Apply / discard workflow changes

This topic describes how to apply or discard workflow changes in FireFlow.

Apply workflow changes

Applying workflow changes imports all workflow changes into FireFlow. No changes to workflows will take affect unless they are applied.

Do the following:

  1. Do one of the following:

    • In the VisualFlow main menu, click Workflows.

      The List of Workflows page is displayed.

    • In the VisualFlow main menu, click Apply Workflow Changes.

    The Apply Changes page is displayed.

  2. Click Apply changes to all workflows.

    A confirmation message appears.

  3. Click OK.

    A backup of the previous workflows configuration is saved to /usr/share/fireflow/local/etc/site/backup/YYYY_MM_DD_hh-mm-ss, where YYYY_MM_DD_hh-mm-ss is a timestamp.

    For example: 2011_01_21_10-30-00

    All workflow changes are imported into FireFlow and a success message appears.

  4. Click OK.

    The message informing you that changes have been made to the workflows disappears.

    Note: You do not need to restart FireFlow to see workflow changes.

  5. (Optional) To finish enabling the workflow by adding or editing the relevant request template, do the following:

    1. If you are viewing the List of Workflows page, click Apply Workflow Changes in the VisualFlow main menu.

    2. In the Apply changes to workflows area, click Define Request Templates.

      The Request Templates page is displayed.

For more details, see Manage request templates.

Discard workflow changes

You can discard all workflow changes that have not yet been applied. This will reload the XML workflow files that are currently in use by FireFlow into VisualFlow.

Do the following:

  1. In the VisualFlow main menu, click Apply Workflow Changes.

    The Apply Changes page is displayed.

  2. Click Discard all changes.

    A confirmation message appears.

  3. Click OK.

    All workflow changes are discarded, and a success message is displayed.

  4. Click OK.

    The message informing you that changes have been made to the workflows disappears.