UPDATE: I’ve been researching how to embed a SPD workflow into a site definition. Haec forum MSDN catenam notitia aliqua interesting. It’s not conclusive, sed puncta ad viam per truncatis.
I’m giving this post a slightly oddball "Observed Behavior" lead since I’m a little leery of drawing conclusions from it. SPD workflows are … temperamental.
Populus saepe interrogat / Mirantes / fretting over moving SPD workflows from one place to another. Hodie, Et ego post hos gradus facti, haec observamus:
- Workflow creata sum usura a SharePoint Designer in situ attachiatus ad documentum bibliotheca.
- Bibliothecam jam socius tabellae est tere pluribus documenta.
- Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, ut servatum a me.
- Cum ego, ut salvos situm template, Tam contentus sim salvus.
- Ego novum situ in eodem collection site usura id template.
Ad hoc, I tried to run the workflow. It promptly terminated itself with the log message, "Failed on start".
I expected this. I have low expectations when it comes to moving SPD workflows around.
Dixique:
- Aperuit in situ SharePoint Designer.
- Had a peek at the workflow. It seemed fine.
- I clicked "Finish".
- Cucúrri in workflow.
Hoc tempore, id operato simila.
I’ll add that this workflow used the "collect data from user" Sed actio quae est multiplex secundum actionem sub cucullo.
I tentatively conclude that the process of "finishing" the workflow caused SPD to properly associate the SPD workflow with the new document library. I also conclude the XOML and other XML artifacts are reasonably "loose". They are not super tightly coupled to the document library.
Quid hoc? Assuming it’s a reliable and reproducible process, there’s at least one rough method we can use to move them around. I don’t know if this would work if we crossed site collection boundaries or even more drastically, Novus omnis firmis (e.g. Dev ad scaenam FODICO).
Si hoc legere scis inclinatus, consectetur adipiscing elit velit vel email me your SharePoint Designer migration story. I’ll gladly update this posting with any insights thus offered.
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