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title: "Workflow translator for cloud"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/CDML/649924970/Workflow%20translator%20for%20cloud"
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## Overview

Space workflows are included in the migration to Confluence Cloud using the Atlassian CCMA. However, you can use the **Workflow Translator for Cloud** to [translate a hosted app workflow to cloud-compatible JSON code](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649857615) and add it to Confluence Cloud by copying and pasting the translated workflow to the Comala Document Management Cloud workflow code editor.

> 📝 **Workflow Translator for Cloud**: Due to functional differences between Confluence Data Center and Confluence Cloud, the translated workflow template might need additional editing in the cloud, for example, for workflow triggers and some parameters.

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> A data center app workflow can be translated into cloud-compatible JSON code [using Workflow Translator for Cloud](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649857615), which is available in the workflow builder
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> ![cdmdc_workflowtranslator_tranalated_simpleapprovalworkflow.png](media://85f7850a-b3f5-4249-b13a-3c8957b65689)
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> > ℹ️ Some [product features and functionalities in the cloud app are different from ](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649627126)those in the data center and server apps. Therefore, the workflow translator cannot translate all the elements and parameters of a workflow into a cloud-compatible JSON workflow template.

## Accessing Workflow Translator for Cloud

> ℹ️ Workflow Translator for Cloud (available from [v6.18.0](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/650249968) or later) must be enabled in the [global admin app configuration](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649889951).

**Workflow Translator for Cloud** is available in your hosted app when accessing the workflow builder for a workflow in the

- global workflows dashboard
- space settings document management dashboard, or
- on a page with an applied page workflow

The workflow cloud translator button is displayed in the workflow builder when a workflow is opened in the visual editor or markup editor.

![image](media://d96cf307-3e34-413d-8dd6-8df8c46c3a45)

Choose the **Cloud Translator** button in the workflow builder navigation panel to view the current workflow in the workflow translation tool.

![image](media://297df6cf-fa41-45e5-ad6f-9a9880bdf70b)

Choose the **Translate** button to translate and display the cloud-compatible workflow template as JSON code for the workflow in the **Translated Workflow** dialog box.

 Copy the workflow cloud-compatible JSON code to the clipboard.

- Select the copy icon next to the **Translated workflow** box title

> ℹ️ Some elements and parameters of the hosted app workflow might not be cloud-compatible.

Paste the cloud-compatible code into the Comala Document Management Cloud workflow code editor in a space on your cloud site (o*r paste it as text to a text/code editor for storag*e). The trigger can then be viewed (and edited) in the cloud app visual editor.

`See: [Using workflow translator for cloud](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649857615)

Workflow Translator for Cloud translates the workflow elements and their parameters into a cloud-compatible JSON code.

- Workflow name, description, and workflow states are all included
- State transitions are translated (with **Submit** being translated as a single state option in a **Select** transition)
- Approval names, reviewers (users and groups), assignors, assignees
- Workflow triggers are translated if the workflow event is supported (although they can be translated with empty actions)

Workflow elements or parameters not translated to cloud-compatible code by the tool are displayed in the** **dialog box.

> 📝 Elements listed in the dialog box need to be recreated manually in the cloud workflow using the workflow builder visual editor or code editor.

See: [Workflow elements translated using the workflow translator](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/2179924396) 

## Related pages

- [Migrating to Confluence Cloud](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/648479588)
- [Workflow elements and concepts - Comala Document Management Cloud](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDMC/pages/2193066207)
- [Workflow editor - Comala Document Management Cloud](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=CDMC&title=Workflow%20editor)