I am using AdvancedWorkflow on a Gridfield and have included GridField Permission for all members. The problem is when i save data( as a content creator ), the entry gets published on site instead of waiting for the top-level approval, basically Advanced Workflow is not working for Gridfields. I am facing this issue only with GridField Items. Why is it so?

/** Gridfield permission for all members */

    public function canView($member = null) {
	return Permission::check('CMS_ACCESS_CMSMain');
    }


    public function canCreate($member = null) {
        return Permission::check('CMS_ACCESS_CMSMain');
    }

    public function canEdit($member=null) {
        return Permission::check('CMS_ACCESS_CMSMain');
    }

    public function canDelete($member = null) {
        return Permission::check('CMS_ACCESS_CMSMain');
    }

Hey Sreek,

This is likely to do with how Pages and DataObjects work together in SilverStripe. Your GridField is likely managing some attached DataObjects via a has_many type data relation. The objects themselves have no sense of versioning unlike pages which set new versions every time save is clicked.

It can be a difficult problem to solve, you could look into applying the Versioned extension on to the DataObjects you are using however you'd need to work out whether a change in an attached DataObject = a Page change too and if the page change is approved how this will publish the known changed versioned dataobject.

As far as I know advanced workflow only applies to data on a page and not data attached to a page (such as dataobjects in gridfields).

Hey Camfindlay,

Thanks for your reply. It makes sense. I was also thinking in that direction but did not find any documentation supporting them.
Once again thanks for the reply.