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title: "Content workflows"
date: "2025-07-25T10:50:24+00:00"
summary: "Streamline content management with Acquia Source's workflow tools. Define states, transitions, and permissions for efficient editorial processes."
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Acquia Source provides workflows, states, and transitions. These workflow tools help you manage the lifecycle of content as it progresses through your editorial process.

Important

Content workflows are currently available only for CMS content and not for Drupal Canvas pages.

The following table lists the concepts related to workflow tools:

Concept

Description

Workflow

A defined process that content follows from creation to publication.

States

Distinct stages in the content lifecycle. For example, **Draft**, **Review**, and **Published**.

Transitions

The permissible movements between states. For example, move from **Draft** to **Review**.

Permissions

Controls which roles can perform specific transitions.

Workflows provide essential structure to editorial processes to ensure that content goes through the appropriate review and approval steps before publication. For example, you may require that content always go through a Legal review stage before publication. You may also configure which roles are permitted to perform each transition. For example, limiting the transition from **In Legal review** to **Publication** to only your custom **content administrator** role. For more information, visit Connection to roles and permissions.