Workflow for Cloud translator
- Robert Alexander Marshall
Overview
The Workflow Translator for Cloud is an option in the server and data center workflow builder navigation panel to support your cloud migration.
The tool provides a simple way to support the recreation of a custom workflow from the server app into Atlassian Confluence cloud-compatible workflow for use in your Confluence Cloud site.
Workflow Translator for Cloud
Any elements or parameters in the workflow that cannot be translated are listed in the Messages dialog box in the Workflow Translator for Cloud dialog box.
Using workflow translator
Workflow translator for the cloud lets you translate the workflow template markup to a cloud-compatible JSON code workflow template. You can then add this workflow to a space in your Cloud site by pasting a copy of the JSON template code into the code editor.
Unsupported workflow elements
Some workflow elements are not translated to cloud-compatible JSON code and are not included in the workflow cloud-compatible code. These include
These elements have different features and functions in cloud and must be added to the workflow in the workflow builder visual editor or code editor in the cloud app.
Unsupported workflow parameters
Some workflow parameters are not translated to cloud-compatible JSON code and are not included in the workflow cloud-compatible code. These include
Further functionality is planned for Workflow Translator for Cloud during the remaining quarters of 2023
Workflow elements with different features in cloud
Some workflow elements are translated by the tool, but in the cloud, they have a different functionality. After adding the translated workflow in cloud, you need to apply the workflow and review the workflow functionality on the page.
The following features have a different functionality:
the assignment of reviewers for an approval
workflow final state functionality - a final state in the cloud workflow does not add or change restrictions on who can view the workflow draft version content or the workflow approved version content
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