Want a draft area and a validated area inside the same space

What you are seeing

You want a draft area and a validated area inside the same space.


#Why it happens

Publishing to the same space is deliberately blocked in three places. The target space picker leaves out the current space, the settings refuse it, and the publish itself is rejected.


#What to do

Use two spaces: a source space for drafting and a separate target space for validated content. Publishing within a single space is not something Publishing supports.

Publishing settings Setup tab with publishing enabled and Compliance chosen as the target space, different from the source space
On the Setup tab, pick a Target space that is different from the space you draft in.


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