Setting workflow state in cloud

Background

The current workflow state is migrated to cloud - but not the full workflow history. A record of the workflow history can be added as a CSV file attachment to a page prior to migration using the Attach Activity option in server.

The workflow applied in cloud must have the same workflow state names as the server workflow. Otherwise, the current workflow state is not migrated.

Setting the workflow state in cloud

If a different state is required to the migrated current state, the workflow state for all pages in a space can be set in cloud using Initialize states in the space settings document management dashboard.

If setting the same state for all pages in the space is not an option, an administrator can use the debug console on a page.

This is a dark feature that can be temporarily enabled by accessing the dark features section of your Confluence instance.

enable the Debug Tools as a dark feature by adding the following URL in your browser

<HOST>/wiki/admin/darkfeatures.action
scroll down to Enable dark feature
add cwc.debug
choose Submit

Navigate to each page

open the workflow popup on a page

select the ellipsis menu
choose Debug tools

choose the Transition to … dropdown menu
select the required workflow state

Wait for the console Loading… message to disappear and the updated display of JSON code in the console Content Property window.

The new current state is displayed, as below, in the Content Property window in the console.

{
    "enabled": true,
    "name": {
        "value": "Approved"
    }

choose Close

The new current state name is added as the workflow status byline on the page.