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Unable to end a workflow on a list

I've got a SP workflow issue that I'm struggling with. I've got a list and a task list, a user submits an item to the list then a task is created which is automatically assigned to the "admin". After ...
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Value of currency type colum is wrongly displayed in workflow email

In my list, I have a column called "Cost" which is a currency type column. When a user creates a new item in the list, I send a workflow email. In that email, I use [%Current Item:Cost%] to pull up ...
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How to add a column in list with the its workflow task column “Outcome” of a list item?

I have a calendar list and I am using an approval workflow. When the user creates a list item it goes to a team leader for approval. So the "Outcome" column of the workflow task list is set to the ...
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Editing Appearance of Lookup Field in SP Workflow Email

I have a workflow that sends an email when a new item is added to a list. The email includes the creator of the new item, which uses a lookup value. CurrentItem-CreatedBy-String = [%Current ...
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how to add list column values to workflow email?

I have a calendar list and I added several text box column values. I am using a customized workflow created in SharePoint Designer 2010 to send an email when there is a new event is added. I want to ...
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Wrong Start Time displayed in Workflow email

I am using a workflow email to alert the users about a new event. I am able to get the name of the event and end time of the event in email successfully using [%Current Item:Name of Event%] and ...
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Workflow Manager Configuration Wizard blocked ports

I am running the Workflow Manager Configuration Wizard for Sharepoint 2013 workflows, but I am getting the flowing errors, I can't find anything on Google so I am hoping that someone here knows what ...
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I want to execute workflow when new item is inserted

private void codeActivity1_ExecuteCode(object sender, EventArgs e) { SPSite objsite = SPContext.Current.Site; using (SPWeb objWeb = SPContext.Current.Web) { ...
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TimerJob editing workflow and web config - Consuming external webservice

I have a list that is attached to a workflow (State machine, VS2010, SP2010). There is an OnWorkflowItemChanged activity that will check if a column of the list has been changed. If it changed, it ...
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Can you import a visio sharepoint workflow template directly into Visual studio without using Designer?

We are trying to determine if it is possible to import a workflow directly from Visio to Visual Studio without using SharePoint Designer. A comment here: ...
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Anonymous access problem on multi-lingual website

I created a new publishing site with anonymous access enabled and it was working fine. Then I made it multi lingual by making English and Arabic versions. You know by going to "Language Settings" and ...
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Is it possible to intigrate between building a WikiSite & using workflow

After carefully reading the available templates in SharePoint 2013 i have settled on using the enterprise wiki template to implement a full knowledge library for my company. But as our wiki might ...
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Is it possible to change the value of “Created By” in Comments list of a blog?

I have a SharePoint blog where few people can contribute but everyone can comment. But they want to comment as anonymous. So I created a new column in Comments list called "Post as anonymous" with a ...
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Approval Workflow OOTB SharePoint 2010

I am still learning how workflows work and this is the first time I have used OOTB so needless to say, I coded much more than I needed to. With that being said, today we tested the approval which goes ...
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Customize search so it only indexes approved documents

I have a document library which is using approval work flow. I have search application running that indexes everything. I want to tweak that search application so it only indexes those documents in ...
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How to change the From address in Feedback workflow email?

I am having a workflow for a document library. Whenever the workflow starts, it sends an emails with From: Documents. I want to change it to the current user. How is it possible?
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How to move a document from SharePoint folder to local directory in a drive?

I know there is a workflow to move documents from one folder (or a library) to a different one inside the SharePoint based on their approval status or version number etc. But I want to move the ...
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Creating Items in Drop-Off Library via SPD Workflow

Today I learned you can't move items to a Drop Off Library via workflow and expect its routing rules to kick in automatically. You then have to manually "Submit" each item, even if all metadata is ...
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Error passing XML to Sharepoint Workflow

I am using workflowManager.StartWorkflow to pass the following XML into a standard Approval workflow. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <dfs:myFields ...
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Load Data in List Column based on another list

I tried searching before posting but I guess not getting the correct answer. I have two list: List A Created By Value ABC Value1 PQR Value2 List B Value Ok, my requirement is, when I click on ...
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Error while form opening if it is created from SharePoint Designer

I got stuck! :P My goal: New form in source library ====> New form in target library [both web-browser enabled, following Infopath templates] Using "create list item" action within a workflow ...
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How to create a Sharepoint 2010 List with parent-child relationship and apply approval workflow?

I have 2 Custom Lists in Sharepoint 2010 ExpenseList (Parent List) ExpenseDetailsList (Child List) I want to display the ExpenseDetailsList inside the ExpenseList to the user. User shall be able ...
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Event Receiver on SharePoint-hosted Apps

Is it possible to create event receiver or workflow on SharePoint-hosted apps in SharePoint 2013? I have not much knowledge about SharePoint apps. If yes then how to create it... Can we use Remote ...
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task assigned to “person” on “date” is overdue

The task that is mentioned in the title status is cancelled, but it still sends out that it is overdue, please advise me if you know how to stop this issue.
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Error occurred in deployment step 'Activate Features': Feature with Id 'xxxxx-xxx' is not installed in this farm, and cannot be added to this scope

while installing a feature, VS ouput the error: Error occurred in deployment step 'Activate Features': Feature with Id 'xxxxxxx-xxxx' is not installed in this farm, and cannot be added to this scope. ...
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Can someone help me use SharePoint 2010 to do data processing?

TL;DR: I need to create a system in SharePoint in which a user uploads an Excel (or CSV) file to the site from a webpage. The site takes the uploaded document and uses it to populate a list. Then it ...
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Using a lookup to set the To: address on a sharepoint designer 2010 workflow email action

I have a sharepoint designer 2010 workflow with a email action. I want to set the value for the To: address to a field of the Current Item using a lookup ( [%Current Item:Vendor Contact%]. ...
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How to extract a workflow completion dateand time and display that info in a list column?

I am looking to display the date and time (date at minimum) of workflow completion under a column in one of my lists. I would assume that this would be done using a calculated column. I am open to ...
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How to get item created in Sharepoint Designer 2010 workflow

Here is the setup. I create an item in my Sharepoint Designer 2010 workflow, which is output (the id I believe) to variable CREATE. I then want to send an email to a user where the URL of created ...
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Error occurred when assigning permission to multiple user in impersonation step in SharePoint 2010 Designer workflow

I am trying to create a Collect Feedback and an Approval workflow in SharePoint 2010 Designer. I always get error occurred when permission is granted/revoked to multiple user (supplied by the user) in ...
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Display Word document in browser as read only

I don't really know where to put out this question. Because it touches several subjects. We've got a Sharepoint 2010 site where we're trying to build a document Library for thousands of documents. ...
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Custom Sequential Workflow creates 10 items for 1 event in Calendar

I had created a Custom Sequential Workflow in Visual Studio 2010 which runs when any Event is added in Calendar List. I have created a Custom Column named "Sequence". Now when I create any event in ...
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SharePoint 2010 OOTB Approval Workflow Visualization

SharePoint 2010 does a great job of giving the visualization of your workflow EXCEPT for the OOTB approval workflow. That visualization looks horrible. Business users need a better visualization and ...
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Uploading a document of given content type invokes wrong workflow

Problem summary: Given 2 content types and a different workflow associated with each CT, one workflow works properly for it's CT but when the other CT is uploaded the wrong workflow is invoked. I have ...
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SharePoint 2007 Workflow for multiple items

In SharePoint 2007 what options do we have say if we want to enable an approval workflow on multiple documents not just one? It's for a Doc Lib which will contain approx hundred PDFs where there are a ...
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Validation based on previous entries in the same List in Sharepoint 2010

I am new to Sharepoint. I am trying to create a site which has a list that stores loan information. The loan approval process is done by an Approval Workflow. I need to validate whether the person ...
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Approval workflow: can an approver reject an item that they previously approved?

As I understand, the SharePoint 2010 workflow creates Task items for each approval, and once the task is closed (either approved or rejected), that's it. Can this be modified so that approvers can ...
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SharePoint 2010 approval workflows: how to pull data from against a different list

I'm adding an Approval workflow to an SP2010 list. The list will record change requests for certain items. There is a second list that tracks, for each item, which SharePoint group should be notified ...
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Outlook 2010 does not open SharePoint 2010 Overdue task and pops up a flickering window

Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 integrates with SharePoint 2010 workflow notifications by providing an option to "Open this Task" on the ribbon. We have an issue where when the user tries to open an ...
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Outlook 2010 does not open SharePoint 2010 Overdue task

Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 integrates with SharePoint 2010 workflow notifications by providing an option to "Open this Task" on the ribbon. We have an issue where when the user tries to open an ...
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Does Updating Infopath form for Library required to update the task infopath forms in WF

I have an infopath form which is deployed using stsadm. This infopath form is published to Form Library A. This library has an apporval WF to approve the forms. The WF has a task forms which are ...
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Lists and libraries are not showing in sp designer 2010

I created on site and working with work flows. I created reusable work flow. Now I want to associate that workflow with shared documents library. Whe I open the shared documents library in sharepoint ...
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Information Management Policy on list to kick off workflow that sends a weekly summary email

I am using SP 2010. My assignment is to create a process that sends one weekly email for updates/additions to List A, instead of on each change. I created a workflow on list A. Any time there has ...
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How to send email to a specific list item

Is there a way to for a user to reply to a workflow(generated on create item) email and make that email content attach to that particular list item? This list is a issue tracking list and part of a ...
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Workflow not starting on adding new item to list via a custom aspx page/form?

I am using FB Authentication and have a custom sign in page for Users(External) to request new accounts. On request, their details are added to a custom list. I have workflow on this custom list ...
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CAML Query to pull list items only if their approved?

Although the solution seems relatively strightforward it doesnt seem to work. Here is my CAML query to pull all items from a list that have been approved through the OOTB Sharepoint Approval ...
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Updating a top level list from a subsite

I have a contracts list on the top level site because it needs to be accessed by multiple subsites, however one of the subsites has a list that gathers some pieces of information that I need to push ...
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how to create an infopath repeating section

I would like to know how will i be able to create a infopath form with the ability to have repeating sections and then submit that information into a sharepoint list. Hep would greatly be ...
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Need to collect info from Approver during approval workflow step

Within a custom workflow in SP2010, I have an approval step. When an approver brings up their screen to approve or reject, If they select "approve", I need to be able to collect another piece of ...
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How to get value from TexonomyField in Sequentail Workflow for Document Library?

I am create Sequential Workflow for document library in Visual Studio 2010 and also create Meta Data Column Field which field name is TexonomyType. first ways i get TexonomyField like this: ...

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