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Workflow Timer Interval

Can I change Workflow Timer Interval value from default "every 5 minutes" to "every minutes" without impact to performace? Thanks for supprt, Best regards
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how to copy List item attachment to document library with SharePoint Designer workflows?

I have SP Foundation without access to the server local folders, so my only change is through Sharepoint designer as far as I know. how can I copy a List item attachment to document library with ...
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SP2010 farm scoped custom workflow action not available in designer

We're trying the "Update Items By List View" custom workflow action available here: http://efspwfactivities.codeplex.com/releases/view/63115 It works fine in one of our development environments ...
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How to send digitally signed email with user certificate using SharePoint 2010 workflows?

I am having a requirement that sending an Email which is digitally signed with user certificate using SharePoint 2010 workflows?
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SharePoint 2010 Workflow - Send email to item owner 1 month in advance

I'm very much learning the basics of Workflows and need to carry out the following to a list of meeting 'Agenda items' with the 'Date/time' and 'Presenter(s)' (sorry that this is probably ridiculously ...
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workflow custom outcome choice site column takes always default value

I am facing a weird issue, Having one programmatically created Workflow custom task list , Content type and Custom outcome site column. Task outcome always return the taskOutcome: 0 (i.e default ...
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Sharepoint Workflow Logic

Hello there I have a infopath form with Sharepoint workflow attached to it. I want to be able to send an email to a certain person based on what the "users" last name starts with. So for example: ...
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Sharepoint designer - Collect data from user error

I am new to sharepoint workflow development. I created my workflow in sharepoint designer 2010. My problem is the following: My workflow has a few steps, in every step I use the "collect data from ...
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Conditionally Require Approval on List Items

I have a calendar list, and I need to have it so that only items that meet a certain condition require approval. I have tried to use workflow, but when I fire them on the create/change event, the ...
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Sharpoint designer 2013 Stopping when Workflow People/Group Selection

Sharepoint Designer 2013 is stopping unexpectedly when click to People/Groups from Sharepoint Site. As an example, Send an Email action and I want to send the email to a Sharepoint Site Collection ...
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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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Workflow not parsing 0:# data

So I'm checking if CurrentItem:field is empty or not, and so I put a log inside to figure out where the error was, heres what I got: 4/29/2013 1:53 PM Comment System Account 0;# 4/29/2013 1:53 ...
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How do I have a workflow wait until a date field is entered or changed in Sharepoint Designer 2013

I see examples with "Wait for Change" in an date field (column) for SharePoint Designer 2010, but in those examples the condition is selectable (equal, not equal, etc.) but in Designer 2013 it appears ...
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MS Access Web database update on Task completion in sharepoint 2010 site

Working on a Sharepoint 2010 website with a list of Tasks. The Tasks have a custom field - "Hours worked" which is a number. I have added a web database(Access) site (Contacts Web Database template) ...
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SP2010 Workflow Copy Item Error

I'm having issues with a workflow that copies items from one document library to another after an approval process. The workflow starts automatically when an item is changed. It gets cancelled and I ...
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Approval workflow doesn't work SharePoint 2013

I'm trying to set up a knowledge base using enterprise wiki pages in SharePoint 2013. Now I'm trying to set up a workflow: Newly created or edited wiki pages have to be approved by the administrator ...
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Create a workflow in sharepoint 2010

Create a Workflow to Review the Items and publish the same for a media library Thanks in advance
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Auto-aprove Task Status based on column option in my list?

I am trying to have the status of my task automatically updated when a list field equals a specific option (this would eliminate the need to go into the task and 'Approve' the status therefore ...
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Deploy List Workflow in Production Environment

I created list workflow using SharePoint Designer. How to deploy my list workflow in Production environment?
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Workflow doesn't create tasks anymore

I created a custom workflow via copy&modify of the OOB feedback workflow in SharePoint Designer 2010. When the workflow is started there are usually tasks created for every participant of the ...
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SharePoint Designer 2010 Workflow creates ASPX form instead of InfoPath form

I tried re-installing my workflows on my server after a new deployment had run, but now I encounter the following behaviour: Instead of the previous InfoPath initiation form it creates an aspx form ...
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Approval/Feedback workflow: how to change the task status with a custom button on InfoPath Form?

I created two workflows, one based on the approval workflow and another based on the feedback workflow via SharePoint Designer 2010. For both workflows I'm trying to find a solution to add a custom ...
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How to make it possible to set the due date in a approval/feedback workflow to current date?

I created two workflows, one based on the approval workflow and another based on the feedback workflow via SharePoint Designer 2010. When you start one of the workflows you can set a due date, but at ...
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How to determine business days in sharepoint workflow

One step of my workflow needs to calculate how many BUSINESS days i have between two dates. The problem is that my customer registers the holidays in a sharepoint list. So i will need to query this ...
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Sharepoint Workflows and Managed Term Sets

Platform: Sharepoint 2010 with Sharepoint Designer 2010 Are there any explanations out there on how to create a workflow with an email template that is sent to certain people based on a taxonomy term ...
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Custom Workflow Activity for merging users in field + assignedTo value from task (problems & questions)

First of all, a little explanation what this is about: I'm currently trying to write a custom workflow activity for use in SharePoint Designer 2010. I've got a column in my list - let's call it ...
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Workflow For Updating To A List(Sharepoint)

I have created a workflow to add the values from excel sheet in SP list...I want to create a condition such like whenever the excel is modified its values should get reflected in the list.. I Am Using ...
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Removing previous versions and copying document to another library

I have to do a workflow where I need to remove previous draft versions of the document and then copy it to another library. I added to actions like this: But when I check the document in the CSI ...
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Set Person field type in a SharePoint Designer Workflow best practices

In SP Designer, when using the "Set Field in Current Item" action, if the field you are setting is a Person type, there are several choices to "return" the data as. For example, if setting your Person ...
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shrepoint 2007 workflow retrieve group of values

I have two lists that i would like to use to create a workflow that sends email whenever an item is created. Here the details: List Officers has two columns, City and Officer and there clearly are ...
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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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How do you track down Workflow Errors in SharePoint 2013?

I recently set up SP 2013 to use workflows and I created a custom workflow in SPD 2013 that basically creates tasks and sets the items status when those tasks are completed. The problem is as soon as ...
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SharePoint 2010 Create sample WorkFlow on Document Library

Am totally new to WorkFlows in SharePoint 2010. I know the question could be too basic. but please help me sorting this out. I have SharePoint 2010 web application have Groups: Presenters and ...
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Start workflow from within a workflow?

I have a workflow that is created from a default "Approval" template, and the basic startup conditions are not enough for my purposes. I also can't open this workflow in SP Designer (it doesn't even ...
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Designer Workflow: change document file extension upon upload

So I would like to try to create a workflow on a library that simply checks to see if the file extension is anything other than .xml, and if it is, rename the Name (File Name) to the same value with ...
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Note: Due to heavy load, the latest workflow operation has been queued. It will attempt to resume at a later time.

Since some time when I run workflow I see this "Note: Due to heavy load, the latest workflow operation has been queued. It will attempt to resume at a later time." This is very simple workflow which ...
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SharePoint Designer Workflow actions - how to get substring from start of variable until character “|”

Any way to get the susbstring from the start of the string until a specific character in a SharePoint designer workflow action? I cannot use "Extract Substring from Start of String" because there ...
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How do you change the approval status back to Pending if an already approved document has been edited?

I have an approval workflow in a document library. It's manually started by the user because they may not want to start it everytime they edit a document. The workflow is as follows: If for UK ...
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How would I take a date field and subtract 30 days to show the month prior to the original date

I have records that are modified each month. The site is used to display the previous month's information. However, to make sure that the information is correct, I want to use the date the ...
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2010 - Email a selection from a datasheet

Environment: 2010 Enterprise One of our sites has several lists created from uploading spreadsheets and viewing them in a datasheet view. Some users have been asking if there's a way to easily select ...
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SPD Workflow - Create Multiple List Items

I have three lists: a list of companies, a calendar and a task list. Upon creation of a calendar item, I need a task to be created for each company in the "Companies" list. Any ideas how to go ...
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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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Customizing email sent to the Requester in a SharePoint 2010 WorkFlow Out Of The Box Without using custom code and SP Designer

We have a SharePoint 2010 site in Production. We are not supposed to deploy any custom code. We should not use SharePoint Designer as well. We have a Custom List and an Out of the box approval ...
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Users not assigned for a task in “Collect User Data” action in SP2010 can complete the assignee's task

This has been bugging me for weeks wherein the task assigned to a specific user which was issued by a workflow through the action "Collect User Data from a user" in SPD2010 can just be completed by ...
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Is the workflow attached to the list when saved as a template?

Is the workflow attached to the list when saved as a template also copied? If yes then why is it I cannot see the workflow in SPD when i tried creating a new list based on the list template. What im ...
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SPD Workflow to find item by “title - XXX”

Upon creation of an item in my calendar list, a task is created for some users. The title given to this task is the title of the calendar event plus a three letter company ID. Eg. "ABC Task". When ...
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How to add values from a multi-valued field from a list using SPD's Update an Item Action

I have a workflow that automatically updates the value of a multi-valued field in an item. This workflow is working as expected. BUT, when that field/column of an item has a value already, the current ...
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Can a workflow created in Sharepoint Designer be imported into Sharepoint

Is it possible to create a workflow in SharePoint designer and then import it into a SharePoint site? Does the workflow need to be a resusable workflow? Thanks Stephen
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Workflow - send email on single field change?

My question is similar to this post. I just want my workflow to send an email when the "project lead" field changes. I currently have a workflow that fires once when the item is created, simply ...
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How do I have a workflow update/set a field in the current list?

The situation is as follows: I have a library of documents. Each document has a metadata column representing the status of this document with possible choices derived from a look-up column in ...

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