Status Labels in Confluence (Draft, In Review, Approved)
Show the status of a requirements page at a glance with a Confluence status label: type a slash and status, name it, and pick a colour. Grey for draft, yellow for in review, green for approved.
Step by step
Why a status
- Status labels. Is this requirements page a draft, or is it approved? Readers should see that in one second, before they read a word. A status label does exactly that.
Add a status
- Edit. Click edit.
- A new line. Click in the first line, press end, and press enter for a new line.
- Slash status. Type page status, then a slash, and the word status. Press enter. A grey label appears, with a box to name it and a row of colours.
- Pick a colour. Pick a colour. Many teams use grey for draft, yellow for in review, and green for approved. This page is in review, so yellow.
- Name it. Then type the status. In review. Press enter to finish.
Share it
- Update. Click update.
- Status at a glance. Now everyone sees at a glance that this page is in review. When the sign off comes, edit the label, make it green, and call it approved.
Recap
- Slash, colour, name. So, type a slash and status, pick a colour, and name it. Grey for draft, yellow for in review, green for approved. Keep it up to date. Subscribe for more Confluence tips for business analysts.
