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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Definitive answer to sending emails to SP Group from Workflow
I understand that there are some issues when you use SharePoint group in To/CC field in "Send Email" activity in a workflow designed using SharePoint 2010.
I searched on internet for solution and I ...
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Custom Code is disabled on my form/(it is a workflow form of a sp list workflow process)/ any workaround?
custom code (trying to use C#) is disabled for any button on my form...
I am trying to use that form in the context of a solution structured like this:
data is held in sharepoint lists, and list ...
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How do I associate Workflows to SharePoint 2010 External Lists?
I've read that you can't associate workflows to SharePoint 2010 external lists but that there are workarounds for doing it.
What do those workarounds involve? Can I do all of it in the Sharepoint ...
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Sharepoint doesnt send notifications for tasks
My question is about Sharepoint. I create a workflow via Sharepoint designer, and "Assign a To-do Item" in it. When workflow start it doesn't send any notifications via email. But when I add "Send ...
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Custom activity created and appearing in Actions list in SPD, but cannot select it
I've been following several examples regarding custom actions. I've been trying to deploy my own one, but although I can see the action inside SPD, when selected it doesn't appear in the workflow ...
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Daily e-mail reminders with workflows
I need a workflow which will check a custom list -for every row in this list- every day automatically and if the total value column is 0 then it will send an email to a user. Is it possible with ...
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Is there a way to start a workflow through an infopath button?
So let's say I have a submit button that I want to send a workflow email, how can I have it send the email once the submit button is clicked in infopath?
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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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Sharepoint Designer 2010 - Site workflow and list workflow
I'm using Sharepoint Designer 2010,
I have created site worklow from the designer.
How can I operate this workflow if site workflow do not associate to a list?
How can I convert a site workflow to a ...
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How To Create a Customized (yet still semi-basic) State Machine Workflow with Sharepoint Designer 2k10
How can I create a basic multi-step State Machine workflow without any custom coding from Visual Studio or customized Visio or InfoPath workflows within Sharepoint Foundations 2010 or Sharepoint ...
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SharePoint Designer workflow is looping itself when waiting for a field to change
I have a problem with a standard SharePoint Designer workflow on a forms library in SharePoint 2010 Foundation.
When the workflow is firing off it is designed to fill some information in against the ...
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List item created through SPD workflow does not start “when a new item created” workflow
For some reason my workflow (Workflow A) designed in SPD to start when a new item is created does not start when a new item is created in another SPD workflow using the "Create List Item" action.
My ...
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Office 365 developer site SharePoint 2013 preview: SPD2013 workflow is always canceled
I try to create a workflow using SPD2013 preview on the Office 365 developer site (company.sharepoint.com). I can create and publish WF using SPD2013 without any problems, but when I start it on the ...
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modify web.config programatically to add a workflow authorized type
I need to add a line in the web.config under authorizedtypes, I want to do it with a wsp solution so that sharepoint takes care of syncrhonizing it with other front end servers.
I just want to put ...
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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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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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Check if task has already been submitted on opening InfoPath task form and switching view to reflect so
I am trying to make my custom task form (of Visual Studio Sequential Workflow) to switch view to "Submitted" in case someone has already submitted this task before, since this task could be assigned ...
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How to check if user has a permission to complete task in InfoPath task form?
Is it possible to check if the user has enough permissions to complete task in InfoPath 2010 task form? Or maybe it is possible to show to user read-only view if he has lack of the rights.
The full ...
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using ftp in a SP list
I am not yet familiar with Visual Studio SP development as I have just started developing on SP sites less than 2 months.
I would like to use a SP list to initiate a transfer of HUGE files which ...
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Send email via code in Office365
I am developing a custom web part in an Office 365 environment. I am trying to send email to a user during the execution of the code in the web part.
I have tried two alternatives:
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Unable to update field with SP Designer 2010 workflow
I currently have a quite a simple workflow on a library that has a simple content type. I have created a SharePont Designer 2010 workflow that updateds a list item value based on whether or not the ...
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Correct way to fix “This task is currently locked by a running workflow and cannot be edited”
I have a SharePoint 2010 workflow that creates a task. The task has custom form and custom code executed when the form is submitted.
Inside the code I'm trying to set the Completed Status on the task ...
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Custom workflow activity for SP 2007 appears in Designer's action picker but won't add
This is SharePoint 2007. I created a custom workflow activity in Visual Studio 2008 (using this and a few other blogs as a reference). I deployed it properly, I think. I can go into SharePoint ...
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Multiple workflows across a list versus one workflow iterating the list
I have a process that needs to be run across every element of a list, doing specific things (mostly sending emails) based on several different fields of that item. This operation will always be done ...
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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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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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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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Problems with “Pause Until Date” activity in SPD-created workflows
I have a workflow and I'm trying to send an email when an item is added or updated from a calendar list. I tried using the Pause Until Date activity as I need to send the email 2 days before the due ...
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Approval Workflow to update User Profiles Details
I am working on a Leave Application System using Sharepoint.
I have added the total leave each user have in their user profile.
The user will apply leave and once it is approved, the leave taken ...
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Share Point task list email notifications
I created the workflow in sharepoint designer using Collect data from user option. The approver receives three automated mail.
1) Notification to approve - Task assigned email 2) After approval, task ...
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Custom workflow: Failed on Start (retrying)
I created a workflow project with WSPBuilder and everything worked fine. I then moved the workflow to our main project and added all needed references. However when I try to couple the workflow I ...
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Running declarative workflows under system account
I have an InfoPath form that starts a workflow (on item created). The business requirement is that after submission form must be read-only (no changes to the initial request can be made). However ...
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SharePoint Designer Workflow, set field
I have a workflow that sets the field to [Today] when status = Setup. Once that field is set (either when created or when status changes to Setup), I don't want the date field to change to the current ...
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“The workflow could not update the item…” intermittent error involving Lookup Column in Designer WF
We have a custom list used to create items for tracking a process (Procedures). Another custom list (steps) has items detailing the things to be done in each phase. So the first item in the Steps list ...
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Changing the value of a field in another List from a Form Library
I have the following scenario:
I have one SharePoint List - List_A and one SharePoint form - Form_A
List_A has two columns (ConfigItem and ConfigValue) and it contain a few configuration settings.
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Users cannot view approval form in sharepoint
I have a customized approval workflow. Myself and other Site Collection administrators can view the approval form just fine. When someone who is not a site collection administrator tries to view the ...
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Import / Export Workflow using StsAdm
I have migrated a site from one server to another - both running MOSS 2007.
The bulk of the site transferred correctly, but I did have to manually edit some custom display forms.
The 4 workflows ...
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Tasks list: Workflow action: Create New List item
Within my workflow using SPD I am using the "Create New Item" action to create a new Task list item this is fired when a holidayrequest item is created.
My problem is I cannot see how to create/store ...
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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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Workflow Failed on Start
I have attached an SPD workflow to a calendar list. Upon creation of an item in the calendar is is supposed to create an item in a task list within the same site.
Its a very simple custom workflow.
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How to add additional workflow task in SharePoint workflow?
I am developing a sequence workflow. It contains a Replicator and its InitialChildData property is bound to the list of strings representing users. The activity that gets replicated is the workflow ...
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Link to ONE New Form and Link to Open That Saved Form with Workflow
Using SharePoint Online - Office 365, with SharePoint Designer and InfoPath. So, I am looking for a no code solution - if possible.
I am setting up individual client sub-sites. Each client will have ...
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WorkFlow with SharePoint Designer 2010 - how to set value from current list item
How to set value from current list item to a field in a custom task?
Is it possible?
Thanks.
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How to update Name field contents into Title field using SPD
I want to update title field from Name column immediately after file attachment in document library. Is it possible ?
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Logical operators in the workflow designer
Sorry for asking a non programming question, but I just can't figure out how to use the Workflow Designer in SPD2010.
I want to just write the simple statement in the workflow designer:
if field ...
