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Accessing Translation Manager Exception content through the API

Quick note on this one. We were able to grab the error in XML format from the world server response that updates the status of the Translation item. This XML wasn't useful other than it contained "...
Dylan .. Mark Saunders's user avatar
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Triggering translation from workflow in SDL Web 8.5 and Translation server V12

I am sure Eric's solution will work with Web 8.5 as well. But I would not advise you to use Translation Manager Facade as a service (and consume it in your workflow) because, with Web 8.5, the TMS is ...
Saurabh Gangwar's user avatar
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Unable to find Translation Manager TmBinaryEndpoint

The workflow agent would look in to "%TRIDION_HOME%\bin\TcmWorkflowAgent.exe.Config" for the Service Model Configuration, So You should check this file for the endpoint configurations In your case, ...
Saurabh Gangwar's user avatar
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Workflow - Editing content outside of an active Workflow Bundle

The property SaveEventArgs.ApprovalStatusResetOverrideis introduced indeed as part of HR1, however you'll need to grab the dll from the GAC as the one in the /bin/client folder is not updated by the ...
Jaime Santos Alcón's user avatar
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Is it possible to set/change the Expiration Time of Workflow Activity Dynamically?

I have implemented the code using Tridion.ContentManager.CoreService.Workflow and there are 2 properties called - public DateTime? DueDate { get; set; } Under ActivityData class public DateTime? ...
Sayantan Basu's user avatar
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Workflow Designer support for MS Visio 2016

As Onno mentioned, the support of Visio 2016 is currently in our backlog. We have already done some testing and did not found any issues from Content Manager prospective. There is so far only one ...
Stanislav Maryenko's user avatar
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Workflow Automatic activity doesn't finish after resume

By Default, the Tridion Content Manager Workflow Agent window Service runs under Local System account, But in my case it was running under some other user account (which was set in "This account" ...
Saurabh Gangwar's user avatar
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How to ForceFinish the Workflow Process by setting Approval Status as "Undefined"?

The Import/Export Service (as used by Content Porter) will set Session.ContextData so Event Handlers can detect that the Events are triggered by a Content Manager Import action. You could catch that ...
Dylan .. Mark Saunders's user avatar
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How to Schedule publishing with in Workflow in SDL web8

I have some code which does something similar. Our requirement was the scheduled item to stay in workflow until the Publish time so that users could still change it and cancel it without going to the ...
Chris Summers's user avatar
6 votes

Purging Workflow Audit Data

It is indeed taken care of when you purge your Workflow Process Histories. I don't think there is a way to purge the "snapshots" without purging the entire Process History.
Rick Pannekoek's user avatar
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Permissions to Start a Bundle workflow

I'm pretty sure users do not need the Workflow Management right in order to start workflow. Some things to check: Workflow settings in the context of the Publication the Bundle is created in (set ...
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Where do we configure "minimum approval status" for a Web 8.5 solution using Topology Manager?

With Topology Manager based publishing, the Minimal Approval Status is defined on a Target Type (which is part of a Business Process Type).
Rick Pannekoek's user avatar
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Can Workflow be used to restrict the publishing/editing of a Page and its Components on selected Publications?

If your difference is based on the user's role in certain Publications, I would first consider adjusting authorization in terms of rights, groups, and maybe permissions. Otherwise yes, you could have ...
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How to localize content whilst in worklfow

Whilst we reach out to Tridion Support for guidance on how this should be approached (or if there's a hotfix available - perhaps aligning with out suggestions below?) - we are approaching this as ...
Dylan .. Mark Saunders's user avatar
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Accessing Translation Manager Exception content through the API

You can get the exception message if you subscribe to the TranslationJob.Error event. But you will then have to store it (if you have a way to find the workflow process instance from the translation ...
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Shared Item in Workflow Can Still be Localized

I would say it is a defect in documentation. The shared item cannot be localized anywhere in the path that contains E. That is, it cannot be localized in A, C, E or F, but it can be localized in B ...
Stanislav Maryenko's user avatar
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Start workflow if the component version is greater than 1.0

Use OnComponentSavePost Event to check the moment when component entered the workflow. ... public Constructor() { EventSystem.Subscribe<Component, SaveEventArgs>(OnComponentSavePost, ...
Ognjen Ivetic's user avatar
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Reading Items from Workflow using Core Service in External Activities

If you use Subject.IdRef without specific ReadOptions you will get the last major version, which will have the old values. In order to change this behaviour, you will need to pass additional ...
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Optimal way to handle un-localization of components?

The most obvious measure is to ensure that only the right people have the Localize permission. As far as I know, you need this also to unlocalize. And of course, only people with write permission ...
Dominic Cronin's user avatar
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Activating Workflow dynamically

You say create but I assume you include update too. Given you say dynamically I assume you want the workflow associated (and triggering) to be automated. Catch the Save event. Check the Set of the ...
Dylan .. Mark Saunders's user avatar
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Unable to remove legacy workflow activities

We had selected to enforce Bundle Workflow Processes at a schema level. As such, the GUI selects a default Workflow Process for the Bundle which we didn't change and just saved. After changing the ...
Dylan .. Mark Saunders's user avatar
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Error in Bundle Workflow Schema addition in PowerShell

function createBundle($config, $metadataXmlContent, $title, $locationPubId, $locationFolderId, $metadataSchemaId){ $bundle = $null; $bundleNameSpace = "http://www.sdltridion.com/...
Dylan .. Mark Saunders's user avatar
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How to localize content whilst in worklfow

So you have localized items in the WF bundle and you have non-localized (shared) items. However, if you inspect the bundle, you'll see that all the items within are in the local BluePrint context. ...
Nickoli Roussakov's user avatar
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Changing Publication Settings through the Core Service

Translation settings tab is most likely app data, workflow might be the same. So to change these settings you'd have to change the app data on that Publication, but you'd have to figure out what ...
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Is it possible to stop workflow from child publication?

Workflow is automatically started because you have component process associated with component's schema. To prevent the workflow to be started you need to localize schema in child publication and ...
Stanislav Maryenko's user avatar
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Send to Translation in Workflow (Auto activity) not sending in-workflow version

(same answer whether this is automatic or manually sent) From SDL Tridion Support We did not support translating items in workflow in 7.1 ... we did bring it into 8.1 fully supported - and also ...
Dylan .. Mark Saunders's user avatar
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Is it possible for non-admins to see workflow tasks and comments after completion?

Yes this is possible provided these Users or the group to which they belongs to have Workflow Management rights as shown - this option must be checked for specific publication for the desired user/...
Pankaj Gaur's user avatar
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Issue with forcing items (using schema flag) through workflow bundles and content porting

Taking into consideration some more research and also points made in this post, the end solution will be: (use code to) switch off the workflow enforcement on relevant schemas whilst a content port ...
Dylan .. Mark Saunders's user avatar
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Component Process + Translation Workflow Process (review)

Decision to not allow two WF processes comes from inability of CM to run two WF processes. It is also ambiguous how to orchestrate running one process after another since we do not know what need to ...
Yuri Bondarchuk's user avatar
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What is the recommended best practice for C# Workflow using External Activity for Logging and Configuration?

I normally add it GAC on the CM server and on publisher machines. It is so widely used (because it is standard now) that it makes sense to have it there (to be system-wide available). There are quite ...
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