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title: "Simple Approval Workflow"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/COMALACDCLS/649861423/Simple%20Approval%20Workflow"
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> Macro (aura-html)

The **Simple Approval Workflow** is one of three workflows included with Comala Document Control.

![image](media://b1622cd2-7fd0-4c14-bee0-d59ee79cdaeb)

  
This workflow has three states: Review, Rejected,  and Approved, and it lets you ensure that content is reviewed and signed off.

The workflow has a final state and automatically defines content as approved content (**Approved** state) and two draft content states (**Review** and **Rejected**).

## Workflow states

### **Review** state

![image](media://ab77d913-e8ef-4239-8e62-4a0a042ae3e9)

- Requires a content review
- One or more reviewers are assignable using the workflow state dialog box
- Anyone (with edit permission) can undertake the review if no one is assigned
- A reviewer can choose to disable the addition of a read confirmation on the transition to the **Approved** state

### **Rejected** state

![image](media://f2a96fbf-ea5d-41d4-9e4f-972fb7b2c4c2)

- Requires a content review
- One or more reviewers are assignable using the workflow state dialog box
- Anyone (with edit permission) can undertake the review if no one is assigned
- If the page or blog post is edited in the** Rejected** state, the workflow automatically transitions to the **Review** state when the change is saved
- A reviewer can choose to disable the addition of a read confirmation on the transition to the **Approved** state

### Approved state

![Screenshot 2024-01-16 at 16.52.47.png](media://5a5b85b2-5350-4369-ac2b-11aec8820bb4)

- Defined as the workflow final state for your approved document
- No user transitions are available from this state
- The workflow state dialog box:
  - Displays confirmation that the document has gone through an approval process
  - Includes the **Activity report** button linking to the page document activity report
- If the page or blog post is edited in the **Approved **state,** **the workflow automatically transitions to the **Review** state when the change is saved
- Users with **View-only** permissions are directed to view the last approved version of the content

> ℹ️ Users with edit permission can approve or reject each content review unless one or more users have been assigned as reviewers.

A due date can be set on the **Approved** state; when this expires, the workflow automatically transitions to the **Review** state. If you require specific page expiry behavior, consider using the [Content Expiry Workflow](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/COMALACDCLS/pages/649926643)

## Related pages

- [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/COMALACDCLS/pages/649926643](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/COMALACDCLS/pages/649926643)
- [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/COMALACDCLS/pages/649534071](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/COMALACDCLS/pages/649534071)