WORKFLOW PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE EXISTENCE OF DATA IN THE STORAGE LOCATION AND CHANGING THE SETTING INFORMATION AND NAME OF STORAGE LOCATION

The present invention allows for storing new document data immediately after the details of processing associated with a box are changed. The present invention provides a workflow processing apparatus executing processing procedures in sequence for data existing in a storage location based on setting information, where the workflow processing apparatus includes a data registration unit changing the setting information, a data acquisition unit determining whether or not data exists in the first storage location when the setting information is changed, and a box operation unit that changes the original name of the first storage location to a new name and that generates the second storage location having the original name when it is determined that the data exists in the first storage location.