Simple workflow rules

[soeursourire]

Hello,

I do not exactly understand how these simple workflow are working. Here is what I am testing:

- I create a space "Users"
- on this space I choose "Manage Content Rules"
- I create a rule Inbound "User Creation Approvement" with "Apply rule to sub spaces" checked (what is Run rule in Background exactly?)
- I select the conditions "All Items"
- I select the action "add simple workflow to item"
- in "approve flow" I decide to copy it in the space "final Users" with name of the approve step "Approve User"

But then if I go in the space "Users" I have Rules and my rule inside but I do not have workflow. And if I go on the user Space that I created before in Users I do not have the action "Approve User" on it. Is it normal?

I would like to see how these rules are treated. Are they stored in the database MySQL? How may I checked what we have in this database?

Thanks in advance for your help

[soeursourire]

Thanks for the answer: here is my process:
I have a folder called WF in the admin window, then in this space I have 3 other spaces:
-Space 1
-Space 2
-Space 3

I go in WF and choose Manage Content Rules ->Create Rule:
-Inbound
-All Versionable
-Apply to sub spaces
-All Items
-Add Aspect to Items: Versionable

And this rule seems to work

Then I go in Space 1 and choose Manage Content Rules->Create Rule:
-Outbound
-All items
-Check out content in Space 2
-Check out content
-in Space 2

Then I go in Space 2 and choose Manage Content Rules->Create Rule:
-Outbound
-All items
-Add simple workflow to items
-Approve content
-Move to Space 3
-Reject content
-Move to Space 1

Then I go to Space 1, I create a newfile.html document inside but no Check out content in Space 2 appears in its properties. although the rules are described in the details of Space 1.
The same for Space 2. The rules are described in its details but if I create a document inside it will not have Approve content on it and in its details in Workflow it is written Not part of any workflow..

And if I only add a simple workflow to Space 2 (without rule Check in) I have the same problem.

I do not understand what I am doing wrong and why these documents does not herit these rules…

Please would you mind also checking my last post with my other questions? Thanks a lot for your great help