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PREREQUISITES: To have a content item or page in status Awaiting approval or Awaiting approval (newer than published) you must use Approval before publishing or 2 levels of approval before publishing type of workflow. To open such an item in editing mode you must be assigned as approver in Approval before publishing type of workflow or as first level of approver in 2 levels of approval before publishing type of workflow.
Depending on the workflow type that is active, the system will display different options for setting the status:
Workflow type
When you open a content item or page, which is in status Awaiting approval or Awaiting approval (newer than published), perform one of the following:
NOTE: If you are working in multilingual mode and you publish a translation of a content item, all translations of that item are published, regardless of their current status.
The content item or page is assigned status Awaiting approval.
The content item or page is assigned status Scheduled.
NOTE: You can also set a publication date in the past. If you do this the item is assigned status Published.
IMPORTANT: If you are not assigned as second level of approver in 2 levels of approval before publishing type of workflow, you are not able to open an item after it is sent for publishing.
For more information, see Manage pages and content items in status Awaiting publishing.
NOTE: If you have opened for editing a content item or page that has status Published or has an older published version, the system displays (newer than published) after the status of the content item or page. For more information, see Types of statuses.
The following flowchart displays all available steps when you have opened for editing a content item or page in status Awaiting approval:
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