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Approval Status Options

Requirement: You need to be signed in using an administrator's or contributor's account in order to make these adjustments. As a contributor you need the privilege to Approve Content in order to change the status of assets.


Administrators and Contributors are able to edit a file with different approval statuses. These options are available to help teams strategize a workflow process concerning developing and finalizing content, as well as publishing content on portals.


The approval options appear in the Status section on the Preview Page/Information Page.
Head over to this article if the Status section is not displayed.


The approval options are:


Approved: 

  • The file can be shared and downloaded by consumers
  • The file is displayed in portals.


Pending:

  • No approval status has been set yet. 
  • The file does not appear in the consumer library.
  • Cannot be shared or downloaded by consumers
  • File is not displayed in portals.


Restricted:

  • The file is not displayed in the library of consumers.
  • Cannot be shared or downloaded by consumers.
  • File is not displayed in portals.


Note: 

Pending and Restricted have the same effect from a technical point of view, but they are intended for different use cases. 

  • Pending assets are currently still in progress and therefore hasn't been finalized. 
  • Restricted assets have been finalized, but they are deliberately restricted, e.g. an asset contains sensitive data.


Expired:

  • File cannot be shared or downloaded by consumers.
  • File is not (no longer) displayed in portals
  • This status is displayed only if you have set an expiration date for an approved asset and that date has passed.

Custom status:

  • There are no restrictions that come along with using a custom status.

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