Hi,
We are currently in the very early stages of scoping a transition from Workflow Manager (Classic) to the new service based Workflow Manager and was wondering if the new Workflow Manager currently has the ability to import jobs from a separate disconnected enterprise? and if not, is it on the future product road map? The jobs we would be looking to import would be coming from a separate enterprise install on an adhoc basis. There would be no portal to portal collaboration between these two enterprise installs as they would be completely separate.
Thanks.
Hi @MJames
Thanks for the question. We do not currently have a tool or set process to migrate job information from Workflow Manager Classic to the new Workflow Manager Server. It is something that has been discussed but isn't on our near term roadmap. This is mostly for two reasons, the two architectures are completely different from one another which makes a 1-1 migration challenging and we also have viewed this as an opportunity for customers to re-think how they have setup their organizational workflows in the new product.
That being said, it is possible to do this if it's something that you would like. I've outlined the basic steps below but these will need to be customized for your deployment/environment. I’d also recommend a simple test on your end before putting in the effort to do a full scale migration project.
This will have to be scripted of course. You can use our Python API to do this: https://developers.arcgis.com/python/api-reference/arcgis.gis.workflowmanager.html. You will not be able to carry over the job history so that is something important to consider.
Let me know if you have any questions on any of it.
Jonathan