Importing a Workflow

Context for the current task

  1. Click Workflows.
  2. In the Workflow Definitions list, open the folder where the desired workflow is located.
  3. Click Import Workflow.


  4. Upload a workflow file.


    1. Click Browse and select a file from your local disk.
    2. Select a workflow from Add as revision to if you want the imported workflow to be added as the latest revision of an existing workflow.
    3. (Optional) Click Link to Existing Sub-Workflows.
      This option helps avoid the creation of duplicates while importing the workflows. If a sub-workflow that is used by multiple workflows or called multiple times in the same workflow has this option checked, the system will confirm whether the sub-workflow is already present in the repository. If the sub-workflow is already present, the system maps a new workflow to the existing sub-workflow; if the sub-workflow is not already present, it creates a single copy and maps any future instances to it.
    4. Click Upload.
    Note: If Journals are set up in the workflow being imported, then the JournalBook will be created and activated automatically (unless the Journal is present in the JournalBook already).
    The Edit Workflow Description screen appears, with a message confirming that the workflow was uploaded successfully.



  5. Add a Description and Comments as needed, then click Update Core Parameters.
    The user is returned to the Workflow Designs view and a message, "Workflow was successfully updated", appears.



    In the screen view above, the imported workflow has been added as a revision of the ffmpeg workflow. Click Latest (next to the workflow name) to view the imported workflow.