Draft revisions can be added to an approval request by clicking on the add draft button in the create an approval request dialogue and by clicking on the add draft button in the body of an approval on the page of an existing approval.

This is what the add draft to approval request dialogue can look like:

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This is what the search or filter menu in the add draft to approval request dialogue can look like:

By default uploaded by me is filtered.

This way all draft revisions uploaded by the member creating the revision are displayed

Linked

Drafts in the current folder that are linked to objects that are currently selected in the 3D viewer

The number behind the filter shows the amount of documents that are linked in the current folder

Unlinked

Drafts in the current folder that are that are not linked to any 3D objects.

The number behind the filter shows the amount of documents that are unlinked

Published

While the date filter is visible in the search menu it is not enabled and cannot be used.

Label name

Search for drafts by labels applied to the document the draft revisions are uploaded to.

Uploaded by me

Drafts uploaded by the member submitting the approval request.

Search in document title:

Search for documents that have draft revisions.

Search in filename:

Search for specific draft revisions.

In the add draft to approval request dialogue a flat list of all the drafts revisions uploaded to the documents section is displayed.

Each draft revision shows:

Click on add to add the draft to the approval

When a draft is added to the approval it will say added instead

One draft per document can be added to an approval request.

If a different draft revision from the same document is already added to the approval request the add button will be grayed out.

It is possible to add any amount of drafts to an approval reqeust and submit it.

For drafts, this requires one click per draft which can end up being a lot of clicks.

A faster way to is to upload 100 draft revisions with the single file upload and add them all to an approval request at once with the new approval button that appears towards the bottom of the list after all files are uploaded.

After the approval request is submitted it will still be possible to add more draft revisions.

After clicking on add, requests will be sent from the system to Catenda to add the documents to the approval request.

Depending on the load on the system not all requests might arrive.

Especially when adding many documents at a time multiple attempts might be required to add all the document revisions to the approval request.

After sending in the approval request it is still be possible to edit the list of documents in the approval request.