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title: "Enable and edit read confirmations"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/CDML/649956579/Enable%20and%20edit%20read%20confirmations"
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## Overview

The [read confirmation](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649791545) feature lets a workflow author request that users confirm they have read the content.

In workflow builder,  a [workflow read confirmation](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/650218328) can be made active for the workflow final state.

![workflowbuilder_workflowpanel_readconfirmation_activesetting.png](media://cbe9aa4b-5172-4575-9c89-33e9824ae672)

It can be configured in the **read confirmation editor**.

![workflowbuilder-readconfirmationeditor.png](media://e4ffb16c-897e-430d-91eb-5cd48cf1c733)

In the** **editor, you can

- Automatically assign users to undertake the read confirmation
- Set a due date for the read confirmation
- Let users to edit the read confirmation due date
- Let the reviewer decide if workflow-assigned read confirmation users (readers) are automatically assigned

By default, read confirmation is active in a workflow, and one is added every time the workflow enters the final state during an approval transition.

[Readers can be added and edited](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/650252403) using the [read confirmation dialog box](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/650218477).

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 In the workflow panel, choose **Read Confirmation**:

![workflowbuilder_workflowpanel_readconfirmation_activesetting.png](media://cbe9aa4b-5172-4575-9c89-33e9824ae672)

This opens the **read confirmation editor:**

![image](media://d5b90104-fc4a-46cc-8eee-4f858d7e36e3)

Users can be assigned to the read confirmation by adding one or more

- **Users**
- **Groups**

Users receive a request to undertake the read confirmation each time the workflow undergoes an **approved** transition to the final state. They can also view their own pending [read confirmation requests](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649629203) in their user profile.

The editor includes the following checkbox options:

![workflowbuilder-readconfirmationeditor_extract_checkboxoptions_checked.png](media://e00a5f68-ec01-4538-9304-5e65d8ef4a56)

- **Users will be able to change and remove the date**

When checked, users can edit the read confirmation due date using the [read confirmation dialog box](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649791545) on the document

- **At final review, let reviewer decide if read confirmations should be assigned**

When checked, a checkbox option in the workflow state dialog box lets a reviewer decide on whether a read confirmation is added on transition to the final state

![workflowstatedialogbox_approval_readconfirmationchecked.png](media://d0d60a4d-a86c-4a6e-9e3c-8f23a0807ced)

## Due date

A **Due Date** can be added for the completion of read confirmations

![workflowbuilder_readconfirmationeditor_extract_duedate_dropdown_duedatetype.png](media://4aab60ba-0dbc-486f-b0e6-329f68ac4e30)

The due date can be set as:

- **Fixed Date** (YYYY-MM-DD format, select from a calendar dialog box)
- **Period** from the time of the approved transition to the final state ( as Year(s) / Month(s) / Day(s) / Hour(s) / Minute(s) / Second(s))
- **ISO_8061** format duration, for example, **P1Y6M** for 18 months; **P1DT12H** for 36 hours
- **Value reference**, such as a workflow parameter

## Make the read confirmation inactive

In the workflow panel, move the read confirmation green-tick slider to grey.

Confirm the request to **Disable** the workflow read confirmation.

![image](media://fe60db2d-609d-46e1-bce5-13c1452bf109)

The workflow panel displays the **Read Confirmation** as disabled. 

![image](media://97c9436c-ca2b-4c09-8ae6-b024394f98ba)

> ℹ️ You can also choose the **Disable** option in the **read confirmation editor** to make the read confirmation inactive.

## Activate the read confirmation

If read confirmation is set as inactive for the workflow, make the read confirmation active by choosing **Read Confirmation** in the workflow panel.

This opens the **read confirmation editor** to add any configuration required for the read confirmation.

Choose **Enable**.

**Read Confirmation** is made active for the workflow.

![image](media://1cde84a2-04e8-4067-bd1b-ecc22635eab7)

After making changes in the editor, ensure you:

- Choose **Add** in the read confirmation editor to confirm changes for the workflow read confirmation
- Choose **Save** in the navigator panel to add these changes to the workflow

## Related pages

- [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649924594](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649924594)
- [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649693867](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649693867)
- [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649791545](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649791545)