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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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Assign a form to a Group doesn't create multiple task items to the users belonged to a group

I was creating a task using the SPD "Assign a form to a Group" in order to assign multiple task items of those persons inside that group. Unfortunately, when i view the Assigned To Column in the task ...
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Kicking off a workflow with an event handler on an anonymously submitted list item

I have a form that allows anonymous users to submit parking requests. I have an approval workflow set up but it won't start because anonymous users don't have permission to do so. Would an event ...
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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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How to remove autogenerated columns created by designer worflow?

I create reusable worflow in SharePoint designer, Everytime I modify the workflow and attach it to the library a new column for the workflow is being created. They are not even shown in library ...
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Sharepoint 3 state workflow sending notification twice, on Add new Item event?

I have share point list which receives the values from asp.net page (using Web services) on the list I have created an 3 state Workflow (By choosing List -> Workflow setting -> configure to run on ...
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Sharepoint 2010 Workflow and email sending

I have a Sharepoint 2010 installation and a Active Directory and a Exchange. I have design an Approval Workflow which sends emails to the approvers. It works perfectly with some users I have tried as ...
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Activate Features step failed when deploying a workflow

I`m about to start to develop workflows in VS2012 for Sharepoint2013. Creating a workflow works fine. The HistoryList and Tasklist are created as well. Now, when I want to depoy my new workflow i ...
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the workflow runs only once!

This is part of my workflow which works fine: wait for status to equal B If current Item:status equals B and Variable:IsItemApproved equals No set status to A My problem is that it only works one ...
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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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how to create workflow for provider hosted apps in visual studio ot sharepoint designer?

I want to create a Provider Hosted app. In that I will manipulate SharePoint list items. I am adding items to a SharePoint List and for that I want to create a List Workflow to auto-generate the ...
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How to call a soap webservice with the “Call HTTP Service” action in a workflow

I'm trying to call this Sharepoint 2013 SOAP WebService from a workflow : https://mysite.sharepoint.com/_vti_bin/Sites.asmx My workflow is hosted on the same sharepoint online farm than the soap WS I ...
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Why is a workflow, which is associated with a content type, not associated with a document of that content type?

We have Sharepoint 2010 and MS Word 2007. I have the three default workflows (Collect Feedback, Approval, Collect Signatures) associated with a content type based on the document content type. When ...
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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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Customized workflow by using SharePoint Designer 2010 has been cancelled by System Account

I've encountered a big issue on workflow. I designed a very simple workflow with Action "Send Email" on SharePoint Designer 2010 for email testing, as well as workflow process. All things were ...
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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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workflow attached to a list, I want to edit task list

Alright so heres my problem. I have a workflow that is attached to a document library. When someone adds a document a task is created. When someone approves a document, I would like for the workflow ...
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Tracking email conversations

MOSS 2007. We have a document review process that requires several people and multiple conversations multiplied by the amt of reviews at any given time. In the past we had a doc lib set up which ...
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Get manager of current user in workflow

how can I get the current user's manager's phone information. I select the current user id like this: public Guid workflowId = default(System.Guid); public SPWorkflowActivationProperties ...
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How can i use approval workflow to reject changes of any existing list item?

I've been creating reusable workflow in sharepoint designer 2010.You can see screenshot of workflow code by clicking on below link. My custom approval Worfklow code image i tried different approches ...
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Error: Access Denied when starting sharepoint 2007 workflow

I've done my fair share of searching and still can not find a solution. I've created a simple workflow in Sharepoint 2007 designer. When I check the box "Start this workflow when a new item is ...
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Workflow Task Process - email notifications

Is there any way to display the consolidated comments for task process in descending order for an approval workflow ? The comments are included in task notification emails. i could not find any ...
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WF email to user that adds a document to a library

I want to include the user that adds a document to a library on an existing WF email that sends to a group email box but cannot determine how to grab the current users email addy....I'm sure it is ...
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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 ...
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Send Email Extended action did not send email

I have created a sharepoint workflow in SP Designer 2010 for a automated email sending functionality when a list item is modified. 1. I am able to send email with 'Send an Email' action. But when i ...
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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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Why is my workflow DependencyProperty event handler not firing?

I have a custom workflow activity (SharePoint 2010) with a Dependency Property defined as follows: public static DependencyProperty TaskChangedEventPropertyEvent = ...
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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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View problem when attaching workflow to list programmatically

Very irritating problem. I have a list with the following view <View BaseViewID="1" Type="HTML" WebPartZoneID="Main" DisplayName="$Resources:core,All_Documents;" DefaultView="TRUE" ...
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checking workflow completed status of item

Hi I have two workflows wf1 and wf2 on one list i've created in visual studio. I need to check from within wf2 if wf1 is completed. (Usually I see not started, in progress and completed) How can i ...
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move list item to archive list

I've been looking at the code in the link http://www.astaticstate.com/2009/10/copy-splistitemversion.html I want to add the code in a VS workflow. So the user would select a list item and run the ...
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This task is currently locked by a running workflow and cannot be edited

I'm getting an error on my workflow task (custom workflow with custom task page). Its been working without any problems for a while. The workflow states Completed but the associated task is not ...
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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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history and tasklist are missing when creating a sharepoint workflow in visual studio

I recently ran into a problem which seems to be a bit annoying, or maybe I understood it false. Well, if you create a new project and add a new sharepoint workflow you have to insert some data i.e. ...
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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 Designer Set Task Field drop-down is showing empty

Using SPD 2010 I created an Approval process. I have added few custom field to my task list and now under "Before Task is assigned", the action "Set Task field" is not showing anything on the ...
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SharePoint 2010 Workflow question using Designer

i need to create a workflow for a Customlist (having columns Title,Hyperlink),when item created in this list with Title,with the same title of customlistitem discussion board item should be create ...
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How to copy email body from a workflow step

I can't seem to copy from the body of an email from an action inside a workflow step. I can paste new content in, but can't seem to invoke the magic input to get copy to work. Is there some way to ...
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Looping Work Flow with SharePoint designer 2010

I am developing a SharePoint Workflow with which if a user submit details then it needs to go to the team leader and if the team leader approves it will go to the director and if the director approves ...
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running more than 1000 workflow instances in SharePoint 2013 Workflows

My client will have more than 1000 active workflow instances running in SharePoint Server 2013. I would like to know if SharePoint 2013 workflow can support this? How many workflow instances can be ...
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Routing InfoPath Forms

I'm looking at automating some forms for my organization utilizing SharePoint and InfoPath. I'm familiar with form development and saving them to SharePoint. Where we start getting stuck is managing ...
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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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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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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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