Available with Workflow Manager license.
Note:
ArcGIS Workflow Manager (Classic) will retire in ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3. It is recommended that current users begin creating projects in the services-driven version of ArcGIS Workflow Manager.
Learn more about deprecation and deployment options for Workflow Manager
ArcGIS Workflow Manager (Classic) is a server extension of ArcGIS Server that provides a framework to organize, centralize, and standardize project workflows using web services.
Workflow Manager (Classic) helps address many business challenges that arise in GIS as well as non-GIS environments. The following are some of the biggest challenges for businesses:
- Inconsistent workflows being followed for a common process
- Little to no information about who performed the work and when it was completed
- No easy way to monitor the status and progress of work being performed
- Too much time wasted in gathering information to report to stakeholders
- Employees not knowing what they are supposed to work on
- Difficulty in categorizing historical information related to a specific task performed
- Managing data versions respective to each task
- Tracking the tasks that have been temporarily halted
Using Workflow Manager (Classic), you can address not only these challenges but many more and balance the issues caused by cost, time, or data errors.
Enable the Workflow Manager (Classic) server extension
The stand-alone Workflow Manager (Classic) server extension installer is no longer necessary starting at 10.9.1. However, the software must be authorized using your Workflow Manager (Classic) server extension license key on each machine on which it is installed.
ArcGIS Server is required and must be installed to compatible versions. Support is not provided for Linux operating systems.
Authorize software
Visit My Esri to obtain authorization (by email, fax, phone, or mail), then use your license key to authorize the Workflow Manager (Classic) server extension.
Once the Workflow Manager (Classic) server extension license is used to authorize each instance of ArcGIS Server, the Workflow Manager (Classic) server extension features and services that are native to ArcGIS Enterprise are available to use.
Upgrade from 10.8, 10.9, or 10.9.1
When upgrading to 11.2 from 10.9.1, you must upgrade to ArcGIS Server 11.2 and authorize the Workflow Manager (Classic) server extension. If you didn't republish and overwrite your existing workflow services at 10.9.1, you must republish and overwrite your existing workflow services after upgrading to 11.2 using the Publish Workflow Service tool. You must also uninstall previous versions of the Workflow Manager (Classic) server extension once the new workflow services have been published.
When upgrading to 11.2 from 10.8 or 10.9, you must upgrade to ArcGIS Server 11.2, authorize the Workflow Manager (Classic) server extension, and republish and overwrite your existing workflow services using the Publish Workflow Service tool. You must also uninstall previous versions of the Workflow Manager (Classic) server extension once the new workflow services have been published.
Compatibility with ArcGIS Pro
Note:
ArcGIS Enterprise 11.2 and ArcGIS Pro 3.2 are the last supported versions of Workflow Manager (Classic).
ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Enterprise must be installed to compatible versions.
Note:
This applies only to services published using the Publish Workflow Service tool in ArcGIS Pro.
| ArcGIS Pro version | ArcGIS Enterprise version |
|---|---|
3.2 | 11.2 |
3.1 | 11.1 |
3.0 | 11.0 |
2.9 | 10.9.1 |
2.8 | 10.9 |
2.6 | 10.8.1 |
Workflow service
The workflow service is a type of ArcGIS Server service originating from a Workflow Manager (Classic) repository. Using Workflow Manager (Classic), you can expose your workflow management capabilities on the web with ArcGIS. The Workflow Manager (Classic) system is configured using desktop tools, and the repository is published as a service on ArcGIS Server.
The workflow service allows you to integrate your existing business process with your GIS workflows through REST and SOAP APIs. You can review the job status through a web app, assign work to staff, and evaluate the progress of existing jobs.
Workflow Manager (Classic) JavaScript Viewer
The Workflow Manager (Classic) JavaScript Viewer is a GIS web client workflow manager app for ArcGIS Server. It is a complete workflow management app that allows for ease and efficiency toward managing and tracking business workflows. The JavaScript Viewer is configurable to meet custom business needs and requirements. No programming skills are required to deploy it.
Integration with Portal for ArcGIS
Workflow Manager (Classic) supports Portal for ArcGIS authentication in addition to the existing authentication methods supported by the web app. With Workflow Manager (Classic) running in a federated Portal for ArcGIS or ArcGIS Server environment, the web app can leverage the users from the portal store. The identity store for your portal defines where the credentials of your portal accounts are stored, how authentication occurs, and how group membership is managed.
In the portal store, members belong to a Portal for ArcGIS organization, and the username is as defined in the portal. The members are managed in the portal, the profile cannot be edited, and members are assigned to groups in Workflow Manager (Classic) Administrator and inherit privileges based on the Workflow Manager (Classic) groups.
Portal authentication is available in 10.3.1 and later versions of Workflow Manager (Classic).