SharePoint workflow refers to the automation of a business process by step by step execution of steps. There are two types of workflows - Sequential Workflows - State Machine Workflow
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Sharepoint Designer Workflow Booleans
When using a Boolean variable in a SharePoint 2010 Designer Workflow is Yes/No suppose to synonymous with true/false?
My workflow uses the "Set Variable" action to set my boolean and then later tests ...
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How to collect data from user on certain condtion once a Workflow is started
I have just started with Sharepoint Workflows and am able to create Association and Initiation forms in Visual Studio.
Currently I am working on a Sequential Workflow and have a scenario wherein I ...
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Change Approval Status Pending After x Minutes since Created
Here is my workflow for When the Task Process Completes:
If Variable: IsItemApproved equals Yes
Set workflow status to Approved
Add x minutes to Current Item:Created (Output to Variable: date3 )
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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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Customizing the Collect Feedback Workflow
I'm wanting to use the collect feedback or the Start Feedback Process workflow tasks or Collect data from user activities to create a workflow. But Im not sure which would be the most flexible. The ...
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Attach ListItem to TaskItem
I've created a custom approval worfkflow for an listitem. Now I need to see the values of the item in the taskitem. So I think one way would be to attach the ListItem to the TaskItem.
Does anybody ...
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How to create workflow & submit data using infopath form?
I have designed the Form in InfoPath.
I want to submit the form's data in my Sharepoint site. Sothat the supervisor(the higher level)person can check the details and he can Approve/Reject the ...
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SharePoint Designer 2010 Workflow Copy List Item Creates Duplicate Entries
I have a very simple workflow set on a list that does the following:
A) If ColumnName:Random equals Approved, Copy item in Current Item to CopiedList
That's it.
If a choice column named 'Random' ...
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Workflow; Use previous document library item to populate field
This one has stumped me indefinitely... so I'm coming to the great guru's of the confusing concepts.
CASE:
I have an InfoPath form which is connected to a document library. Once the form is ...
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Workflow consuming webservice - Editing the address?
My State Machine Workflow (SP 2010) consumes an external Web Service that I have added as a Service Reference in Visual Studio.
The WCF Service is currently hosted in my local machine.
We have ...
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Conditionally Show/Hide/Disable Custom Workflow Action Buttons
I have three custom action buttons on a list created through SharePoint Designer. All three buttons execute a workflow and I need to show/hide or enable/disable the buttons based on certain conditions ...
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SPD Workflow “Start workflow when an item is created” when adding multiple items to list at once?
I have a custom site workflow with some logic that copies items to a custom list with Title and Email. On this list I have a SPD workflow with one OOTB activity - send email to Email when an item is ...
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How to display list data in 'Related Content' field in Tasks
I've got a holiday approval system on our Sharepoint 2010 Foundation intranet. The process is that the staff member requests a holiday by adding to a List called 'Holiday Requests', the workflow then ...
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Workflow to email one user if disapproved and another if approved, it has 6 approvers. Can this be done?
I have a form library and when a form gets uploaded it sends email with packet information. In the form it has a approve/disapproved drop-down. What I would like to do is send email to a person ...
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Library workflow starts on upload, but not on save in the edit form
I have a document library for pictures and I've created a SPD workflow tha should start every time items are changed or added: newly uploaded, edited metadata or uploaded againg (overwritten). The ...
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Workflow on List Form - The Wrong Approach?
I am running SharePoint 2010 Enterprise. I am relatively new to SP.
What I want to do is create a form for my Publishing Site for authenticated users to fill out.
I want the form to behave like any ...
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Setting value of infopath field by workflow
I have a requirement to set the value of infopath field by workflow.
This link specifies the way to do it but in my case the value in the infopath field does not change on the execution of the ...
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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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Failed to Start (retrying) workflow - performance impact
Just a general question...noticed i had a workflow that was in this state of "retrying", been like that for the past month and i'm curious as to if it has any impact on my environment. Is it really ...
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Workflow: How to copy current item to a dynamically determined location
Scenario: I have a group of users; each has a private document library (named with their userid). When a person updates a list item I need to put copy of the item into their library (using a codeless ...
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System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized
Here is my Scenario :
Its for SharePoint 2007 environment
I have a Form Library where the InfoPath form with Managed code is deployed. I have a Custom approval Workflow attached to this form.
the ...
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Approval workflow with multiple approvers.
My Scenario:
I have a form that the user must compile and then submit for approval. In the form there is a "Location" dropdown - when the user selects a particular location, a list of approvers ...
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workflow versioning
I have a sharepoint project and it contains 5 state machine workflows. I had deployed these workflows through VS and they are working as expected. Now here comes the tricky part versioning for these ...
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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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Set Hyperlink Field Using SPD 2010 Workflow
I've been doing a LOT of research to try to figure out how to do this, but nothing is working. I have a column named "Update Item" that I want to be a link to start a workflow. I have workflow setup ...
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Calculated Value of “Start Time” in a calendar is not working
I am having a problem with a content type-specific, Reusable workflow. I use it for a calendar. When ever an event is created, I send an email to the approver with Name of the event, start time and ...
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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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Can I copy a list of items to another list?
I would like to copy a list of items to another list when an item is add to yet a 3rd list
Here is my example
I have a list of tasks
id task
1 brush teeth
2 drink coffee
3 drive to work
My ...
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Have an Association Column equal the field of another Column
I have created an association column as part of a reusable workflow in SharePoint designer. I am now trying to have this column equal the field of another column in Document Library.
I have tried ...
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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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Change Approval Statu of List Items After x Days
I want to make list items Approval Status "Pending" again, after 60 days since it was created. I don't want to delete it. How can I do it?
Thank you
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“Start Time” column is not getting updated in Workflow email
I have an approval reusable workflow for a calendar list. The workflow sends an email to the approver with the start and end time of the event.
End time is displayed correctly. But the start time is ...
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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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User permission Problem for workflows in wss-3.0
Im running wss-3.0 on a Windows Server 2003 machine. The User Accounts are AD based.
I made a Calendar List with 3 different Permission Groups.
Users that can only read the list
Users that can add ...
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OnWorkflowItemChanged fire multiple times
I have been using a State Machine workflow (SharePoint 2010).
Workflow design
Main State:
The Main State does not update the item.
The Main State contains a OnWorkflowItemChanged.
When the item ...
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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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wss 3.0 content database has expanded exponentially without any data added in it
I am hosting wss 3.0 web application in windows 2003 server with sql 2005 express edition. we are leveraging lots of out of the box functionality, but we also have some custom features and web parts. ...
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Workflow not working for anonymous users
By default, it seems that SharePoint cannot execute a Workflow if an Anonymous user is creating a item.
Can someone help me on this?
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Sharepoint Designer Workflow Error Occured at start
I have a couple of workflows made in SharePoint designer, that create a looping effect to process items in another list. Basically, one workflow starts when a yes/no field equals yes, the other starts ...
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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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Design Workflow that Emails People in Assigned To (Except for Created By)
We have a custom list that tracks work tasks in our department; we track our own work and use it to assign work/tasks to other colleagues.
I have a people/groups column called AssignedTo and need a ...
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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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Copy lookup value from one list to another with SPD workflow
I have two lists and a workflow that copies items from list A, if they get approved, to list B.
Problem is that a field in list A uses a lookup list, if I select Dog in the Field Animal and save the ...
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Available Approvers Based on List Item Column Value
Is it possible (without custom forms) to create an approval workflow that filters the list of available approvers based on some value in a list item ?
To be a bit more clear.. if the list item had a ...
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Infopath form opens as read only and cannot be submitted by only some users
We have an infopath form that we created so our staff can submit their expenses through SharePoint. This form then needs to be signed and approved by someone in upper management. Once a form is ...
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How can an InfoPath form get the Claims of the user who is logged in to SharePoint?
We have a document library that contains a list of proposals (InfoPath Forms). Users log in through SharePoint using Claims (Forms Auth, via an Extranet) who are from various organizations. The ...
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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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Have Workflow Change\Update an item on Infopath Form
Is it possible to change the content of a field in a InfoPath form from a workflow in SharePoint. I have tried working with the "Update List Item" action but have been unable to to find a direct way ...
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Sharepoint 2010 Workflow: Create multiple tasks and change them
I want to write a workflow which creates and updates tasks when the workflow item is changed. For example: the workflow-item has a multivalue field with users who should approve the workflow-item:
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Parralel workflow While Loops
I have 2 questions regarding a custom SharePoint Parallel workflow.
When setting up a While loop (using a while shape), what's the best
practice in terms of placing a wait shape? Basically, I have ...
