It would be helpful to be able to change the Workflow status of a story from Websked without having to open it in Composer. We have several different statuses which is used by our editors to show where in the process the story is, and many of them don't actually require any updates of the text, which makes opening Composer an extra step. Since this is done for many stories every day, it costs us quite a bit of time.
One example:
Our Arc setup is integrated with our print CMS, and once a story has been pitched an booked it will send a new version any type it is saved, to make sure the print CMS have the latest version of the story.
Once we start working on the story in the print CMS we don't want any more updates, which we accomplish by changing the Workflow status to "Print locked". No actual change of the text is needed, so opening it in Composer is just a time sink.
Jakob Ihfongård
Hi Jakob,
Quick update: I'm including this as part of our updates to the Planning page which I am targeting towards the end of this year.
Thanks for your patience!
Stuart
Hi Jakob,
I know this is a long time coming, but thank you for your suggestion.
This is a really interesting ideas since moving a piece of content along the workflow is a definitely part of the overall WebSked flow. We don't normally make changes to content from WebSked -- we keep very strict lines between the applications. But it may make sense to make an exception here.
I'll talk to the Composer team to see if this is something we can include as part of the Preview screen. We are not making updates to the Preview screen at this time, but it is on our long-term roadmap, so it may take some time.
In the meantime, please reach out to your TAM with any questions or other suggestions you have for me.
Best,
Stuart Sr. Product Manager for WebSked