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## Overview

Confluence comes with several templates or Blueprints to help you create content.

You can use Confluence Blueprint templates and define the Comala workflow that is applied to all pages and blog posts in the space created with the blueprint.

Comala Document Management can be used to

- [attach a Comala workflow to an individual Blueprint in a space](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649828206)
- [link a global workflow to a space category](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649629354) including the space template categories

Once attached to a Blueprint or linked to a space category using these templates automatically adds and applies a Comala workflow to the content.

> ℹ️ <span style="color: #1d1c1d">Spaces created with </span><span style="color: #1d1c1d">[Junovi's Blueprint Creator v3.4.0+](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1218917/blueprint-creator-advanced-templates-pages-blog-spaces?tab=overview&hosting=datacenter)</span><span style="color: #1d1c1d"> now automatically </span><span style="color: #1d1c1d">[links global workflows with space categories](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649629354)</span><span style="color: #1d1c1d">.</span>

## Confluence Blueprint for individual pages and blog posts

Content created with a [blueprint with an attached workflow template](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649828206) in a space automatically has the attached workflow added.

![image](media://87adec83-3c84-44b8-847e-7e418aed9b90)

The workflow is applied as a space scope workflow in the space.

The workflow attached to the Blueprint is added to both

- new content created using the Blueprint
- any existing content in the space created with the Blueprint

Detaching the workflow from the Blueprint disables the space workflow and removes the workflow from the existing content.

## Confluence template for space categories and space blueprints

A global administrator can [link a global workflow template to one or more space categories](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649629354).

These include the [Confluence space template Blueprints](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/create-a-space-from-a-template-829076185.html)

- Knowledge base space (**knowledge-bases**)
- Team space (**teams**)
- Documentation space (**documentation**)

![image](media://2cd101be-2846-4792-a412-e9c8a97c0ef6)

When the workflow is linked to the space category or space blueprint

- the workflow is added to a new space created with the category or space blueprint category as a global scope workflow

![image](media://f4a36d1c-6633-4e87-a1e1-d960b2ffe632)

- the workflow is automatically added and applied to content in the space
- the **Global Workflows Templates** dashboard lists all the spaces the global workflow is linked using the space category

![image](media://cea8f76a-016e-478a-abaa-01c295b4eb59)

  
If the workflow in a space is linked by the global administrator as a space category workflow, a space administrator can remove the space category workflow from a space

> 📝 The linked global workflow is not applied to all content in the space if the linked workflow has a [content label filter](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/650347842).

Changing the category in an already created space does not add the workflow

- the space needs to be created with the category already added to the global workflow template

> ℹ️ Also, adding a category to a global workflow template does not add the workflow to existing spaces with that space category, only to new spaces.

You can create your space blueprints for your instance, but to add a Comala workflow to your space blueprint you must include for your blueprint the optional **category** attribute and its value.

For more details, please see [https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/write-a-simple-confluence-space-blueprint/](https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/write-a-simple-confluence-space-blueprint/)

## Related pages

- [Attaching a Comala workflow to a Confluence Blueprint](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649828206)
- [Space Category workflows](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649629354)
- [Space Workflows - Space Tools](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649728005)

## External links

- [Atlassian Guide to Writing a Simple Confluence Space Blueprint](https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/write-a-simple-confluence-space-blueprint/)