Nuxeo Platform User Documentation

Parallel Document Workflow

Updated: October 16, 2020

 

The default parallel workflow, called "Parallel document review", is an unordered workflow that enables to change the document's state after a consultation step. This means that participants can give their opinion on the document without having to wait for a previous participant to approve it.

The workflow is composed of the steps below:

  1. A user wants to make a document go to the Approved life cycle state, but would like to have the opinion of some other users. He executes a Parallel document review.
  2. He select the users he wants to consult about the document, select a due date and starts the review. The document is automatically locked for the review. The participants all get a consultation task at the same time.
  3. Each participant goes on the document and indicates if he approves or rejects the document.
  4. When all participants have provided their opinion, the initiator gets a summary of the consultation.
  5. He can then approve the document or not.
    • If he approved it, the document changes state.
    • If he rejects it, the document stays at the Project life cycle state.In both cases the document is automatically unlocked.

The pages below describe how to proceed for each of these steps: