ATG Content Administration uses workflows to define the tasks that constitute a project’s lifecycle, and to manage the project’s progress from one task to another. Workflows typically let users perform these tasks:
Author or revise project asset content
Review content changes
Approve the project for deployment
Verify deployment
You can customize workflows to suit your business requirements. For example, the default workflow provides only one content review task; if desired, you can modify the workflow so it provides multiple content review cycles by different reviewers.
A project’s workflow defines deployment targets; it also specifies whether assets are deployed directly to production targets, or are initially deployed to staging targets where they can be evaluated before final deployment to production. You decide which deployment model to use when you assemble the asset management server’s Web application (see Installed Workflows).
Note: All project workflows must use the same deployment model: either Production-Only or Staging/Production.
Recommended Background Reading
This chapter describes the workflows that are provided with ATG Content Administration, and explains how you can modify them. It assumes you are familiar with the following documentation:
Using Workflows in the ATG Personalization Guide for Business Users describes how to create workflows with the ATG Control Center.
Creating and Configuring Workflows in the ATG Personalization Programming Guide explains how to configure backend support for workflows and how to extend workflow features through the workflow API.
Chapter Contents
This chapter contains the following sections:
