In previous releases workflow management was handled inside Studio in the Control Room. Now, CoreMedia introduces the Workflow App, which opens fullscreen in a new browser tab, and in the new Studio design. With the Workflow App, tasks such as localization and publication have both more room and a cleaner work area, and this translates into greatly improved UX and productivity.

Accompanying the new Workflow App is a new API to add custom publication and translation workflows. The former API was targeted specifically at the Control Room in main Studio. The new API can be used to customize both, main Studio and the Workflow App.

Note that the old API is still in place. As workflows continue to be started in the Control Room, the old API can still be used to customize the start-workflow windows. However, to customize the Workflow App, one must use the new API and we recommend using it for both, main Studio and the Workflow App.

The new API is designed to be more declarative and also independent from Ext JS as the underlying UI framework. For details, please consult Section 9.26, “Custom Workflows” in Studio Developer Manual.