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How can I add a transition on a draft workflow

Sneha Gokarn
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December 16, 2021

I am trying to add a transition from onhold to todo, but every time I edit it, it mentions that I can't perform this operation on a draft workflow.

This looks like a bug to me, but is there a work around for this?

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Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
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December 17, 2021

There is a long-standing bug in the workflow editor that the draft mode cannot add transitions to a step that has not already got at least one.

The work-around is to not to work on a draft -

  • take a copy of the workflow you want to edit
  • add the transition in there (and make any other changes you need
  • save the workflow 
  • edit the workflow scheme(s) that use the workflow, replacing the old one with the new edited copy
Simon Weil
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August 3, 2022

I'm shocked this is an ongoing issue that has not been solved for sooo long!

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John Funk
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July 30, 2022

Hi @Sneha Gokarn  - Did you ever get this solved? 

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Tansu Akdeniz
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December 16, 2021

Hi @Sneha Gokarn 

Welcome to the community.

Can you please copy the workflow and retry?

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