Step 10: Publish and test the workflow

The workflow design is now complete. You can publish the workflow and test it by uploading a document to the Document library.

1	Publish the workflow

1. From the toolbar at the top of the Designer page, click Publish.

Note: The settings saved for the workflow through Workflow Settings in Step 9: Configure start options of this solution are reflected in the Publish dialog box. For this solution we have already configured the Name and the Start options for the workflow.

2. For Assigned use, select Production. For more information about assigned use, see Assigned use when publishing workflows and forms.
3. Click Publish.

2	Test the workflow

1. Open the SharePoint Document Library for which you created the workflow.
2. Click Upload to add the document you want to get reviewed.

The workflow which is configured to start when a new item is added, is started.

3	View the workflow status

You can confirm the start of the workflow by checking the workflow details.

1. Hover the cursor over the item you added to the list and click the vertical ellipsis icon (). An options menu is displayed.
2. On the options menu, point to More and then click Workflow. The workflow page is displayed for the list item. The status of the Workflow is shown as Started as shown in the image below: