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 Scheduled transitions
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Overview
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A scheduled transition moves a page from one workflow state to another at a date and time you choose, for example from Draft to Published at nine o'clock on Monday. It works with the site's workflow, so it can also take a page from Published to Unpublished.

Feature

What it does

On this site

Scheduling

Publishes or unpublishes on a date, set on the editing form.

Installed, not switched on for any content type.

Scheduled transitions

Moves a page between workflow states on a date, and can line up several moves.

Installed, not switched on for any content type.

> **💡 Note:** Your site has both tools, and they overlap. Most sites need only one. For the simpler one, see [**Scheduling content to publish later**](/articles/scheduling-content-to-publish-later).

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Switching them on
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> **⚠️ Important:** This is administrator work.

1. Go to **Configuration**, then **Workflow**, then **Scheduled transitions settings**.
2. Under **Enabled types**, tick the content types that should use them, such as Article.
3. Leave **Create scheduling jobs in cron** switched on, so transitions run by themselves.
4. Press **Save configuration**.

![The Scheduled transitions settings screen with Enabled types (0) outlined in red, listing Article, Event and Landing page with their tick boxes empty.](/storage/dEzi4d421EhHIGW9roaqZl2ykgocOhpACMbmla7r.png)

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Seeing what is scheduled
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The **Scheduled transitions** tab on the Content screen lists every transition waiting to happen, with its page and date. It is empty until the feature is on and something is scheduled.

![The Scheduled transitions tab of the Content screen, outlined in red along with its empty list.](/storage/C2L57xh8XG29vAdP1dHPYDZYmh7rWLLY5QDCaL3D.png)

> **💡 Note:** Who can schedule a transition follows who can edit the page, so content editors will be able to use them once they are switched on. The workflow states themselves are covered in [**Configure content workflows**](/articles/configure-content-workflows).

  Related articles 
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- [ Scheduling content to publish later → ](/articles/scheduling-content-to-publish-later)
- [ Content workflow and statuses → ](/articles/content-workflow-and-statuses)
- [ Configure content workflows → ](/articles/configure-content-workflows)

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