What is Self Review? – When a user signs off a task and tries to assign him as a reviewer for the post/page, it’s termed as self-review.
Oasis Workflow allows for self review.
I can’t submit to workflow
Go to Workflow Admin –> Settings. Make sure that “Activate Workflow process ?” is checked.
If it’s checked, then this is most likely a permission issue. Check if the given role has “Submit to Workflow” and/or “Sign off” custom capabilities. Check out “custom capabilities”
Another issue could be related to Javascript errors preventing the display of “Submit to Workflow” button. Check your Javascript console for an errors.
One such error was caused due to Javascript error in Yoast SEO 3.3.0 plugin – Check this link for more information – https://wordpress.org/support/topic/javascript-errors-causing-problems?replies=2
Not able to save or create workflows with Oasis Workflow Pro
If you see something like the following in your logs,
WordPress database error Unknown column ‘wf_additional_info’ in ‘field list’ for query UPDATE `wp_fc_workflows` SET `name` = ‘Translation’, `description` = ‘
It’s most likely that you have both the “Basic” and the “Pro” version installed and activated in your site. As of now, the “Basic” and “Pro” are not compatible. So uninstall the “Basic” version and then install the “Pro” version.
Why do workflows have an expiry date?
Expiry date on workflows – If for some reason, you want to discontinue a given workflow, obvious reason being, the workflow process has changed, then you can retire the given workflow. After the expiry date, the given workflow will NOT appear in the workflow drop down during submit.
At the same time, you want to have your new workflow active after a certain date only. That’s were your start date on workflow comes handy.
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How to delete Workflow History?
With the “Pro” version, simply go to Workflows–> Workflow History. You will find a button called – “Delete History”. The Delete History will allow you to purge the workflow history on completed workflows.
I created multiple workflows, but I can’t see all when I submit to workflow
Make sure that all the workflows are valid and the current date is within the start and end date of the workflow.
As an user, I am not able to save, edit, sign off a post. What could be the issue?
By default, Author or Contributor role doesn’t have permissions to edit another author’s post/page or publish content. In order to allow the user to be able to edit another user’s post/page or be able to save the post/page we need to give appropriate permissions. We recommend using the plugin – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/user-role-editor/ to manage roles and capabilities.
If you give the user “Publish post/page” permission, Oasis Workflow will show “Save as <Post Status>” button on the post. This will help the authors to save the post and be able to sign off the post after making changes.
Can you go back to the old way of publishing and working with the posts?
Not sure why would you do that 🙂 . But if you want, you can disable the workflow process from the Workflow Admin -> Settings page.
Can I abort the workflow for a particular post/page?
Yes. If for some reason the administrator wants to exit the post/page from the workflow, the administrator can abort the workflow from the post page.
Is there a recommended plugin to manage roles and capability?
Yes. We recommend using Members plugin (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/members/) for managing roles and capability.