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title: "Approval Workflow Report macro"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/CDALS/649789932/Approval%20Workflow%20Report%20macro"
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> Macro (aura-html)

> Macro (excerpt)
> 
> Legacy report macro that can be configured to report on workflow states or workflow approvals or tasks.


> 📝 The reporting system in Comala Document Approval has been upgraded for better user experience and performance. We recommend using the new set of report macros with improved performance and filtering, including
> 📝 
> 📝 - [Document States Report macro](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDALS/pages/649528122)
> 📝 - [Document Approvals macro](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDALS/pages/742326668)
> 📝 - [Document Stats Report macro](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDALS/pages/649659140)
> 📝 
> 📝 The old macro, **approval workflow report macro**, still works but we do not provide support or fix related bugs. Transitioning to the new report macros ensures optimal performance.


## Overview

Approvals workflow report macro can be added to content to create a workflow information dashboard for your users.

The macro can be configured to report types including on states or approvals.

## Permissions

By default, this report is only available to users who can [Add content](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDALS/pages/649101786) (pages or blog posts) to the space.

## Adding the report

To add the report to a page, in the page editor

- choose **Insert **> Macro (inline-media-image)

**→ Other Macros → Reporting → Approval Report**
- set the **Type** setting to **states**

![image](media://fd6f5c0a-909e-4a44-a2a3-62a1c9c2f6a1)

- choose **Save **to add the macro to the draft page

  
Here's how the macro looks on your updated page.

![image](media://0892ce65-2528-4c89-b4aa-55d7695df4f6)

The macro can be edited to change the type of report. Different filter options can be set for each type of report.

For details of the filter options for each type of report in the macro please refer to the following macro pages in the Comala Document Management documentation

- **[States](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/650349253)**[ type report](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/650349253)
- **[Approval](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/650120822)**[ type report](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/650120822)
- **[Dashboard](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649891836)**[ type report](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649891836)
- **[Stats](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649532393)**[ type report](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649532393)

> ℹ️ The Approval Workflow Report macro was deprecated in Comala Document Approvals 1.8.0+. Several individual reporting macros replace it with improved filters, column display management, and ease of use.