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Matthew Pigram
Matthew Pigram

Reputation: 1430

Sitecore workflow template questions

Currently I am trying to find a way to have a template that is used across a shared environment capable of having a different workflow in use for each environment.

For example say I have a bike template shared between sites, I have one site that stocks the bike in a warehouse and a separate site that is a store front to sell the bike. The approval process will be different for these sites, the warehouse will simply go from Draft > Published whereas the store front wants to check over the details before displaying to the customer so they use a Draft > Pending Approval > Publish workflow.

Say I already have a bunch of bikes defined in both sites, how can I make a change so that for each different site a different workflow is used by the bikes. If possible I would like to avoid a solution that requires code.

I am guessing that I will need to duplicate the templates and have a separate one for each site (e.g. WH Bike and Sales Bike) which isn't really ideal either as this means lots of manual fixing of the existing workflow values.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 137

Answers (2)

Jay S
Jay S

Reputation: 7994

Instead of using a separate workflow, it sounds like you just need a separate stage and action that is only available to your store front.

For example, your single workflow might look like this:

Stage 1: Draft

Actions:

  • Submit for Approval (secured to Store Front)
  • Submit for Publish (secured to Warehouse)

Stage 2: Pending Approval

  • Secured to Store Front, so as not to be visible to Warehouse

Stage 3: Publish

If the only difference is the stages, you can definitely go with security to use a single workflow and flow users through their own actions and stages.

Upvotes: 1

nsgocev
nsgocev

Reputation: 4470

Reworked my answer:

You can approach this by using the sitecore rules engine.

You can take a look at DYNAMIC WORKFLOW module in the Sitecore Marketplace.

It should allow you to create the rules and execute the start workflow action.

Taken from the module documentation:

Start workflow – moves item into a specified workflow and starts the workflow process. Example: a landing workflow used when item gets created but a specific workflow should be applied depending on item location in the content tree.

Upvotes: 1

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