Workflow History ... archiving

[norgan]

Hi there,
I want to archive the workflow history of my advanced workflow and store as childassociations in a folder (it might have multiple workflows related to the same folder). So I have some quesitons
* when is the history deleted (if ever).
* if so, has anyone a working example of how to retrieve and document the workflow ?

Any tipps would be appreciated
Norgan

[mabayona]

1) The history is deleted when the workflow is deleted. They go together.

2) The best way to document it is to associate it to the document that was used to start the workflow. You can include some actions in JS associated to the transitions between workflow states. I did it in a very complex workflow (+50 states) and it works OK.

Note: the workflow is temporary while the documents are "permanent", therefore, if you want to make permanent workflow information, you have to extract it and copy somewhere else.

Note2: JPotts has a sample on how to define actions in JS. Just add code (e.g. logger) to extract and copy the workflow information somewere else.

[jayjayecl]

Note3 : you might feel more comfortable and "free" with java Actions instead of js actions