Rules action to check workflow field state and to schedule transition

Created on 13 March 2014, over 10 years ago
Updated 7 March 2024, 9 months ago

A client wanted a workflow that included automated transitioning between states as content aged. For example Draft -> Live -> Expiring -> Archived where the last two transitions occur automatically after 6 and 1 months respectively.

I was suprised to find no Workflow rules action to schedule a transition. I found a few related issues and patches for earlier versions of Workflow but it seems that it never made it into 7.2.

I could get my automation done using scheduled rules but that seems so clunky when Workflow already has a transition scheduling mechanism. And what happens when manual intervention changes the content's current state such that the scheduled rule no longer applies?

Currently busy coding and testing a 'Schedule a Workflow transition' action myself. Patch to follow soon.

Feature request
Status

Closed: outdated

Version

2.0

Component

Rules

Created by

🇬🇧United Kingdom RogerB Greenwich, London

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