Submitting Content for Approval

Groups require Editor privileges in order to submit content for approval. If a group has only been granted Author privileges, they will have to notify an Editor, who in turn, may follow the steps outlined below to submit content for approval.

1. Whenever a content item is either edited or added to a section which has an Approval Chain applied, the Publish button is replaced with a Send for Approval button. If Change Sets are enabled, the Save to Change Set button is replaced with Save to Change Set & Send for Approval. Keep in mind, only groups with Editor privileges will see these buttons. Groups with Author privileges will only see the Save Draft, and Preview buttons.
   
2. Clicking any of the Send for Approval buttons triggers the Approval Chain process.
3. To view your "submissions" for approval, click the down arrow of the user menu in the upper right corner of the screen, in the back-end administration area of Mura.
   
4. You should then be taken to the Content > List View tab. The "Showing" filter will be preset to My Submissions, and all submitted content items in "Pending Approval" status will be listed.
   
5. If you wish to edit a content item in "Pending Approval" status, you can still do so, since it's technically in a "Draft" state. Attempting to edit the content item will invoke a Select Version to Edit dialog window. Select the "Edit Latest Draft" to edit the content item.
   
6. When you edit the content item, an alert will appear above the tabs, with a link to View Details.
   
7. Clicking the View Details link will launch the Status dialog window. You can see who created the content item, and which group the approval is waiting on.
   
8. If you wish to cancel your request, simply click the Apply button. Otherwise, click the "X" at the top right of the window to close the dialog window.