Deactivate Page/Asset step in Workflow

[Satish2info]

Hi Team,

How the Deactivate Page/Asset step works in workflow and where i can get more information about this step. Could you please provide more information on lock and unlock payload , how it will useful in workflow?

Thank you

[mayank0928]

Hey @Satish2info 

You can check this log http://www.sgaemsolutions.com/2020/04/aem-workflow-request-for-deletion.html

Also, you can put the debug/trace log on the workflow java package so that you can get some more information about it. 

Hope it helps!

[SwetaB]

Hi @Satish2info ,

Activate/ Deactivate step is OOTB and will activate/ deactivate the pages.

Checkout these article for more info on Deactivate step.

http://www.sgaemsolutions.com/2020/04/aem-workflow-request-for-deletion.html 

https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/experience-manager-65/developing/extending-aem/extending-wor... 

Once a workflow starts the payload is locked by the initiation of the workflow, so that no further changes on the same payload can be done by other processes, it only unlocks the payload once the workflow is completed.

[DEBAL_DAS]

To get more information about Deactivate Page/Asset you can check Scheduled Page/Asset Deactivation and Request for Deactivation workflow model. 

com.day.cq.wcm.workflow.process.DeactivatePageProcess step is associated with Deactivate Page/Asset. 

You can decompile the following bundle : com.day.cq.wcm.cq-wcm-workflow also to know about com.day.cq.wcm.workflow.process.DeactivatePageProcess

[Satish2info]

Hi @DEBAL_DAS ,

Thank you for your reply. 

I am trying to understand here if I use the Deactivate Page/Asset step. is it deactivate the page / Asset from the publishers without any dependence on the replication agents?

I am trying to understand more about this step, is there any documentation

[manjunathdj · Accepted solution]

@Satish2info  - Activate/Deactivate will happen through channel called replication agents in AEM

https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/experience-manager-64/deploying/configuring/replication.html...

AEM as Cloud Service

https://www.albinsblog.com/2020/05/sling-content-distribution-sync-use.html