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Published Jul. 2, 2025

How to enable "Save as Draft" option in Document and Media portlet

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Sivakumar Perumal

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Issue

  • Unable to see "Save as Draft" option in Document and Media portlet

Environment

  • Liferay DXP 7.2

Resolution

  • "Save as draft" feature in Document and Media is disabled by default.
     
    #
        # Set this to true to enable drafts for document library files.
        #
        # Env: LIFERAY_DL_PERIOD_FILE_PERIOD_ENTRY_PERIOD_DRAFTS_PERIOD_ENABLED
        #
        dl.file.entry.drafts.enabled=false
    To enable the same, setting the above property as true in portal-ext.properties will help to get the "Save as draft" option. It requires the restart of the portal to take the effect of the property. Please refer to the below screenshot of the same.

    SaveAsDraft.png 
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