Timeline for Export Infopath Form from SharePoint List
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| Feb 25, 2014 at 15:51 | comment | added | Luis | I see what you mean, I want this to be automatic (via workflow) not a manual process, your solution is good even if manual was ok due to the amount of fields it would be a massive job to create all those rules and pull the data from a web service or something. | |
| Feb 25, 2014 at 15:37 | comment | added | Cameron Verhelst | I'm not aware of any fields that could not be copied this way, and I don't know how many fields we are talking about here, but when you create a new InfoPath form, you could make something like this: Add a control to store each field's value, add a control that allows you to select the list item you want to "archive" (i.e. copy the values from) and using the built-in InfoPath rules, create an action that copies the value into the appropriate control when selecting the item from the dropdown. | |
| Feb 25, 2014 at 15:30 | comment | added | Luis | How would I copy the data? only though custom code and it would boil down to generate the exact xml for the form. That is a lot of work. Since some fields are not promoted i cannot copy all those fields using a workflow or any OOB solutions | |
| Feb 25, 2014 at 15:21 | comment | added | Cameron Verhelst | Wouldn't my original suggestion still work? I'm not too fond of it, but creating a seperate form library "archive", adding an InfoPath form to it and copy the list item data in that form would work, since you do not need to have workflows running on them ? | |
| Feb 25, 2014 at 15:12 | comment | added | Luis | No on the archive there is no worklfows, as an item is archived when the last workflow finished. Promoted is the method that allows a field in the form to be visible in a document library column, and hence used in a workflow: formotus.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/… | |
| Feb 25, 2014 at 14:33 | comment | added | Cameron Verhelst | What do you mean when you say "promoted"? And since you mention workflows, does this mean you need your archived data to still work with the workflows ? If my understanding is correct, your current situation would not allow this either way when you want your data exported as xml :/. | |
| Feb 25, 2014 at 14:25 | comment | added | Luis | Thanks for the answer. Unfortunately moving the form to a document library is not an option as some required fields cannot be promoted (People Picker fields), I need these for workflows etc. | |
| Feb 25, 2014 at 12:00 | history | answered | Cameron Verhelst | CC BY-SA 3.0 |