Multiple workflow types
- Explicit: all steps of the workflow must be completed, and all users will be notified of tasks
- Implicit: all steps where the original change author is NOT a member of the group must be completed.
- Ignore: similar to Explicit, but the original change author is not included in notifications or shown dashboard tasks
Variant aware
- Configure workflows per variant
- Choose which variants to publish - current or all (in individual or invariant workflow processes)
- Fully localized (BYO language files)
Content app
- Initiate and process workflows from the detailed content app
- Access and manage node-level workflow configuration
- Full workflow history - every stage, every comment, every action
- View differences (licensed feature) - track changes across pending and completed workflows
Approval groups
- Separate from, and independent of, Umbraco's user groups - complements your existing site setup, rather than requiring changes
- User group inheritance - derive Plumber approval groups from Umbraco's user groups - NEW in 1.4.0
- Offline approval (licensed feature) - allow groups to action workflow without logging in to Umbraco
Dashboards
- Admin section with high-level overview of workflow activity, including charting and deep history
- User-centric views showing pending tasks and submissions
- Action workflows from the user dashboard, in the same UI as the content app
- Real-time updates ensure dashboards stay in sync for all backoffice users
Plus all these...
- Content-level workflow configuration - granular control at the node level
- Document-type workflow configuration (licensed feature) - configure common workflows for all content of a given type
- Unlimited workflow stages - as complex or as simple as your site requires
- Reject and request review - return changes to the original editor for updates and resubmission
- Workflow inheritance - content inherits settings from ancestor nodes
- Exclude content tree branches (licensed feature)
- Lock active content - prevent edits when content is in a workflow
- Email notifications (templating coming soon)
- Comment templates - provide a guide for users when describing their changes
- Administrators retain control - action workflows on behalf of approval groups
- Scheduled publishing - release changes on a given date, provided the workflow is approved
- Publish-only workflows - disable the workflow engine for unpublishing documents - NEW in 1.4.0
- Workflow attachments - attach supporting documentation to a workflow process - NEW in 1.4.0