A customer has a multi-step asset creation workflow process that contains the following steps: • Create Asset • Off-shore Review • On-shore Review •…

The "Stage" property within the configuration of each workflow step is specifically designed for this purpose. By assigning the same stage name (e.g., "Review") to multiple consecutive steps ("Off-shore Review," "On-shore Review"), AEM's user interface will group them under that single, simplified phase name when displaying the workflow's progress. This directly fulfills the customer's requirement to present a high-level, aggregated view of a more complex underlying process without altering the workflow's logic.

A. The progress value to Workflow metadata: Workflow metadata applies to the entire workflow instance, not for grouping individual steps into named phases for UI display.
B. The progress value using ECMAScript: Using a script is an overly complex, programmatic approach for what is a standard declarative configuration feature (the Stage property).
D. A workflow step to a model: This statement is nonsensical; you add steps to a model to build it. This action does not configure the progress visualization.

1. Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service Documentation, "Configure a workflow step": In the "Common Properties" section, the "Stage" property is described. The documentation states, "When a workflow is run, the user can view the progress of the workflow according to the Stages." This confirms that assigning stages to steps is the correct method for customizing the progress view. (Source: Adobe Experience League, Configure a workflow step, Common Properties section).

2. Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 Documentation, "Administering Workflows": This documentation also details the configuration of workflow models and their steps. In the section on "Workflow Step Properties," the "Common" tab is shown to contain the "Stage" field, which is used to group steps for progress tracking in the UI. This demonstrates the feature's long-standing presence in AEM. (Source: Adobe Experience League, Administering Workflows, Workflow Step Properties section).