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Sitecore allows ensuring that the site content undergoes appropriate quality control measures before it is published to the website. This is enabled by workflows, which are state machines. Before an item can be published, it must move through a predefined set of states. 

Note: Sitecore workflows are customizable and vary on a per site basis.  

The Workbox gives the user with the appropriate rights an overview of the workflows and items available in different workflow states. The Workbox is organized by workflow, then workflow state, then the items included in each state.  

Sitecore provided Sample workflow, for example, contains the Editing and Reviewing states, as it is shown in the screenshot below. An item will enter the workflow in the Editing state and may be moved to the Reviewing state by an author. A privileged user may then reject the changes, which move the item back to the Editing state, or accept them, which move the item to the Published state (not shown) and publish the changes.  An item only exists in one state at a time, although multiple versions of the item may exist in different states.

 

To the right of each of the workflow states the number of items in this workflow state is displayed. In our example, all the workflow states have 1 item (see below).

The Workbox allows the user to see the overview of items by workflow state. To see the items overview, unfold the appropriate workflow state by either clicking the down arrow button in the right side of the workflow bar (see the screenshot below) or by clicking directly inside the workflow bar. Once unfolded, the workflow bar gains a reddish hue. Likewise, to fold the workflow bar and hide the items, click the up arrow button in the right side of the workflow bar or simply click inside the workflow bar.

The topmost part of the Workbox application contains the Manage tab, which displays the Workflows and View chunks

Refer to this section for the description of workflow commands

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