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Bundled workflows

There are a number of workflows available in Comala Document Management for Cloud

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Overview

Due to functional differences between the Cloud and Server platforms, we are not able to deliver 1:1 feature parity between the environments. These differences are listed in a /wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/6674974106.

For this reason, it is not possible to use the migration tool to migrate your existing Comalatech Comala workflows from Server.

You must install and license the Comala Document Management for Cloud and manually create the Comalatech Comala workflows in your Cloud instance.

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Comala Document Management workflows in

CloudDue to limitations of the Atlassian Confluence Cloud platform, some Comalatech workflow

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Currently some Comala Document Management server app features are not available or have a different /wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/6674974106 in Comalatech range of functionality in Comala Document Management for Cloud workflows. For example

there are a

The breadth and depth of capabilities available in our Comala Document Management server was developed over the last 15 years. Development of our cloud app only started a couple of years ago and it will take us a few years to bring our cloud app up to a comparable feature set.

Current feature differences in our cloud app include

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The workflows bundled with the Comala Document Management for Cloud app will have some different functionality compared to those in the Server/Data Center app. If choosing to use one of these bundled workflows , please review its functionality in the Comala Document Management for Cloud app.

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(green star) If you require a custom workflow used in your Server or Data Center instance, the workflow must be reproduced manually in your Cloud instance by

  • editing the JSON markup in the markup editor in the Comala Document Management for Cloud app
  • creating a new custom workflow using workflow builder in the Comala Document Management for Cloud app

Bundled workflows

There are a number of Comalatech workflows available in Comala Document Management for Cloud

server/data center app. Please ensure you review the functionality of these workflows in cloud.

Custom workflows

However, a custom workflow used in your server instance must be added manually to your cloud instance.

You will need to recreate each custom workflow in Confluence Cloud using either the

You can also use workflow builder /wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/14257225774 option (from v6.17.10+) to translate the server workflow into cloud compatible JSON that can be copied and pasted into the app JSON editor

(warning) Ensure that state names match in both cloud and server. Otherwise the state name in cloud will default to the initial state in the applied cloud workflow.

in the cloud app.

Workflow translator for cloud

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In server, a workflow can be translated to cloud compatible JSON code using the /wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/14257225774 option in workflow builder.

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Server workflow features that cannot be translated are listed in the Messages dialog box.

The cloud compatible JSON code can be copied using the Copy button. This can be pasted into the cloud app Code editor in your cloud space.

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Some elements and parameters not translated by the server /wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/14257225774 tool can be created in cloud, for example triggers and workflow parameters, as these have different features and functionality in the cloud platform.

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Further functionality is planned to added to the /wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/14257225774 during the remaining quarters of

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Cloud workflow features 

Some Comalatech Comala workflow server app features are not available or have a different range of functionality in a Comalatech Document Management for Cloud workflowthe cloud app. The differences in cloud include

In addition, due to Atlassian Confluence platform limitations, custom content properties are not migrated from Server server to Cloudcloud. Only the last workflow state data is copied but the document full /wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/6832983086 (the report that maintains all the approval data per page) cannot be currently migrated.(info)

Tip

We recommend that you involve the process owners and other stakeholders in your organisation in the migration and recreating any workflows.

Based on your migration planning and needs requirements, you may also need to install and configure additional apps. For example, if you require the capability to direct view users to approved content you will need to

  1. use the

Cloud Publishing for Cloud
  1. /wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/13898252308 app

  2. adjust how the workflow works in your Cloud instance

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if you require users to confirm reading content you will need to install the /wiki/spaces/CRCCL/pages/6915689572 app.

In server, workflow builder /wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/14257225774 (from v6.17.10+) will include any details of the server workflow that cannot be translated to cloud compatible JSON code. These features may be available in cloud, for example triggers, but with different functionality. You will need to review the appropriate cloud app documentation and manually add the feature to your cloud workflow in the cloud workflow builder or code editor.

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