Publishing a process

In the release process, the Process Owner makes the final decision about publishing the process version.

In the release process, the Process Owner makes the final decision about publishing the process version. The process version is published for the users of the Process Space within a validity period.

Prerequisites

You are a Process Owner.

You are on the process page of a process version that has received final approval.

Context

Publishing a process normally requires approval as the result of a review. However, the reviews can also be skipped and the process version can be approved immediately by the Process Owner.

The Process Owner can then publish the process.

When publishing, the Process Owner specifies that the approved process version is available in the Process Space as the valid process version for all Process Users during a particular period.

The Process Users can be informed about the changes compared to the previous version by means of a version comment.

How to proceed

1. If you are on a different tab of the process page, click the Overview tab.

   The page content of the tab is displayed.

2. Click Publish as new version.

   You are prompted for the publishing details.

3. Click in the Start of validity date field, set the start date of publication in the calendar dialog and click Close.

4. Click in the End of validity date field, set the end date of publication in the calendar dialog and click Close.

5. Enter a description of the changes in this process version.

6. Enter the version number and the version comment.

7. Click Publish process.

   The process page appears and displays the version number, version comment and validity period of the process version.

   You can optionally activate a notification.