Workflows - Migration Guide

This guide will help when migrating existing workflows from 4.0 distributions into the newest 5.0 format. 

There are two ways of achieving the same:

1. Manually re-create the workflow in Aspire 5.0 UI
   1. Does not require to understand the internals of the workflow configuration structure
   2. Easier to do, as the 5.0 Workflow UI experience is similar to that on 4.0
2. Convert the old workflow.xml files into 5.0 REST Requests to create the same structure
   1. Requires in-depth understanding on how to configure the new Workflow configuration in 5.0 and the old format
   2. Can be automated

General concepts

Aspire 4 and 5 workflow have the same principles: Configure "rules" sequentially inside workflow "events".

• ruleA Rule is a stage that would be executed, may contain other rules. Can be a groovy script or an Application (such as a Publisher)
• eventIs a container of sequential rules. Each workflow has exactly 5 different events where rules can be assigned:

Manually re-create the workflow in Aspire 5.0 UI

You will need to have access to both Aspire 4 and Aspire 5 User interfaces, so you can copy the configuration across instances.