Chapter 5. Document publishing

Table of Contents

5.1. Submitting a document to publication
5.2. Publishing the document
5.3. Rejecting the document
5.4. Reading published documents
5.5. Unpublishing a document

When a document is finished and ready for distribution, you must publish it in a section. Sections are spaces dedicated to thedistribution of the documents to a wider audience.

Publishing a document means publishing the version of the document as it is at the time of publication. If you modify the document in the workspace once published, it is not modified in the section. Published documents are for consultation only and cannot be modified. If you want to modify a published document, you must modify it in the workspace and then publish the modified version of the document.

When you want to publish a document, you need to submit it to publishing:the users who manage the section must approve it to enable you to publish. When the document is submitted to publication, the section managers can approve the publication submission, that is to say publish the document, or reject it. In that case, the document is not available in the section. However, it is still available in the workspace. You can modify it and submit it again.

The only actions available on published documents are:

5.1. Submitting a document to publication

Only users with writing or management rights in the workspace can submit a document to publication.

You can submit a document in several sections. The publishing workflows in the different sections are independent. The document can be published in a section and rejected in another one. The list of the sections in which you can publish a document is defined by your access rights. You can submit a document in sections in which you have at least reading rights.

To submit a document to publication:

  1. In the workspace, open the document to publish.

  2. Click on the Publish tab.

    The list of the available sections is displayed.

  3. Click on the Publish here link corresponding to the section you want to publish the document in.

    The version number of the submitted document is indicated in the publication form.

    The document is available in the section for users with management rights only. It is also displayed in their dashboard as a pending document. The document must be approved to be available to all section readers.

    Tip

    If you have management rights in the selected section, the document is automatically published. It doesn't need to be approved.

5.2. Publishing the document

Only users with management rights in the section can approve the publishing of a document.

When a document is submitted to publication in a section in which you have management rights, it is displayed in your dashboard. You must then approve or reject the document.

To publish a document:

  1. Click on the Dashboard link in the top right corner of the window, to open your dashboard.

    The pending documents are displayed in your tasks.

  2. Click on the pending document.

    The document opens in the section on its Summary tab. It has a Publishing part that has a Reject and a Publish buttons.

    Only users with management rights can see the pending document in the section.
  3. Type a comment (optional).

  4. Click on the Publish button.

    The document is now available to all the users who can access the section.

5.3. Rejecting the document

Only users with management rights in the section can reject the publishing of a document.

When a document is submitted to publication in your section, you must decide if it can be published in it. If you think that the document is not ready for publication or that it shouldn't be published in this section, you must reject it.

To reject a document:

  1. Click on the Dashboard link in the top right corner of the window, to open you dashboard.

    The pending documents are displayed in your tasks.

  2. Click on the pending document.

    The document opens in the section. It has a Publishing part that has a Reject and a Publish buttons.

    Only users with management rights can see the pending document in the section.
  3. Type a comment explaining why you reject the document publication. This comment is mandatory to reject the document publishing.

  4. Click on the Reject button.

    The document is not published and is deleted from section content. You are redirected on the Content tab of the section.

5.4. Reading published documents

You must have at least restricted reading rights to read the published documents.

To read a document in a section, click on its title.

You can read the content of a published document,its attached files, its metadata and its relations.

The relations of the published document are not the relations of the workspace document. If the document has relations in the workspace, its relations are not published in the section. Section managers and contributors can add relations on the published document.

5.5. Unpublishing a document

Only users with writing or management rights can unpublish a document from a section.

When a document is obsolete or inaccurate, it shouldn't be available in sections anymore. You have to unpublish it so section readers do not have access to the document.

Unpublishing a document deletes the document from the section, but it does not delete the workspace document.

To unpublish a document from a section:

  1. In the Content tab of the section, check the box in front of the document's name.

  2. Click on the Unpublish button.

    The document is unpublished and does not appear in the section. The original document in the workspace is not deleted.