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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No InfoPath forms in SP 2013 workflows?
I just read here, that InfoPath forms will no longer be used in Workflows. Is there something that will replace InfoPath? or are forms in the Workflows just going away?
Thanks!
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Workflow action SendEmail does not use “From” field
I have a Visual Studio 2010 workflow for a SharePoint 2010 Server. It uses the default workflow action "SendEmail" to send an e-mail. Everything works out perfectly, but the sender of the e-mail is ...
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How can I make a workflow automatically start when an email is received?
I have a workflow, which is set to run when an item in a list is created. The list is email enabled, and is populated only by email.
When I send an email to the list, the workflow is not started - ...
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How can I list all workflows and associations?
How can I list all workflows and associations? I can find the number through the workflows page in the site collection administration, but i need to find the associations of each...
This is for MOSS ...
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Does SharePoint 2010 support Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0?
I've been reading that SharePoint 2010 does not support Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0 (WF4). Is it true???
If yes, does that mean we cannot design WF4 workflows in VS2010 and use them in SP2010?
Or ...
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How many workflows can a SharePoint 2007 Library / List contain?
What is the maximum workflow can a Library & List in SharePoint 2007 can have?
Information in http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262787.aspx mention that SharePoint 2010 can have 15 ...
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Approval Workflow - Moving document to a read only document library
I have a document library (doclib1) with an approval workflow attached to it.
On approval of a document I need to move the document to a separate document library (doclib2) which is read only and then ...
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How can I negate a condition in a workflow?
In Sharepoint Designer 2010, how can I negate a "If the file size is between x and y kilobytes" condition?
I need an action to be performed if the file is NOT in that file size interval.
So far I ...
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How do I create a Custom Action for a Workflow?
I need to create a Custom Action that's displayed in the Action list for a Workflow.
How would I go about this?
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How to stop two version a sharepoint designer workflow running at the same time?
I have a SharePoint 2010 designer workflow that is running on change. When I publish a new version of the workflow and the items is edited, I end up with two version of the workflow running. Is there ...
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Execution order of event receivers and workflow on a list
Is it possible to know beforehand whether event receivers on a list will always execute before any workflows associated with that list?
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Write to text file with workflow
I am attempting to write a workflow, that extracts some fields from my list, (the filenames) and write those to a text file, so that I can then merge the pdf documents that are taken from the list. I ...
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Nintex or K2 - which one is better function and price wise?
I just finished testing Nintex. So far so good. However, I'm not happy with their pricing structure. The standard edition is like $10k + $3.5k (for support per year). This is per WFE, so we have 3 ...
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SharePoint workflows and [OptionalField]
Our business processes changed, and now we want to add some pretty important functionality to a series of long-running workflows written using Visual Studio. This involves adding several fields to the ...
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Debugging SharePoint Designer Workflow
I have email workflow in a SharePoint site. I created it using sharepoint designer. It sends an email whenever an item in list is created or modified.
It was working fine few days before.Now,I have ...
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Trigger a workflow when user added to permission group
I'm not sure if this is even possible so here goes:
I have a calendar list. After creation of the list I will add a choice field to the list in an event receiver where the choices will be the email ...
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Is it possible to programmatically invoke a workflow on external list items?
Is it possible to invoke a workflow on an external list programmatically and pass parameters into the workflow? Is there an example using SharePoint 2010?
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Trouble copying a folder with a workflow
I'm using a "display" flag for people to only see what they care about, when display is set to "no" i just copy the item to a different list and remove it from the original list. I am using a ...
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How to edit the email sent by out of the box approval workflow
Is there any way to edit the body of an email sent by SharePoint's out-of-the-box Approval Workflow?
I'd really like to add some additional information to the emails. Changing the formatting would be ...
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How to deploy a workflow as part of a site definition?
We have a customer that will be creating many sites based on a site definition.
The sites include a list. We would like to connect a workflow to that list such that the workflow starts whenever a new ...
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Deploying custom SharePoint workflow to production server
I have created a Visual Studio sequential workflow on my test server and also created a custom activity for it. How do I deploy these to the production server (or another server? I created a WSP, ...
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Use site URL in build event
I wrote a powershell script that associates a workflow with a site and I want to call it in the post-build event of the workflow project in visual studio.
How do I get the "Site URL" field in the ...
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Why is Workflow sending Emails even when Status is Complete and %Complete = 100%?
We have a user that is receiving the Task assigned to emails about once a week. He is listed in the CC field of the emails (I think this indicates he created the list entry for which the Workflow is ...
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How can I display list item data on a workflow initiation form?
I have a master list (Projects) containing all the data about the projects my clients' employees (technical writers) are working on. When it's time for the writers to grab sign offs on the project ...
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Document library item - send email by workflow on insert
I have a separate form that interacts with users. The form prompts them for data, and this is put into a separate SharePoint document library.
The Columns for the document library are
Name
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Username() in infopath form return empty string on sharepoint workflow form
I have an infopath form loaded as an initiation/association form for a sharepoint workflow.
I added a text field wich I want to be prefilled with the current user username. I'm using username() to get ...
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Copying a globally reusable workflow in SP Designer loses form task fields and InfoPath rules
In SP Designer, I copied a globally reusable workflow in order to make it only reusable (not global) so I can save it as a template
solution .wsp to move it to another farm. The problem is that the ...
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Notify user when question is answered
I have a list for frequently asked questions that anybody can submit an item to. There already is a workflow set up to notify the approvers when an item is submitted so they can approve it. But, they ...
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SharePoint 2010 Custom Workflow email Comment Issue…
I had a series of lists with forms for users to submit various items of information and requests. The OOB Approval – SharePoint 2010 worked great, except for the email messages. The department that ...
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OWSTIMER takes up to 95% of RAM Memory - Server goes slow
I am running sharepoint server 2010 with 8GB RAM. I have a SP Designer Workflow running on my portal. The server used to respond but now when users try to hit the URL they get an error message. I ...
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Workflow in 1st List controlling items in the 2nd List - Possible?
May I know if it is possible to create workflow in the 1st list that control items in the 2nd List?
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How do I list what workflow tasks are pending for a specific user programmatically?
I'm trying to write an application page that will list the pending workflow tasks for the logged-in user. Is there an object in the SharePoint model I can query to give me a list of the pending tasks ...
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Is it normal to see the heavy load message before most workflows start?
Is it normal for this message Due to heavy load, the latest workflow operation has been queued. It will attempt to resume at a later time to occur before most workflows starts?
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Workflows Auto Cleanup Timer Job or how to remove Workflow Instances?
I have read, that every now and then the "Workflow Auto Cleanup" job runs and cleans old workflow instances which are older than 60 days are deleted (or something along the lines).
I have a simple ...
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Triggering a Workflow When a Folder is Created and not A File?
I'm new to workflows, so please excuse the novice question.
I set up a workflow on a document library configured to send an email when a new item is created. When I create a new document in this ...
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Getting started with Workflows in SharePoint 2010
I'm a starting sharepoint developer asked to implement the following scenario in sharepoint 2010.
We're a bit lost on the best approach to get started.. I'm really struggling to find the best practise ...
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Moving Workflow History
Has anyone ever tried to move a subsite to a new site collection and keep the workflow history? It seems a standard export/import ignores this list, even more advanced tools such as CopyMove, Codeplex ...
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Workflows stuck 'in progress' when moved to SharePoint farm environment
We have developed a number of custom approval workflows in Visual Studio 2008. They basically create task and work through a 2 stage approval process, once a task is completed, it generates new tasks ...
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Removing Workflow Association on Content type programmatically with push to children
I am required to remove Workflow associations on a content type and from all the child content types deriving from this, as well as the list content types, deriving from the derived.
ct - A Site ...
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SharePoint 2010 Workflow Deployemnet from DEV to UAT
I have Sharepoint 2010 DEV and UAT sites. I have made some changes in DEV workflow and I want to deploy the changed workflow to UAT site.
I have created the workflow template and saved .wsp file to ...
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“Publishing Portal” vs a “Publishing Site with Workflows”
I am creating a new site and the business hasn't requested anything specific for publishing with workflow needs, so at the moment the default top level site is a Team Site.
What is the best practice ...
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Workflow lookup over another site
Is there any way to look up items from a soap data source in a workflow with sp 2010?
I have a site (Organization) contains a sub site (Departments) and this sub site contains many other sub sites ...
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Workflow and Page Content Types
In 2007 I am trying to understand the use of workflows added to page based content types that will eventually live in a page library.
If I add a workflow to such a content type then use that content ...
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Workflow made in designer not working in Production
I've made a workflow in Designer which I invoke trough code in Visual studio. The solution is working fine in my Development machine, but when I implement to the production I get an error:
Object ...
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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 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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How do I split a 2007 sharepoint collection that has a large number of SPD Workflows
Our site collection is growing rapidly and we would like to split it into a number of new collections.
Our concern is that when we secure a number of sites and recover them into the new collection, ...
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Programmatically get Workflow Task Outcomes (Sharepoint 2010)
I want to read all the Outcomes from a Workflow Task Outcomes (not only the standard but also the customized outcomes) from a Sharepoint 2010 Workflow Task.
I searched all over the internet but ...
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e-mail not firing after the second pause until
I have defined the above workflow in Sharepoint 2007
Late Date is set by the workflow to be 1 day later than the due date (currently it is set to 5 minutes for testing purposes). It is the field ...
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Cannot edit Initiation Form of Designer Workflows with InfoPath
I've got a reusable SP Designer workflow in SharePoint 2010, and I'm trying to edit the Initiation Form for it. I can open the workflow within SP Designer, click the form, and it opens in InfoPath. I ...
