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Reviewer access by workflow stage

Content reviewers do not create or edit content. Set up access for content reviewers in your workflow.

Background information for the administrator: Identify content reviewers' goals

The image details the goals for content reviewers during various workflow stages and the required user access. The goals for content reviewers in the draft stage are to view draft content that content authors in the content authors group create. They do not plan to create or revise site content. User access must be granted during this stage to let content reviewers view draft content that content authors create. During the review stage, content reviewers can approve or reject the content that content authors sent to them. Reviewer access must be granted to enable to move approved content to the publish stage. During the Publish stage, content reviewers require access to view published content. Grant content reviewers User access to enable them to see published content.

Assign access to the Content Reviewer Group for the Draft, Review, and Publish stages of the workflow

You created a workflow named Landing Page Workflow in an earlier roadmap. You plan to assign access to the Content Reviewer group for each stage of this workflow.

  1. Log in to the authoring server as SiteAdmin.

  2. Open the applications menu and then click Content.

  3. Click the Web Content Authoring tab.

  4. Click Web Content > Workflow Items > Workflow Stages.

  5. For the Draft workflow stage, assign access to the Content Reviewer Group.

    With user access, content reviewers can view draft content the content authors create.

    1. Click the Draft workflow stage.

    2. Click Edit.

    3. Expand Workflow Defined Access section.

    4. Click Grant User Access.

    5. Type Co in the search field and click Search.

    6. Select Content Reviewers Group and click Add. Then click OK.

    7. Click Save and Close.

  6. For the Review workflow stage, assign access to your Content Reviewer Group.

    With reviewer access, content reviewers can approve or reject content for publishing. Once approved, content moves to the Publish stage.

    1. Click the Review workflow stage.

    2. Click Edit.

    3. Expand Workflow Defined Access section.

    4. Click Grant Reviewer Access.

    5. Type Co in the search field and click Search.

    6. Select Content Reviewers Group and click Add. Then click OK.

    7. Click Save and Close.

  7. For the Publish workflow stage, assign your Content Reviewer Group Grant User Access access.

    With user access, content reviewers can view drafts of published content.

    1. Click the Publish workflow stage.

    2. Click Edit.

    3. Expand Workflow Defined Access section.

    4. Click Grant User Access.

    5. Type Co in the search field and click Search.

    6. Select Content Reviewers Group and click Add. Then click OK.

    7. Click Save and Close.