Reproducing your Comala hosted app workflows in Cloud
- Robert Alexander Marshall
The Atlassian Confluence cloud and Confluence-hosted platforms work differently, so 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.
Moving workflows to cloud
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 code editor in the document management app space settings in Confluence Cloud
Saving the copied workflow adds it to the document management app space settings in the cloud space.
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. This workflow template code can then be copied and pasted into the code editor in the cloud app.
The tool is not able to translate all the workflow elements into a cloud-compatible workflow.
Some workflow elements, such as layout parameters for adding footers, headers, or workflow instructions, are not supported in Confluence Cloud.
In the Data Center app v7.6.3 and later, the translation of a workflow trigger is supported when it has an equivalent workflow trigger event in the cloud:
workflow triggers with no equivalent workflow event in the cloud are not translated
Triggers have different functionalities in the Cloud app, and only some trigger actions are available in the cloud:
a translated workflow trigger can have empty trigger actions if the action is not supported in the cloud
These triggers must be recreated using the workflow builder visual editor or code editor in Comala Document Management for Cloud
Cloud includes a workflow builder visual editor and code editor to create new workflows or customize an existing workflow. You can also use one of the workflows included with the cloud app.