Templating

Hi I need to be able to make a template which needs to have the following.
1) content needs to be entered by 5 people but should be a single template.
2) Each one of the content authors can enter content only in their respective places ...should not be able to enter it at different places.
3) when the submit action takes place each portion of the contnet in the template has to be approved by each approver.
4) if all the portions of the template are approved then it has to go to the next staging area.
5) even if any one portion of the template is rejected it has to go to the author who can make the changes and send it back again...

I need to find out if this type of work flow and template is possible.
If so and if any one has already done it please can you share with me a sample code of the workflow.

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Adam Stoller

Is it possible - probably.
The restrictions of who can edit what fields in a template is covered within the TeamSite Templating Developer's Guide.
Your workflow will probably require significant custom code in the way of externaltask's where you will need to create the logic that will determine which set of fields can be assigned to which user to fill in (probably need to parse the DCT, and perhaps make OS calls to get members of groups and/or roles), and use that information or some knowledge of which tasks are related to which fields, so that you will know to which user to send the work back to when their fields have not been approved.

Can it be done? - probably
How long will it take to develop? - depends on how well you spec-out the requirements, do some design analysis, and are able to code the DCT, the WFT, and all the supporting scripts that are used by the WFT to interact with the DCT.

This is a significant development effort and if you are not up to the task yourself, I'd strongly encourage you to consider getting Interwoven consulting services involved - if not to implement, to at least work with you on the overall design analysis (and yes, I mean paying for it)

--fish
(Interwoven Senior Technical Consultant)