Keep existing state for all items when changing workflow

Question

I implemented a custom workflow and set it for Document (Page):

• added in my default profile
• upgrade step import workflow
• in portal_workflow/manage_selectWorkflows set it for Document (Page), click on Change, click on Update security settings

It was set and it is working. The problem is my all pages are now in Private state even if the most of them were in Published state before.

I did it in my local application, so it is not a real problem. But how can I set it (in production website) to avoid this issue?

I think maybe it is related to initial_state value:

<dc-workflow workflow_id="foo_publication_workflow" title="Foo Publication Workflow" description="" state_variable="review_state" initial_state="private" manager_bypass="False">

Answer 1

You have to migrate your existing content with old workflow to the new one.

In the ZMI portal_workflow for the Document type must be specified the OLD workflow.

Then go to the Plone control panel -> Types (@@types-controlpanel) -> choose Document in the drop down menu and then choose the new workflow.

Now you are able to properly configure exact match between old states and the new ones.

Click apply to start migration.

hth, alessandro.