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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Deleted workflow is still running
There are 2 workflows in my site that still run though I deleted both of them using the SP designer.
Any ideas?
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Can I subscribe to all discussion boards with single alert (2010)?
In SharePoint 2010, is there any way to subscribe to all of a site's discussion boards easily?
I do not want to have to create alerts for each individual discussion boards as there will be quite a ...
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Trying to create a date calculation in Sharepoint Workflow
I am trying to create a Data calculation to add 1 year to the Approved on (date field) and set this as the Sunset Date.
My current workflow looks like this:
If Status equals Approved
and Custom ...
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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 to get only the website url without the absolute path of the current site collection?
I have a custom workflow in VS. I would like to merge an url. The problem is I am in an site collection with the name RFC. I see the absolute path 2 times when I merge like below:
ItemURL = ...
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what is the best method to upgrade a custom workflow?
I have a sharepoint 2010 farm. I have created in visua studio some custom lists, content types, fields, views and 2 workflows. This workflow is connected to my custom content type. My custom content ...
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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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Run workflow when item added to specific column
Ok Say you have 3 columns in a list date1, date2 and date3. Each column has its own worklow: work1, work2 and work3.
Is it possible using sharepoint designer to only run a workflow when a item is ...
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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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Correct error in Nintex workflow in progress SP2010
I have a complex workflow, created with Nintex, which requires an approval task to be sent to someone's manager, however when the workflow was created there was a mistake and this task is being sent ...
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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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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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Assign users to a task without form
I have associated a workflow to a list.
When there is a new item, the workflow will be fire and it will assign a task to a user in order to edit the new item.
At first the edit is made through a ...
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Workflow status does not get marked as completed even after approvals are done
We have a SharePoint Approval Workflow which is getting paused after the Approval is done . Below are the steps our workflow is following :-
A new item is added to the list.
The workflow is started ...
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SharePoint Online workflow not start randomly
I have a list on SharePoint Online and create a workflow with SharePoint Designer.
I have configured the workflow to start automatically (send an email) when an item is created.
But the problem is ...
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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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Check for empty date in SPD Workflow
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How can I check for an empty date condition in a SharePoint Designer Workflow?
Background
I have a list called "Project" with multiple date fields. I have a calendar called "Project ...
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Workflows Always Remain In Progress
I have a custom workflow that was created in VS. This workflow runs like it should about 50% of the time. I am researching/debugging to make it run right 100% of the time and I noticed in Site ...
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How to move a document from SharePoint folder to local directory in a drive?
I know there is a workflow to move documents from one folder (or a library) to a different one inside the SharePoint based on their approval status or version number etc. But I want to move the ...
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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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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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Approval WorkFlow error while creating new
I am having issue on Sharepoint 2010 approval workflow,below is error message dose not allow me to create new workflow for document liabrary.
Any help on this issue highly appriciated
Thanks
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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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Workflow Error While Entering an Approver Name
When I try to save the workflow with a approver name ,It keeps saying "The form cannot be submitted because of an error." and without entering a name there is no error.
My workflow's only problem is ...
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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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Workflow fails with “The email message cannot be sent. Make sure that the email has a valid recipient.”
The workflow is kicked off by a retention policy so it is started by SHAREPOINT/SYSTEM. I have seen several posts on this issue but no answers that really help in this case.
Basically it is being ...
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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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Error in Custom workflow Activity in Sharepoint Designer 2010
I have create one Solution. on that time solution name was 'CrossSubsSiteAction'. deployed it successfully working my Custom Workflow Action from this articale : ...
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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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How do I kickoff workflow after new document added to library?
I've created a workflow for a library. I have it associated as I can see in SharePoint Designer. How to I set the workflow to trigger automatically and begin the workflow once a document is added. I'm ...
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InfoPath 2013 Document Cannot Be Opened in SharePoint 2007 Workflow in InfoPath 2013
I have an InfoPath 2007 document that is submitted and creates a SharePoint workflow. This works fine in InfoPath 2010 and SharePoint 2007. When upgrading to InfoPath 2013, the document submits ...
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How to apply a activated feature/workflow to a list
I have created a global workflow and added it to a SP 2010 site as a solution (which I have activated), but when I go to apply this workflow to my list/library the new workflow template is not in the ...
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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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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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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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Sharepoint conditional auto approval workflow
I have a standard OOTB approval workflow which I have associated with a list. I want auto approval of items in the list if the Rating field has been set to 1 or 2. Only ratings of 3 or higher need ...
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Deleting or removing users from a workflow, after if they no longer need to complete the task
A user has created a workflow with multiple participants. One of the participants assigned a task, no longer needs to complete that task. How can we remove the user or task without the workflow status ...
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Creating Document with SharePoint 2010 Workflow: can I create xml file
So I found this resource on how to use SPD Workflow to create a new item (or document) in SharePoint 2010. This is exactly what I need because I can fill a field (column in a list) with the string ...
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How can I direct a form to a specific person for approval?
I am working on a Sharepoint calendar. This calendar will allow any staff member to request time off by posting an event to the calendar. However, before an event is posted it should be approved.
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Delay Activity in a Event
I want to implement the following solution in a State Machine workflow:
http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archive/2010/04/19/word-automation-services-solution-sample-workflow.aspx
Step 2 I do ...
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Workflow in a document library - SP Foundation
I am really struggling with Foundation and its limitations. In the past I have used enterprise which is much easier!
My problem is that I need to create a document library which will hold expenditure ...
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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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Add configurable field to workflow builded in VS
I have created a workflow in VS which doing some logic. I would like to add some configurable text field so that the SharePoint administrators can change it.
For example this is a text field with ...
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can a workflow be assigned to a list and a content type
I'm creating a workflow that needs to run everytime a article is added to a list, but it also needs to be able to check a field that is in a custom content type. This content type is used for every ...
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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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Visual Studio workflows - custom task form visible in Word
I am developing the workflows using Visual Studio.
What steps are needed to take to have a workflow task edit form opened in Word 2010 like this?
I managed to have the yellow bar appear, but clicking ...
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Accidentally removed custom workflow from list
I've accidentally removed a custom workflow from list :(
I was doing a bulk data import and didnt want the workflow(s) firing against each item.
I've now come back in to turn the workflows back on ...
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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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SharePoint 2013 Workflow runtime doesn't work?
I have a problem when I try to start a Workflow 2013 in SharePoint Server 2013. I believe the error is related with permissions, but I cannot be sure.
Here is the error message in the log:
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