content editing to users other than content owners and super admin in Sitecore workflow
We need to disable 'lock and edit' option for authors other than content owner who initiated the workflow. I able to achieve this by changing the below settings in Sitecore.config
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How does the SXA Datasource Workflow work?
In SXA 10 I can see a new way to use workflows on datasource items of a page. This is described here.
If I assign the page template to a workflow and set it up as in the documentation, it does not ...
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Looking for sitecore WF comment pipeline
I am looking to see if there a way to pre-fill the fields in the comment template, just wondering if there is a pipeline to do this?
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Where are the Sitecore workflow comments stored?
I am looking for the Sitecore path where the WorkFlow comments are stored.
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Assign rights to create new version of an item if a user does not have write access
I have a basic approval workflow set up with three states (Draft, For Approval and Published), and two basic user types that can work on an item in this workflow (Author and Editor).
An author can ...
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Can we disable the alert icon in Experience editor on Condition?
In Experience Editor we get the below alert bar where we can change the state and other workflow related changes, is there a way to disable it for some pages:
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Async send mail method in WorkFlows Sitecore 9
Im trying to send multiple email on item approved in sitecore workflows, but i think the workflows doesnt wait on the async method to complete, it's run through the send mail function and out of ...
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The workflows in workbox only appear in master database
I am using sitecore 9.3, i have created a database that is cloned from the web database and i need to check if an item can be assigned to workflow in this database and then upon approval it can be ...
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Make Sitecore Workflow comments mandatory
In Sitecore 9 Workflow, i wish to make the comments mandatory for some actions. While surfing i came across the below solution
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16895043/sitecore-workbox-make-...
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Lock and edit feature for all user including Admin
An Item if 'Lock and Edit' then creates a new version if not an admin.
As a admin When I select lock from Experience Editor Ribbon and edit the Item which is published once and save then new version ...
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How can we hide the "publish all" button from the work-box?
Does Sitecore have out of the box option to hide the publish all button from the workbox?
The reason I want to do is, there are a few incidents of clicking publish all by mistake.
I want to keep ...
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The item name "__Standard Values" is already definied on this level
I had to change some permissions around so that some users would be able to modify templates. All users should have at least read access to all templates. I just tried to move my item through the ...
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How to order Descending to workflow history via programatically in sitecore
How can I sort the workflow history on time?
I got the workflow and workflow history programmatically, but I cannot order by date descending?
Get Workflow and History:
Sitecore.Workflows....
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How to get Command name for current workflow
I have created a sample workflow. In this workflow I have multiple states like Draft, Awaiting approval and Done. Each and every state have a command like submit, approve or reject.
I got my current ...
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User accidentally 'Approved All' in workflow - need to revert or see approved items
One of our CMS users accidentally clicked the "Approve all" option.
What's the fastest way of either reverting this or grabbing a list of all items that were approved?
We're on 8.1 (160519).
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Approver role doesn't see the workflow actions
I have created a workflow and two roles - author & approver. Also assigned permissions for the respective workflow states to each role.
There are 4 Workflow states:
Draft
|_Submit
Awaiting ...
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Adding a new folder/item does not appear in target DB when published via workflow
Added a new folder and item in it with WorkFlow and published it via workflow, but it doesn't appear in the next level db. Any thoughts
Master db:
Preview db: missing the test folder and content
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Get list of Sitecore items updated by Specific User
My project is running on Sitecore 9, before 10 days I deployed changes on production environment after that content editor started updating content on production, we have created new user and that ...
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How does Sitecore Experience Editor deal with component items on a page when a new version of a page is created?
I've come across an instance where a client was using the Experience Editor to create a new version of a landing page and the components on the page did not increment the version number.
Is this ...
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Workflow is being assigned to datasource items that don't have an initial workflow assigned
I have added some SXA components to the page (say I have added a linklist SXA component to the Home item). I have also added the workflow to different Sitecore items (Home item is assigned a workflow ...
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Items Submitted Through Workflow In Awaiting Approval Status Are Publishing To Both Preview And Web
I have a really strange problem. I have a Sitecore 8.2 site that has preview and web publishing targets. I expect that when a user Submits an item through Workflow, when it is in Awaiting Approval ...
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How do I force authors to check-in the changes in workflow
Few authors don't check-in the changes they submit directly which locks the item and the approved couldn't approve since the item is locked, is there an OOTB way to handle it?
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Sitecore workflow approve related items
I am using a very simple workflow with get approval and waiting for approval and approved
My problem is, that we have some large releases of content and sometimes some content is not allowed to get ...
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How to add Workflows->Submit button to Experience Editor Ribbon
I have a requirement to add the workflow submit button to the Experience Editor same as it appears in Content Editor.
I am aware that Sitecore displays Submit as a link in the message notification ...
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Workflow is not getting assigned for items
I'm creating a template and assigning a workflow to that template. But the items which are created from that template are not having the workflow value.
$template = New-Item -Path "/sitecore/...
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Workbox visibility for locked items
We have a few workflow states in our 8.2 instance, including Draft, then Awaiting Content Admin Approval, then Awaiting PAO Approval. Once it's submitted by a contributor level user to the Awaiting ...
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Content authors to see their own items only in workbox, not from other authors
Is there a way to implement the workflow and user roles for Content authors to see their own items only in workbox not from other authors.
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How to define a new user role that can create and approve their OWN content only?
I have a requirement like a user should create and approve their OWN content only and it should not accessible that created/updated Sitecore items to other users.
Ex: user1 has created a test1 page ...
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Sitecore workbox compare is not showing shared fields on comparing two version
I have workflow enabled on Sitecore.
When I edit any item and send it to a reviewer, the reviewer is not able to see the shared fields in the compare tab, so any changes made in a shared field, ...
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Adding workflow for item deletion
I am using Sitecore 9.1.1.
I need to know if I can set up a workflow that activates when a Sitecore item is "Deleted" from the content editor, so that the item does not actually get deleted until the ...
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Unpublish workflow command disabled in Published (final state) in CE
We are using Sitecore 9.0.2 along with SXA 1.7.1
We have a workflow in place with these states:
1. Draft (initial state)
2. Approver Approval
3. Publisher Approval (it has Approve and Reject ...
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Disable Sitecore publish item workflow
I had implemented Sitecore workflow (Draft - Awaiting approval - Publish) around 1 year back for a customer but now the customer wants it to be disabled.
Is it possible to disable workflow now? If ...
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When validating an item in a workflow action, null reference error?
So, I have an item with a couple of fields that have required validation rules.
I've added a validation action when executing a workflow action (submitting to admin for approval). When I do this a ...
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Users can publish even when item has blank fields marked with required validation rule
I have Sitecore 8.2, have the template for my item assigned to our custom workflow, I have all validation rules set to Required for the fields in question.
Yet I can move the item through the ...
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How to turn off "JSS Development Workflow"?
We recently switched from code-first to Sitecore-first in our JSS project.
In the Sitecore-first approach we now use Unicorn to serialize/sync Sitecore structure and content.
However the JSS ...
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Work Flow Security Permissions
I have a template and apply Publishing workflow on this template, I created items from this template in 2 different sites, I created 2 different users for each site,I want when the item in "site 1" ...
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Although the workflow field can be obtained by API, it is empty in the content editor
Although the workflow field is empty in the content editor,
I can get the value of workflow field by API.
var varworkFlowBefore = targetItem["__Workflow"]
The default workflow for content, the ...
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Workflow Comment popup does not show up in workbox
I am using Sitecore 9.1.
I made a custom workflow and assigned a few actions and commands to it as the below picture shows:
The Default Comment Template field is set to the standard comment template,...
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How to programmatically refresh a Sitecore item on Content Editor upon editing it
I would like to refresh a Sitecore item after editing it programmatically.
Scenario: An Action of a workflow opens a dialog, does some operation and on clicking the OK button I want to refresh the ...
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Auto Publish related items in workflow not working in SXA
We have created similar workflow to "Sample Workflow".
We have configured Auto Publish like this:
deep=1&smart=1&related=1
Based on our knowledge this should be sufficient to publish also ...
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Workflow auto publish on intermediate state
Is is possible to perform autopublish of item on intermediate, not final state of sitecore workflow?
Sitecore 9.0.1, Admin user.
I have custom workflow with the following states:
Editing
Submit
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How to preserve the workflow state on closing a custom modal in Sitecore 8.1
My Customer has a regulatory compliance requirement to add secondary authentication prior to any workflow approval, so the approach that I have taken is by defining a custom Action which opens a ...