Issues in Workflow before/after Upgrade

Question

Hi All,
           Our project is going to upgrade from 4.7 to 6.0. The customer has some concerns over the workflows.
           The concerns are:
1.What happens to all the open workflows? I mean all the workflows which are still active and running at the time of upgrade. Should they be terminated or brought to an end? Can workflows be terminated? Or if we want them to get complete can we do so?
2.What are the scenarios post upgrade where the workflows are likely to fail or pose a problem?
I have one SAP document already which gives an insignt into the second concern but am clueless on the first one.
Please advice on both the issues.
Thanks in Advance,
Saket.

Answer 1

Hi,
mass closure and mass restarting of all the workflows
This is not possible.
For your Scenario try this in the Dev. Server or Sand Box. If this working fine, then go ahead.
Check this below possibilities.
1) In the dev. server or Sand Box  create some workflows. That should me in Process (Not completed)
2) Then upgrade your dev. Server/ Sand Box & check status of the workflow.
3) If found all the workflow end up in errors, go to SWPR and Restart it.
4) If the workflows are working fine, then test in QA & further.
5) If this not working, then better you have to complete the workflows & after upgrade trigger the workflow.
Regards,
Surjith