How to move
or copy a SharePoint Designer 2010 Workflow to same site or another site.
In man occasions you would be
faced by the need to move workflows you developed using SharePoint designer
from one site to another. This might be the case if for example you developed
and tested the workflow on a testing environment and now wants to move to the
production environment without the need to re-develop the workflow.
The steps to perform this is rather simple:
1.
Export the workflow to Visio.
2.
Edit the VWI archive and delete the configuration file.
3. Import the workflow back to your
destination site.
So open the SharePoint designer
and open the source site. click on the workflows link on the left and then the
workflow you want to move. Click on the ribbon on export to Visio button.
Now rename the file exported
(VWI file) to be a ZIP file and open it with Windows Explorer. You will find a
file named “workflow.xoml.wfconfig.xml”
Just delete this file. Now
rename the archive back to be a VWI file.
Now open the destination site
and click the import from Visio and browse to the edited VWI file. This will
allow you to re-associate your workflow as if it was created or exported from
Visio rather than the designer while preserving any development made in the
workflow it self.
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