Allow New Revisions In a Workflow State

Users may be allowed to create new revisions of document manually during specific workflow states. These revisions are irrespective of new revisions created by the document type definition.

To allow new revisions to be created in a workflow state: 

1. In Configurator, expand Workflow Definitions in the configuration tree and select the workflow definition you want to edit.

   Its property pages appear in the right pane.

2. Click the States tab to display the current workflow.

3. Click Edit.

4. Double-click the state that you want to edit.

   The state's Properties page appears.

5. Click the Revision Number tab.

   The current manual revision number options appear.

6. Click options or type values using the descriptions in the following table.

7. Click OK.

   The Properties dialog box closes.

8. Click OK.

Workflow definition state revision options

Option	Description
Allow manual creation of revisions	Select this option to allow users to manually create intermediate revisions during the workflow of documents in this workflow state.
Use the number format of the document type	For information about configuring the number format of revision numbers, see Configure Document Revision Numbers.
Use this expression	Select this option to calculate the revision number. Type a VBScript expression or click the Meridian Script Editor button to build a VBScript expression. For information on using VBScript for configuration expressions including their limitations, see the Accruent Meridian Enterprise VBScript API Reference.