Windows® Administration Resource Kit: Productivity Solutions for IT Professionals

4-13: Implement a Three-State Workflow

Solution overview

Type of solution	Procedures
Features and tools	The three-state workflow
Solution summary	Create a three-state workflow, with an example for supporting the submission, approval, and reimbursement of expense reports.
Benefits	Automate business processes using SharePoint.

Introduction

I would certainly describe content approval as a workflow. Certain steps must happen before an item becomes visible to readers of the document library. However, SharePoint Products and Technologies reserve the word "workflow" for a process that is driven by more sophisticated logic. There is only one workflow supported out of the box by WSS: the three-state workflow. We'll examine it in this solution. Microsoft Office SharePoint ...