Is it possible to have multiple instances of the same workflow running at the same time in ION?

Andrew Vieira

Recently I was making a new workflow that I would want to run multiple instances of at the same time. When testing the workflow, the activation policy failed to start a second instance of the workflow because the first instance was still running.

Is it possible to run multiple instances of the same workflow at the same time? I have a work around if I can't, but this would help reduce development time if possible.

Here is a picture of what happens if I attempt to run multiple instances: 

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Of course, its possible to run multiple instances of the same workflow. But the important difference is that its not possible to run multiple instances on the same document instance...!! I think thats what is happening. This is by design. It is scary to allow disjoint workflow instances controlling the fate of the same document. (i.e., same document type + primary key). Imagine that a given order is already assigned to someone who is still deciding to approve or reject. It would lead to data consistency issues if you allow another workflow to start on the very same document. What is possible is to consciously override any active workflow instance on that very same document by checking the "Cancel running workflow" option when you are starting a workflow.



Hope this helps.