Patent ID: 11900147
Assignee: OPEN TEXT SA ULC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for enabling use of workflows in a multitenant environment, the method comprising:
storing plurality of content objects in a data repository of the multitenant content sharing system;
configuring, by each of one or more tenants, a set of tenant access rules for content objects owned by the tenant and enabling, by the multitenant content sharing system, users to access content objects owned by the tenant according to the tenant access rules;
enabling, by the multitenant content sharing system, a first user for:
initiating a workflow instance that includes a form associated with a content object, wherein the form defines one or more form fields through which corresponding data of the content object are accessible,
assigning a second user to a task in the workflow instance, wherein the task is associated with the form, wherein prior to assigning the task to the second user, the second user is not explicitly authorized to access the content object by the tenant access rules for the content object;
adding data entered in the form fields to the content object,
wherein the first user is authorized by a tenant-owner of the content object to access the content object, and

automatically authorizing, by the multitenant content sharing system in response to the first user assigning the second user to the task, the second user to modify the content object with data entered in the form fields according to the task.