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Visual Workflow: Approval Workflows and Document Reviews

Use the diagrams below to learn the basic steps for creating approval workflows and using them to initiate document reviews.

Tip: Click the underlined steps in the diagrams to learn more.

Create an Approval Workflow

Note: Approval workflows are created in the Project Admin module.

Project administrator
Project administ...
Select template
Select template
Select Initiator, Reviewer & Approver
Select Initiator, Rev...
Specify time allowed
Specify time allowed
Specify approval statuses
Specify approval stat...
Specify action upon completion
Specify action upon...
One-Step Approval
One-Step Approval
Two-Step Approval
Two-Step Approval
Three- to Six-Step

Approval
Three- to Six-Step...
Two-Step

Group Approval
Two-Step...
Three or Four-Step

Group Approval
Three or Four-Step...
1 Approver
1 Approver
1 Reviewer
1 Reviewer
1 Approver
1 Approver
2-5 Reviewers
2-5 Reviewers
1 Approver
1 Approver
1 Approver
1 Approver
1 Approver
1 Approver
Group of

Reviewers
Group of...
2-3 review steps including 1 group review
2-3 review steps incl...
Create approval workflow
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Initiating a Document Review

Note: The number of steps in a review and the designated initiators, reviewers, and approvers are pre-defined by your project administrator when the approval workflow is created. See above for more information.

Colors indicate the role/responsibility:

Initiator
Initiator
Reviewer
Reviewer
Approver
Approver
Select approval workflow
Select approval work...
Initiate review
Initiate review
Review files, add comments & markups
Review files, add co...
Release task or submit review
Release task or subm...
Review files, add comments & markups
Review files, add co...
Select approval statuses
Select approval stat...
Submit and close review
Submit and close rev...
Select files for reviewStart initial reviewStart final review
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