Here we assume that you have created a contract and want to approve it through the SharePoint approval workflow. 1. Create a doc file for use in the workflow. 2. Create a new document database Contracts. No documents are added. 3. Click the database tab, click workflow settings, and select Add workflow. 4. Select Approval-SharePoint 2010 workflow and name it Approval. Select the following check box.
5. click Next. 6. Add the approver and deadline. Click Finish. 7. Return to the document library and click Add new document. 8. After adding a column, you will find one more column. This is a workflow, because you set to start the workflow when creating a new project. If you click in progress, you will see the flow chart presented Using VIsio Services.
9. Click the task list and you will see the new task created by the workflow. Click the drop-down menu to view or edit the project. 10. Click Edit and click approve to complete the workflow.
11. Return to the document library. You will see that the workflow status is approved.