Workflow translator for cloud
Overview
Space workflows are included in the migration to Confluence Cloud using the Atlassian CCMA. However, you can use the Workflow Translator for Cloud to translate a hosted app workflow to cloud-compatible JSON code and add it to Confluence Cloud by copying and pasting the translated workflow to the Comala Document Management Cloud workflow code editor.
Workflow Translator for Cloud: Due to functional differences between Confluence Data Center and Confluence Cloud, the translated workflow template might need additional editing in the cloud, for example, for workflow triggers and some parameters.
A data center app workflow can be translated into cloud-compatible JSON code using Workflow Translator for Cloud, which is available in the workflow builder
Some product features and functionalities in the cloud app are different from those in the data center and server apps. Therefore, the workflow translator cannot translate all the elements and parameters of a workflow into a cloud-compatible JSON workflow template.
Accessing Workflow Translator for Cloud
Workflow Translator for Cloud (available from v6.18.0 or later) must be enabled in the global admin app configuration.
Workflow Translator for Cloud is available in your hosted app when accessing the workflow builder for a workflow in the
global workflows dashboard
space settings document management dashboard, or
on a page with an applied page workflow
The workflow cloud translator button is displayed in the workflow builder when a workflow is opened in the visual editor or markup editor.
Choose the Cloud Translator button in the workflow builder navigation panel to view the current workflow in the workflow translation tool.
Choose the Translate button to translate and display the cloud-compatible workflow template as JSON code for the workflow in the Translated Workflow dialog box.
Copy the workflow cloud-compatible JSON code to the clipboard.
Select the copy icon next to the Translated workflow box title
Some elements and parameters of the hosted app workflow might not be cloud-compatible.
Paste the cloud-compatible code into the Comala Document Management Cloud workflow code editor in a space on your cloud site (or paste it as text to a text/code editor for storage). The trigger can then be viewed (and edited) in the cloud app visual editor.
`See: Using workflow translator for cloud
Workflow Translator for Cloud translates the workflow elements and their parameters into a cloud-compatible JSON code.
Workflow name, description, and workflow states are all included
State transitions are translated (with Submit being translated as a single state option in a Select transition)
Approval names, reviewers (users and groups), assignors, assignees
Workflow triggers are translated if the workflow event is supported (although they can be translated with empty actions)
Workflow elements or parameters not translated to cloud-compatible code by the tool are displayed in the dialog box.
Elements listed in the dialog box need to be recreated manually in the cloud workflow using the workflow builder visual editor or code editor.
See: Workflow elements translated using the workflow translator
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