Size difference of Workflow

Hi,
I find difference in size of workflow compared from /iw-store/workflow and
size of ./iwgetwfobj

For example:
Consider my workflow id is 12345 and I find the size of workflow from /iw-store/workflow is 998800

The same workflow when I check the size from
$size = iwgetwfobj 12345 and check the size of $size in bytes, there is huge difference, it size is around 112456

Why there so huge difference in size of workflow.

Thanks and Regards,
SatishKumar T Jadhav

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kaalraa

Hi,
I find difference in size of workflow compared from /iw-store/workflow and
size of ./iwgetwfobj

For example:
Consider my workflow id is 12345 and I find the size of workflow from /iw-store/workflow is 998800

The same workflow when I check the size from
$size = iwgetwfobj 12345 and check the size of $size in bytes, there is huge difference, it size is around 112456

Why there so huge difference in size of workflow.

Thanks and Regards,
SatishKumar T Jadhav

Former is the workflow you have written and later is what being compiled by workflow engine to be used.

How can the size of human readable and compiled code is to be same?

Adam Stoller

Hi,
I find difference in size of workflow compared from /iw-store/workflow and
size of ./iwgetwfobj

For example:
Consider my workflow id is 12345 and I find the size of workflow from /iw-store/workflow is 998800

The same workflow when I check the size from
$size = iwgetwfobj 12345 and check the size of $size in bytes, there is huge difference, it size is around 112456

Why there so huge difference in size of workflow.

Thanks and Regards,
SatishKumar T Jadhav

/iw-store/workflow is the complete backing store of all active workflows - it is doubtful that you should be trying to use it for anything (i.e.: consider it an internal piece of the TS product - a black-box as it were)

Sarang

I have a question out here on the replies so far....

In case like above, If I want to know the workflows which are lets say greater than "x" size, Its the compiled size that I am refering to and not the XML size.

Am I interpreting right or it is the other way around?

Sarang

kaalraa

Correct, as what you write is a workflow. However, the size which matters is of the job instance.

I have a question out here on the replies so far....

In case like above, If I want to know the workflows which are lets say greater than "x" size, Its the compiled size that I am refering to and not the XML size.

Am I interpreting right or it is the other way around?

Sarang

Adam Stoller

I have a question out here on the replies so far....

In case like above, If I want to know the workflows which are lets say greater than "x" size, Its the compiled size that I am refering to and not the XML size.

Am I interpreting right or it is the other way around?

Sarang

I don't believe this analogy exists per se - the workflows are XML, and they are processed by a workflow engine - if you want to get an idea of how big the XML gets - use iwgetwfobj -r jobid for each active job - and you can process that information with something like wc -l or wc -c on Unix - or something similar(?) on Windows.

Sarang

That sounds confusing. If I do iwgetwfobj -r jobid for active job, the output that I am going to get is the workflow xml and then refering to the size of this xml is going to contradict what we are just saying.

Adam Stoller

That sounds confusing. If I do iwgetwfobj -r jobid for active job, the output that I am going to get is the workflow xml and then refering to the size of this xml is going to contradict what we are just saying.

It's not a contradiction - the workflows are, as far as I know, stored in XML format and processed by an engine - I don't believe that there is a "binary" format for the workflows that it stored anywhere but in memory.

I could be wrong though - if you're looking for absolute factual information on this - I suggest you contact IWOV Support and see if they can find out for you.

Personally, I've never worried about how big a "compiled" WFT is - I worry about how big the WFT is.