After the creation of the workflow, the progress and status of the steps can be tracked from the dashboard, hence giving the end user the status of the workflow from its dashboardAs you progress through the workflow steps, information is recorded regarding data and commentary readiness. This information is shared with report users via a status icon. The status icon is shown to the right of the POV in a report, and is shown for all reports where there is at least one applicable workflow for the POV combination with the approval dimension member defined in that workflow.
These icons are visible to all users irrespective of their right access to the workflow.
When you click on the name of the workflowstatus icons, you see the list of workflows which have these reports in them.
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To view status After changing a member in the POV that is part of the workflow with a different approval memberdefinition, the status icons icon will automatically update to reflect the status with respect to the changed dimension. In case the switched dimension does not have any workflow associated with it, status icons will not be displayed.
Click on the workflow name and the summary of the steps of the workflow along with the information on the due dates for the individual steps appear as a tool tip.
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Color Indicators
At the start of the workflow all icons appear orange in color indicating that the action is pending with the user.
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