Question:

Why a Document Owner cannot start a workflow in Vault PromoMats and Medical?

Answer:

There are a few situations where a Document Owner cannot start a workflow for a document:

• The document is already in an active workflow.
• The document is checked out.
• The Owner role does not have permission to start a workflow for the current document state.

Related Documentation:

Vault Help Documentation: Document Workflow (Formerly Multi-Document Workflow) Actions