# Configure plan publication

> [HTML Version](plan-approval-setting.html)

A project plan is available for publication by default as soon as it is created. If you click the **Publish **button in the plan editing mode, all tasks will be assigned to executors.

For each project type, you can configure a plan publication process and customize the name of the process launch button. It will be displayed instead of the default **Publish** button. You can link the following to the launch button:

- A preconfigured [plan approval process](send-plan-for-approval.md).

- A custom process that reflects your company’s standards for plan publication.

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Only users of the [Administrators](360006871932.md#administrator) group can configure the plan publication process.

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Create a plan publication process

If you set up a [custom](360012265552.md) plan publication process, use the following activities:

- [Approve Project Plan](project-plan-approval.md). Automatically sets the plan version status to **Approved**.

- [Publish Project Plan](publish-plan.md). Only this activity can change the plan version status to **Published** during the process.

Once the process is ready, select it in the project type settings to apply it for plan publication.

## Link the plan publication process to a project type

To configure the plan publication process:

1. ****Go to **Administration > Project Types**, select a [project type](project-types.md), and enable the **Process for publication** option. For projects created without a specific type, select the **Projects** row.**(plan-approval-brix-01.png)**

2. Click **Set Up** and fill in the fields in the window that opens:  
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- **Button Text\***. Enter the name of the process launch button for plan publication.

- **Process\***. The default [Project plan approval](send-plan-for-approval.md) system process is pre-selected. Click its name to choose any custom process created in the **Projects** workspace.

- **Project Plan variable\***. Select the process context variable that contains the plan version to be published. This variable is set by default for the **Project plan approval** system process.

3. Click **Configure Input Parameters** and map the fields from the process activity settings to variables containing [project roles](project-access-and-roles.md#roles) and other project data.  
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4. If the plan publication settings are complete, save them.

Now, in the plan editing mode, the process launch button will be available to employees selected as initiators of the linked process in the input parameters settings. The button name will match the one specified in the settings, e.g., **Send for Approval**.

## Disable the plan publication process

You can unlink the publication process for a project type. To do this:

1. Ensure there are no active instances of the linked process, or interrupt them.

2. In **Administration > Project Types**, select the project type and disable the **Process for publication** option.

After this, the default settings will be applied for plan publication without launching any process. Just click the **Publish** button in the project plan editing mode to assign tasks to responsible employees.