A Task is an activity that needs to be accomplished within a defined period of time or by a deadline.
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Can I set my own subject in the task notification email
I have created a workflow which is creating tasks and sets the body, subject and assigned to some user or group.
SharePoint is adding some extra text to my subject. This is the text:
"has been ...
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Overdue task email notifications out of the box?
I've created a simple SharePoint 2010 Designer workflow that starts the approval process on a document library. It assigns workflow tasks to users just fine and e-mails the initiator when the workflow ...
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Canceling Workflow (Task Process) from Infopath
I have a workflow (in SP2010) Task Process that I need to be able to cancel. I had a parallel action in the "When the Task Process Is Running" that checked for Item deletion or a field change.
Run ...
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How to get approval status of a list item as a column to that list?
I have a Calendar list and an approval workflow. The workflow is initiated when a new item is added. The event gets approved in the task list. I want to get that "Outcome" column to the list. But when ...
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Randomly: Item does not exist. It may have been deleted by another user
I have a rather curious issue with some workflow tasks.
My (state machine) workflow creates a handful of tasks while running. Users interact with the tasks to move the workflow between its states. ...
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How do I create this type of Task List, with columns “Status” and “Description” instead of “Task Status” and “Body”?
I have 2 site collections, A and B.
In site collection A, when I create a new Task List, the columns are (I will call it "Type A"):
% Complete
Assigned To
Body (this one is different)
Due Date
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Custom Task Process
I am trying to create a custom task process using SharePoint Designer. Once the approver approves the task, the approver should be able to select a person/group that will be notified of this outcome.
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How can I have a user attach a file to a workflow task?
I'm using sharepoint designer 2010, custom list.
I have created workflow on that list.
I need to enable the user to enclose a file to the workflow task:
What kind of task I need to use?
P.S.
I'm ...
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Assigning a Task to a User From Lookup In Another List
I have a list with several fields, one being an ID (single line text) and another an Approver (person/group). I then have another list where the ID is the source for a lookup. What I would like to ...
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Load All Task Items in to Page?
I have Task list in home page containing multiple task items,
Is it possible to approve multiple items at once, instead of one at a time (being redirected to the start page after each approval..) ?
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Stop user adding tasks to document approval tasks list
I explained to the users of my SharePoint to upload a document to the library and start the Approval workflow. All was going well until one user went to the tasks list, created a new task and attached ...
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SharePoint2013 “Start Task Process” workflow activity
The problem is the following: I need to create a workflow using sharepoint designer, which will create tasks for chosen users and after, will send them email notifications, where every email will ...
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Workflow doesnt start anymore after add new item, how can I find the problem?
I am using sharepoint 2010 and created a visual studio workflow which is creating some tasks and assign it to some user or group. I have deploy for a couple of 3 times new versions to my environment. ...
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How to add a lookup field to workflow custom task form?
I'm trying to create a task in a workflow which collects data from user with sp designer 2010.
Some predefined available type for custom form fields single line of text, choice and such things.
I want ...
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Custom Task assigned to multiple users in SP 2010
I have a first SharePoint List that contains two columns:
Name of the application
Name(s) of the developer(s)
There is a second SharePoint List that fires a Sequential Workflow in Visual Studio ...
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Remove text on task popup
With a workflow added to a document, is it possible to remove the text "This workflow task applies to " on the task popup?
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SPD Workflow Approval Task- Unexpected Error When Viewing Task
I have a SPD 2010 workflow that is starting an approval process and assigning a task to a user. I'm running into an odd issue. When a user with contribute permissions on the Task list tries to view ...
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Gather Data From User not sending task emails
I have a workflow with a gather data from component. The email is sent to a user stored in current item: Assigned Manager field in the content type that triggers the workflow. When the user fills out ...
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Gantt Chart in SharePoint— Timeline view disappears
The first time I load the page, the timeline view of tasks appears no problem. However, when I start to add an item, scroll along the timeline, or otherwise take an action on the page, the timeline ...
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Linked Data Source problems
I have some few questions regarding how to make Linked Data Sources work.
Is there a way to have the column headers be able to sort by
ascending or descending (this is not too important but is ...
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Can I control the name of forms when using a custom task process in SharePoint Designer?
I use SPD 2010 to create a complex workflow. I use many custom task process to interact with the different users at different stages of the workflow.
Each time I add a new custom task process in my ...
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SharePoint 2007 - False task assignment e-mails
I am experiencing a problem with the workflow that is currently being used to manage review tasks on some document. Once the workflow starts, false task assignment e-mails are sent to the requester ...
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SPD Workflow not looping on item changed
I have a reminder workflow on a task list. It simply checks if the task has been completed and then sends a reminder email if it hasn't. It then pauses for a period of time and then updates a field in ...
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Grouping task so that one email will be sent for the group of task
I need to group all the task assigned to one person. This could be 50 task assigned at one time. At which point I want to alert the task owner that they have all these task assigned to them as well as ...
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Performance Point Dasboard for a sharepoint Projects Task List?
I have createed a "Projects Tasks List" in sharepoint with a couple of columns added for further detail.
I am looking to create a Dashboard with atleast three visual aid sections to improve better ...
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SPListItem.Tasks always empty
I have a custom sharepoint (2007) list (named testlist) on which I attached a test workflow (built with sharepoint designer 2007 and named testwf), which only task defined in the 'Actions' section at ...
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Modify Feedback Workflow to transfer a custom column value from Shared Documents to the Tasks list
I would like to modify the default feedback workflow. I have already made a copy of the workflow and made some minor adjustments to fit my needs. Now I need the work flow to pull the information from ...
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SharePoint Project Tasks - displaying gantt
I have a list with template of Project Tasks, I have a number of summary tasks and inside these a number of tasks.
I'd like to create a page which displays the gantt view (as it is after I clicked ...
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How do you update the task message links?
I have a Form Library that a feedback workflow is attached to. The issue is, every task the gets generated, embeddes a link to the file for which the workflow is running. Problem is, since this is a ...
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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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Update Custom InfoPath Task Form on Forms Library item update
The problem statement is quite simple actually but i guess i am just very new to Custom workflows and InfoPath.
This is what i do with my code:
Use a custom infoPath form to save values into a ...
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How to mark a group task as complete if any member of the group completes it?
I created a group in SharePoint of three people who can publish documents. Then I created a workflow that assigns a task to that group when a document needs to be published.
If any of those three ...
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How to set start and end date in Timeline webpart in SharePoint 2013?
So here is the scenario. I want to "hijack" the Timeline webpart used for project sites in SP2013 and set a fixed start and end date. There is an option to lock the timeline in it's current state in ...
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SP2013 Is there a way to connect to task list with outlook 2013
is there a way to sync a task list to office 2013 and office 2010 in an Exchange 2010 environment? Or the only way to get it to work is to upgrade Exchange to 2013?
Just want a confirmation on that!
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Why I got this task email subject: “has been assigned to you again”?
I have a workflow which is creating tasks. When creating these tasks I set the title, body, status etc fields. When the workflow start It creates the task and I will receive an email because the task ...
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Is it possible to set a value when collecting a task from a user
This is probably quite simple, yet i'm struggling to come up with an answer.
I have:
List A: Requests
List B: Approval Tasks
When a request is created a workflow starts that in step one "Collects ...
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Ways of implementing “Change Requests” behaviour in SPD 2013 workflow
I am implementing SPD 2013 workflow and have to add possibility to change requests in every task. In SPD2010 WFs we could set the Change Requests button and it created all the behaviour behind the ...
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Workflow Task URL Link
I have created a custom approval workflow with Visual Studio 2010 for Sharepoint 2007 using WSPBuilder, everything works fine, however I’ve been asked to customise the E-mail, which is also ok, the ...
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How to add additional workflow task in SharePoint workflow?
I am developing a sequence workflow. It contains a Replicator and its InitialChildData property is bound to the list of strings representing users. The activity that gets replicated is the workflow ...
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Track a list like History List
I have a list; one of the columns is called "Assigned to" and the data which should be entered in this column should be Usernames. When we enter a username/usernames in this field, this item will be ...
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How can I remove the 'Open this task…' button from Workflow Task e-mail?
This issue that prompted this question..
As it appears there is no workaround to the workflow task opening constantly issue, is there a way of removing this button from default workflow task e-mails?
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Comments field not updating
I am developing a workflow. I have extended the Workflow Task content type with the Comments field using SharePoint UI. I need to set some value for this field in my code when editing the task, but it ...
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How do I export Sharepoint Project tasks List to Microsoft Project 2010?
I would like to be able to Export items from Project Tasks List (Sharepoint 2010 Enterprise) to Microsoft Project 2010 Standard just like the export to excel function.
Would also like to be able to ...
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Calling “Reassign task” function
Does anyone know how to reassign a task using code c#? I have a requirement where a user will click on a button and SPUser is passed as a parameter, the workflow task need to be reassigned to a ...
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How to unlock a Task Item after updating it?
I am using Workflow to assign tasks and running another action in parallel to update Task (Tasks created by assign task action).
This piece is working fine. However, the task is staying locked for ...
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Sharepoint doesnt send notifications for tasks
My question is about Sharepoint. I create a workflow via Sharepoint designer, and "Assign a To-do Item" in it. When workflow start it doesn't send any notifications via email. But when I add "Send ...
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Multiple approval Workflow in SharePoint 2007
I know we can develop this custom with a custom button using .NET. But wanted to know what option we have from the native MOSS 2007 product and/or with SharePoint designer workflows.
We have a ...
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How to use updateAllTasks in a custom workflow
I am making a custom workflow in Visual Studio. I want to use the updateAllTasks workflow item to update all the tasks. I am trying the following in the invoke method.
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AlterToDo is not affecting Comments but Affecting other fields
I am facing some creepy error here.
i am trying to alter a task using AlterToDo Method of Workflow.asmx
Here is my code
strTaskdata = "<my:myFields xmlns:my= ...
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Enterprise - External Task List - Connect to Outlook- setting Assigned To
I've got an External List coming from an External Content Type which has Office Item Type of "Task". It comes from an external system which has its own concept of a task, and I'm pulling them into ...
