Mass Update Forms Server for Workflow Activities

asked on October 5, 2022

I have a client who recently installed a certificate causing them to now use https instead of http. Previously, all of their Workflows were configured to the Forms Server using an http URL. Now some of their workflows are failing when trying to Retrieve Forms Variables or Invoke Forms Business Processes.

If I update the Forms Server configuration to use https, it does not update the tasks. The activities now display an error because they cannot find the Forms Server. And when I look at the task, it thinks there are two servers, and I can manually update it to the "new" Forms Server Connection. But it's not a new connection, it's the same connection with a new address.

This client has over 200 Workflows. Is there a way to update the Forms Server Connection to https that is automatically reflected in the Workflow Activities?

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replied on October 5, 2022

I just had the same thing happen. I would have thought that updating the Web Service in the Workflow Admin Console would have resolved it, but it didn't. There has to be an easier way to fix this.

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replied on October 5, 2022 • Show version history

Ditto. Did a change from server name to URL with HTTPS about a year ago, and had to update every one of hundreds of Workflows. Then did a similar change for LFDS, and had to repeat the process. Then I set-up a test sever and wanted to duplicate all the workflows to it, so I had to do it all over again. What a giant headache it was! In total it was well over 1,000 updates between the three changes.

There is a way to put a failover into the Workflow Admin console that will allow it to work in the meantime, but it does slow the workflows down because it tries the bad connection for 30 seconds or something before it switches to the failover. This is kind of designed to be a short term fix while you work through updating the workflows.

I would just open a couple dozen at once and update them all, then publish them all, the close them, and repeat for a few dozen more. It's a giant pain, but at least you can try to keep track of which ones have already been updated.

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