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Overview

This is an initial release of our Workflow Translator for Cloud. Further versions will have greater capability. For example, support for the translation of further server workflow elements and parameters to cloud - all the server/data center workflow elements may not be translated to cloud-compatible JSON code.

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A data center/server workflow can be translated into cloud-compatible JSON code using Workflow Translator for Cloud available in workflow builder.

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This feature can be disabled and hidden in workflow builder by the global admin configuration for the app (v6.18.0 or later).

The workflow cloud compatible JSON code can be copied and then added to a cloud site space using the app workflow code editor in cloud.

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As some product features in Cloud are different to data center/server, the workflow builder cloud translator will not translate all the elements and parameters of the data center/server workflow into a cloud compatible JSON workflow.

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Choose the Translate button to translate and display the cloud-compatible JSON code for the workflow in the Translated Workflow dialog box.

Any workflow elements or parameters that are not translated to cloud-compatible code by the tool are listed displayed in the Messages dialog box.

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Some elements and parameters of the server workflow may not be cloud JSON compatibletranslated. The workflow must be edited in the cloud app.

Select the copy icon next to the Translated workflow box title to copy the workflow cloud-compatible JSON code to the clipboard.

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Elements listed in the Messages dialog box will need to be recreated manually in the cloud workflow using the workflow builder visual editor or the code editor in cloud, for . For example, workflow triggers. Cloud triggers use different functionalityfunctionalities, including different workflow events and trigger actions. The product comparison page for Comala Document Management can be used to check the feature differences between the server and cloud apps.

Workflow elements translated to cloud-compatible JSON

Workflow translator Translator for cloud Cloud translates the following elements and their parameters of a server workflow into cloud-compatible code.

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Workflow
- name
- description (if present)
- state
  - name
  - description (if present)
  - final
  - color
  - due date
    Status
    colour Green
    title 6.18.0+
- state transitions
  - select*
  - approved
  - rejected
  - updated
  - expired
- approval
  - name
  - description ((if present)
  - approve button label (if present)
  - reject button label (if present)
  - credentials
    Status
    colour Green
    title 6.18.0+
  - minimum
    Status
    colour Green
    title 6.18.0+
  - assignable
    Status
    colour Green
    title 6.18.0+
  - user
    Status
    colour Green
    title 6.18.0+
  - group
    Status
    colour Green
    title 6.18.0+
  - selectedapprover and selectedapprovers
    Status
    colour Green
    title 6.18.0+
- workflow parameters
  Status
  colour Green
  title 6.18.0+

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* The submit transition is not translated directly but when . If present in the server workflow it is created in the cloud-compatible JSON code as a select transition with a single destination state.

What is not translated to cloud-compatible code?

Unsupported workflow elements not included in the cloud-compatible JSON code translation

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Workflow parameters can be created and used in a cloud but these have different functionality to functionalities from those in the server app.

Workflow JSON code triggers can be created and used in a cloud but these have different functionality to from those in the server app.

Metadata and other values value references are not translated.

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Read Confirmations are not translated in the cloud-compatible code. In a cloud site, read confirmations are added using the Comala Read Confirmations Cloud app.

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Further releases of the The Workflow Translator for Cloud tool will may include additional support for the translation of to translate workflow elements and parameters to cloud-compatible JSON code and may include includ some currently listed above as not supported.

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Versions Compared

Old Version 3

New Version 4

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Overview

Workflow elements translated to cloud-compatible JSON

What is not translated to cloud-compatible code?