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title: "Workflow builder"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/CDML/650151179/Workflow%20builder"
format: markdown
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> Macro (aura-html)


![image](media://212344eb-7c5f-4712-bd73-0f34ff527d45)

Choose

- **+**/**-** magnifier buttons to zoom in and out of the navigator panel
- Select and hold your pointer to move the flowchart around the panel

Workflow builder is used to create and edit workflows. You can [edit the workflow](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649924594), including the workflow name and description, and the type of content the workflow is applied to. [Workflow states can be added and edited](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/650316391) in the workflow builder, including state transitions, content reviews, and tasks.

An administrator can [save a workflow as a new workflow template](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/650348103), to share a custom workflow from a page for use across the space, or save as a global workflow to share across the instance.

> ℹ️ The markup editor can also be accessed from the workflow builder navigator panel

Open the [markup editor](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649596028) by using the **{ }** button to toggle to the markup editor

![image](media://b1690749-9406-4989-a5e8-e141b82665f1)

> 📝 An option to access the [workflow translator for the cloud](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649924970) is also displayed if it is enabled in the app’s global configuration.

### Workflow triggers

Triggers are added to the workflow in the workflow builder visual editor by copying and pasting the trigger markup to the advanced option in the **Edit workflow** panel.

![image](media://06f565e6-bc49-4937-99e9-0945a455659f)

> 📝 Triggers cannot be created graphically using the workflow builder. They are added as markup to the workflow builder visual editor or markup editor.

Triggers are recorded and displayed in the workflow builder visual editor as **Rules **showing the type of event change and the related state.

![image](media://7d791d60-df32-45f7-b2b9-b641ab7772e4)

**Rules** are displayed for information only. They are changed by editing the trigger markup for the rule.

## Related pages

- [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/650248771](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/650248771)
- [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/2256241188](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/2256241188)
- [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649529902](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649529902)
- [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/650348103](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/650348103)
- [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649596028](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649596028)