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Because the cloud and server platforms work differently, they can't have the same features. Exact feature parity between the environments is not possible.

Because of these functional differences, the Atlassian Migration Assistant cannot migrate existing workflows from the server instance.

You must install and license After installing the Comala Document Management for Cloud app, you can use

  • one of the bundled workflows

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  • manually create a workflow in your cloud instance

  • import one or more workflow

The server and data center apps include a tool, the Workflow Translator for Cloud, to translate the hosted Confluence app workflow to a cloud-compatible workflow. The translated workflow template code can be copied and pasted into the workflow builder code editor in a space document management dashboard in the Confluence Cloud app.

Reproducing a Comala workflow

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Workflows bundled with the Cloud app

There are several Comala Document Management workflows available in Comala Document Management for Cloud

These workflows have some feature equivalence to the similarly named workflows found in the server app but have feature and functional differences functionalities that are difference in the cloud environment.

Custom workflows

A customized Comala workflow used in your server or data center instance must be added manually to your cloud instance as a custom workflowYou can create a custom workflow in a space in your cloud site.

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  • the included cloud workflows can be duplicated and the copy edited using the visual editor or the code editor to create a new custom workflow

Importing workflows from a server or data center instance using workflow translator for cloud

A server or data center workflow can be translated to a cloud-compatible JSON code template using the server app Workflow Translator for Cloud tool (from v6.17.10+). This workflow template code can then be copied and pasted into the code editor in the cloud app.

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The tool is not able to translate all the workflow elements into a cloud-compatible workflow. Some workflow elements are not supported in Confluence Cloud (workflow page layout parameters to add a footer, header, or workflow instructions), and other elements, such as triggers, although supported in the cloud app, have different functionalities and must be recreated in the workflow builder visual editor in the cloud.

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Cloud features and functionality

There are some functional and feature differences between a Comala workflow in the cloud app and the workflow in the server app.

In the Atlassian Confluence Cloud platform, some features in the server app workflow are not available or have a different range of functionality in the cloud workflow

When using the server Workflow Translator for Cloud tool to translate your server workflows into cloud compatible JSON code, feature differences that are not in cloud or have different functionality will not be translated and are listed in a Messages dialog box in Workflow Translator for Cloud.

Some workflow elements and parameters, for example triggers and workflow parameters that are not translated can be created in cloud but have different features and functionality in the cloud platform.

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If you require the capability to direct view users to approved content:

  1. use the Cloud Publishing for Cloud app

  2. adjust how the workflow works in your Cloud instance

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For example, only the last workflow state data is copied but the document Document Activity (the report that maintains all the approval data per page) cannot be migrated.

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  • keep Confluence on a server instance so auditors can review your previous document activity/page activity or page status

  • use the server Attach Activity utility /wiki/spaces/AWPD/pages/617492288 option in each space before migration to create and add the page workflow history as a CSV file attachment to each page. This record is not accessible by the cloud app

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For help in analyzing your server instance use of Comala Document Management, you can use the server app support console to capture helpful information on your current usage of the Comala Document Management app.

  • create an Appfire Comala support package for each space using the app support console option in space tools

Add the Usage data and the Support package to a related support request.

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