Example Approval Chain Workflow

Approval chains begin when a member of a group with Editor privileges submits new or edited content to a section of a site with an approval chain applied to it.

In this example, two groups will be represented:

• News Writers
  • Creates, edits, and submits news content for approval
• News Approvers
  • Edits, approves, and publishes all news content

For this example, the following illustration reflects the News Approval Chain, where the News Approvers group is required to approve all content wherever the approval chain has been applied.

In the following illustration, you'll see we've edited the Permissions of the News section of our site. Both the News Approvers and News Writers groups have Editor privileges, and the News Approvers group is exempt from the approval chain. This means members of the News Writers group will be able to submit content for approval, and members of the News Approvers group will be notified when someone needs to review the submitted content and "decision" it with either "Approve" or "Reject."