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Example Process for Group News

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The following section describes the processes an administrator and an end user might follow to set up and use Group News. Your company may follow a different process according to its business requirements.

Administrator Procedures

The Siebel administrator requires administrative responsibilities to:

Set up group news users and responsibilities. The administrator assigns responsibilities to administrators, managers and authors, allowing these users to work with news content. For more information, see Setting Up News Administrators, Authors, and Approvers.
Set up workflow. The administrator defines routing and approver workflow processes for Group News content. For more information, see Setting Up Group News Approver Workflow.
Create content paths. The administrator creates the content paths which authors associate with news stories. For more information, see Creating a Content Path.
Create stages. The administrator creates stages so that news can be published in multiple locations. For more information, see Creating Stages for the Group News Content Path.
Select levels of approvers. The administrator sets up the approval process that routes content from the author to the approvers. For more information, see Designating Group News Approvers.
Set up Group News access. The administrator sets up which employee groups have access rights. For more information, see Setting Up Access to Group News.

End-User Procedures

The end user, a content manager and approver, requires the appropriate responsibilities to:

Create and submit a news story. The content manager creates a news story, selects a content path, and submits it for approval. For more information, see Creating a News Story (End User).
Preview the new story. For more information, see Previewing a News Story (End User).
Submit the news for approval. For more information, see Submitting a News Story for Approval (End User).
Approver approves news story for publication. The approver modifies the news story, and approves it for publication. For more information, see Approving a News Story (End User).

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