This guide explains which changes are reflected in existing cases and workflows, and which changes only apply to newly created or manually updated items.

Things That Update on existing workflows

Cases

Rules

  • Case Rules can be added or updated retroactively. Rules are dependent on the To Do / Milestone names matching. I.e. if you change the name of the To do or Milestone, the rules will no longer work.

Case Details & Entities

  • Detail fields and Entities (Document roles) can be updated on the Edit Workflow page.

Milestones

Documents

  • Milestone Documents can be pushed to workflows where the Milestone names/ID’s match except for cases created before 2020.

Things That Don’t Update

Cases

The following changes do not update existing cases:

  • Workflow name
  • Marking a workflow as “Internal Only”
  • Document Tags for folders in Case Documents

Milestones

  • Addition or removal of milestones
  • Milestone name changes
  • Icons
  • Percentage of contribution
  • To Do’s
  • Action Buttons
  • Durations
  • Predecessors

Quick Reference

Area Updates? Notes
Case Rules ✅ Yes Can be added/updated retroactively; relies on matching To Do/milestone names
Details & Entities ✅ Yes Only on the Edit Workflow page
Milestone Documents ✅ Yes Pushes to workflows when Milestone IDs match; limitations may apply to older cases
Workflow name ❌ No Does not update on existing cases
Internal Only checkbox ❌ No Does not update on existing cases
Document Tags ❌ No Does not update on existing cases
Add/remove milestones ❌ No Does not update on existing cases
Milestone name ❌ No Does not update on existing cases
Icons ❌ No Does not update on existing cases
Percentage of contribution ❌ No Does not update on existing cases
To Dos ❌ No Does not update on existing cases
Action Buttons ❌ No Does not update on existing cases
Durations ❌ No Does not update on existing cases
Predecessors ❌ No Does not update on existing cases