How to start a workflow if a document status changes ?

Hello,
I want to start a wrokflow when the status of a document changes to completed. Can anyone point out the steps that i should follow ?
What customization steps are required for this issue.
For the record, i did the following:
- i created the notification for absence workflow described in the SAP help documentation
- Then i went to spro transaction code -> cross-application components-> doc. Mngt ->control data -> define document type. then i chose KPR type, when to its status "completed" modified it and added in the task the id of a workflow and i saved.
Now when i change the status of a document to complted nothing happens.
The workflow is not triggered.
Any ideas to why ?
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Regards

Hi,
Go to transaction " BSVW " and make an entry for your status object and business object type. You can maintain status restrictions for your object type too in this transaction.
This will trigger the workflow.
Regards,
Manikandan R

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