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Notifications and Requests Notifications and requests keep users informed about important activity, such as mentions, site invitations, or workflow tasks. You can manage how users are notified,...

Configuring Mentions

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Configuring Mentions Mentions are enabled by the Mentions app. By default, the Mentions app is enabled globally. However, this can be enabled or disabled either globally or per site. Configuring...

Managing Notifications and Requests

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Managing Notifications and Requests Users receive notifications and requests if they have subscribed to a blog or message board or are mentioned in a post. They may also be notified if someone sent...

Mentioning Users

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Mentioning Users Mentioning other users in a DXP asset draws their attention to a particular asset (for example, a message boards thread, blog post, or comment) by sending them a site and email...

Configuring the Commerce Notification Queue

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Configuring the Commerce Notification Queue When channel events trigger notifications, Commerce logs them in the channel's Notification Queue tab with the Unsent status. By default, Liferay checks...

Sending Emails

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Sending Emails You can configure Liferay to send email notifications for different events that happen in your store. For example, you may want to send updates to the order manager or another person...

Notification Template Variables Reference Guide

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Notification Template Variables Reference Guide When creating notification templates, you can use variables to populate email fields dynamically with data from the triggering event. Notification...

Using Notification Templates

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Using Notification Templates Email notifications are sent automatically to users based on events in the store. To send them, you must first create a Notification Template. Notification templates...

Using Notification Templates for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions

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Using Notification Templates for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions Email notifications are sent automatically to users based on events in the store. To send them, you must first create a...

Marketplace

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Marketplace Liferay Marketplace is your central hub for downloadable Liferay themes, apps, and extensions. This centralized catalog showcases everything from global CSS themes, to connectors for...

Acquiring DXP Apps

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Acquiring DXP Apps There are two types of DXP apps in marketplace: free and paid. Free apps can be downloaded, deployed to Liferay DXP, and used immediately without deploying a license. Paid apps...

Acquiring Object Definitions from Marketplace

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Acquiring Object Definitions from Marketplace Object definitions package custom object configurations into applications. These apps are published as Client Extensions. After publication to Liferay...

Provisioning Cloud Apps

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Provisioning Cloud Apps You can provision cloud apps to your Liferay instance and start using them immediately. Unlike DXP apps, cloud apps integrate with Liferay SaaS directly and don't require...

Become a Publisher

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Become a Publisher To publish apps or solutions on Marketplace, you need a Liferay account with publisher permissions. Becoming a publisher is free, but you must submit a request with relevant...

Publishing Apps in Marketplace

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Publishing Apps in Marketplace The process of publishing a DXP app differs slightly from that of Cloud apps. Log into your Liferay account at marketplace.liferay.com. Open the Dashboard menu...

Publishable App Types in Marketplace

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Publishable App Types in Marketplace You can publish different types of applications in Marketplace. App TypeRuntime ArchitectureDeployment TypeTypical Complexity Cloud AppExternalLiferay SaaS /...

Publishing Object Definitions in Marketplace

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Publishing Object Definitions in Marketplace You can publish object definitions packaged as Client Extensions to Liferay Marketplace. Prerequisites: A valid Liferay Marketplace Publisher...

Publishing Solutions in Marketplace

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Publishing Solutions in Marketplace The Liferay Marketplace contains business solutions to improve productivity and reduce time to market. Currently, only existing Liferay partners can publish a...

Connecting Liferay DXP to Marketplace

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Connecting Liferay DXP to Marketplace Liferay DXP 2025.Q1+/GA132+ You can connect Liferay DXP to Marketplace in Instance Settings. With this integration, you can add supported apps from the...

Liferay Catalogs

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Liferay Catalogs Liferay Catalogs categorize applications in Marketplace. There are three catalogs developed and maintained by Liferay. Liferay Inc. Liferay Labs Liferay Community You can...

Getting Started

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Getting Started Liferay DXP is a powerful, open source, enterprise-ready platform for building and deploying web applications. However, all of that power and functionality can make it difficult to...

Introduction to the Admin Account

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Introduction to the Admin Account The Admin User account is created by default in any new installation of Liferay DXP and has full permissions to modify every facet of a Liferay DXP instance. The...

Liferay DXP Free Tier

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Liferay DXP Free Tier Liferay DXP 2026.Q1+ Liferay DXP Free Tier lets you get hands-on with Liferay DXP without initially purchasing a subscription. It provides the same core platform as an...

DXP

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DXP Welcome to the official documentation for the latest versions of Liferay DXP and Liferay Portal! Liferay DXP is the commercially supported and enterprise ready platform used around the world,...

API Builder

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API Builder Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+ [Beta Feature](../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#beta-feature-flags) This feature is currently...

Building a Sample API Application

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Building a Sample API Application Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+ [Beta Feature](../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#beta-feature-flags) The...

Creating Picklists

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Creating Picklists Liferay 7.4 U72+/GA72+ Picklists are lists of name/key pairs stored as string values. Once defined, you can use the lists with object definitions to populate single or multiple...

Exporting and Importing Picklists

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Exporting and Importing Picklists You can transfer picklists between environments as JSON files using Liferay's export/import framework. Exporting Picklists Open the Global Menu (Global Menu),...

Using Forms with Objects

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Using Forms with Objects Liferay 7.4+ Liferay objects are integrated with the forms application, providing a streamlined interface for high-volume data collection. This integration is optimized...

Managing Picklist Permissions

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Managing Picklist Permissions Liferay 7.4+ Picklist is integrated with Liferay's permissions framework. This means you can assign application and resource permissions to user roles to determine...

Workflow

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Workflow Liferay DXP ships with a workflow engine that allows reviewing and approving content such as Blogs, Web Content, or Wikis before publication. Define any number of business...

Picklists

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Picklists Liferay 7.4+ Liferay picklists are predefined lists of string values that consist of a name/key pair and can include any number of items. Once a list is created, you can use it to add a...

Using Object Entry Manager

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Using Object Entry Manager Reading and writing object entry data programmatically is best accomplished with the auto-generated headless APIs. However, when using traditional OSGi extension points...

Enabling Workflow for Objects

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Enabling Workflow for Objects Liferay 7.4+ Every published object is integrated automatically with the Workflow framework, so you can direct object entry creation through a defined review and...

Integrating Service Builder Applications with Objects

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Integrating Service Builder Applications with Objects You can integrate existing Service Builder applications with the Objects framework. Once integrated, your custom entities become unmodifiable...

Using Task Timers

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Using Task Timers Task nodes can include task timers to trigger an action after a specified time period. Timers are useful for ensuring a task does not go unattended for too long. Available timer...

Workflow Nodes

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Workflow Nodes Subscription A Workflow Node represents a specific point in an approval process, whether it begins the review process, approves or rejects the asset, or reassigns the task. Below...

Creating Workflow Tasks

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Creating Workflow Tasks Subscription The default Single Approver Definition offers a simple introduction to workflow tasks. It has only two task nodes: Review and Update. The workflow enters the...

Workflow Designer Overview

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Workflow Designer Overview Subscription The Process Builder's workflow designer is a graphical interface for creating workflow process definitions. The convenient drag and drop interface makes...

Crafting XML Workflow Definitions

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Crafting XML Workflow Definitions As of DXP 2024.Q3, scripting is disabled by default. You can enable it in System Settings → Script Management (under the Security category). All Workflow...

Developer Guide

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Developer Guide Using The Script Engine in Workflow Crafting XML Workflow Definitions Workflow Definition Node Reference Workflow Notification Template Variables Workflow Task Node Reference ...

Workflow Transitions

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Workflow Transitions Subscription Transitions represent the paths a workflow can traverse. In the Workflow Designer's palette, transitions are the arrows connecting the workflow nodes: ...

Creating a Condition Evaluator

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Creating a Condition Evaluator A Workflow condition node uses a Groovy script to determine the proper transition a workflow item traverses. Instead of writing logic in Groovy directly in a workflow...

Workflow Definition Node Reference

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Workflow Definition Node Reference Node elements and their sub-elements are fundamental building blocks making up workflow definitions. Nodes often reflect the real life stages of the review...

Working with Workflow Context

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Working with Workflow Context Workflows in Liferay are used as approval processes. At each step of the process, the workflow has certain data that's available in a Map object referred to in your...

Creating an Action Executor

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Creating an Action Executor Workflow nodes can contain elements that execute custom logic via Groovy scripts. approve

Workflow Notification Template Variables

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Workflow Notification Template Variables Liferay 7.3+ Some variables are auto-injected into the workflow notification context. These are handy to use in your workflow notification templates. ...

Using the Script Engine in Workflow

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Using the Script Engine in Workflow As of DXP 2024.Q3, scripting is disabled by default. You can enable it in System Settings → Script Management (under the Security category). Add Groovy scripts...

Workflow Task Node Reference

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Workflow Task Node Reference As of DXP 2024.Q3, scripting is disabled by default. You can enable it in System Settings → Script Management (under the Security category). Tasks are the part of the...

Designing and Managing Workflows

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Designing and Managing Workflows Building Workflows Managing Workflows Workflow Designer Workflow Designer Overview Workflow Nodes Creating Workflow Tasks Configuring Workflow Actions and...

Configuring Workflow Actions and Notifications

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Configuring Workflow Actions and Notifications Subscription Using the workflow designer, users can configure workflow actions and notifications for each node. Workflow actions are operations that...

Managing Workflows

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Managing Workflows With the workflow framework, Users manage asset publication in custom-built workflow processes. Users with permission to access workflow process definitions in the Control Panel...

Workflow Designer

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Workflow Designer Subscription The Workflow Designer's user interface was refreshed in Liferay DXP 7.4 Update 20. The look and feel of the new builder is improved and the user experience is more...

Assigning Task Nodes

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Assigning Task Nodes Subscription Task nodes require interaction by people. To alert and associate tasks with the right people, use notifications and assignments, respectively. You can assign task...

Using Condition Nodes

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Using Condition Nodes Subscription Condition nodes are useful for acting (transitioning, assigning, etc.) conditionally in the workflow. Perhaps you have multiple reviewers and must determine...

Using Forks and Joins

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Using Forks and Joins Subscription Here you'll learn how to use the Fork, Join and Join XOR nodes. These nodes are useful for workflow processes that have multiple reviewers like the...

Using Workflow Metrics

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Using Workflow Metrics Subscription This feature works only with Elasticsearch. Workflow Metrics gives insight into the time spent to complete certain workflow events. To use it, set up...

Introduction to Workflow

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Introduction to Workflow Liferay DXP ships with a workflow engine that allows users to review and approve content such as Blogs, Web Content, Wikis before they are published. The Workflow...

Activating Workflow

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Activating Workflow You can activate a workflow process for an asset type either across the DXP instance or only on a specific site. When a workflow process is activated across the instance for a...

Reviewing Assets

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Reviewing Assets When an asset's workflow is activated, one or more users must review it before publication. You can assign workflow review processes to specific users or to a particular Role (for...

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