Workflow Stages

Request workflow stages, along with the actions that move a request to a different stage, are shown in the following diagram.

Requests move through four stages: Submit, Approve, Commit, and Closed. The Approve and Commit stages are optional stages that can be enabled by creating approval and commit policies. See Configuring Policies.

The following table describes the tasks that can be performed in each workflow stage.

Request Stage	Task	See
Submit	Create requests Add, update, delete request items	Making Changes Using Requests
	Add comments and attachments	Working with Request Comments Attaching a File to a Request
	Assign, collaborate, submit, and delete requests	Assigning a Request Collaborating on a Request Submitting a Request Opening and Deleting Draft Requests
Approve	Approvers are invited to approve submitted requests	Workflow Notifications
	Approve, enrich, push back, recall (request submitter only) or reject requests	Approving a Request Enriching a Request Pushing Back a Request Recalling a Request Rejecting a Request
	Add comments and attachments (whether approving, pushing back, or rejecting a request)	Working with Request Comments Attaching a File to a Request
Commit	Committers are invited to commit approved requests	Workflow Notifications
	Commit, reject, recall (request submitter only) or push back requests	Committing a Request Rejecting a Request Recalling a Request Pushing Back a Request
Closed	View request history	Inspecting Requests

About Application Blockout Periods

An application Owner or Metadata Manager may set up a blockout period on an application during which requests are held and not applied to the active view until the blockout period is over. This blockout period occurs just before the Closed stage, and all requests are held in "Blocked" status until the blockout period ends. When the blockout period is over, all blocked requests are validated and either completed and closed if there are no validation errors, or returned to the workflow if there are validation errors.