SharePoint 2010 Approval Workflow in Foundation?

Question

Is there a way I can get the OOBE approval workflow installed on my foundation test VM? Thanks

Answer 1

If you are using SharePoint Foundation, there are no out-of-the-box workflows provided except for the three-state Workflow.

You can use sharepoint designer worklows for this.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-in/sharepoint-designer-help/create-a-workflow-HA010100591.aspx

http://sergeluca.wordpress.com/2011/01/06/step-by-step-tutorial-creating-workflows-for-sharepoint-2010-step-115/

You can also check : http://approvalworkflow.codeplex.com/

Answer 2

For sites and site collections created in Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010, a predefined Three-state workflow is included by default, and is the only predefined workflow available in SharePoint Foundation 2010. The Three-state workflow can be used to manage business processes that require organizations to track a high volume of issues or list items, such as customer support issues, sales leads, or project tasks. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee890119(v=office.14).aspx

So you have to use either SharePoint Designer to create an Approval Workflow or Visual Studio.

Here is designer workflow guide:

1. Open the site in SharePoint Designer .Create a workflow to associate with the document library .Set the workflow to start when an item is created and when an item is changed .Also allow the workflow to start manually .
2. Choose ‘Collect Data from a user’ .
3. Click on the data and give a name to the Task created .
4. Define the custom form field name as ‘Approve ?’ .Set the information type as Choice .
5. Set the choices as ‘Approve’ and ’Reject’ .Display as Checkboxes .Uncheck the ‘Allow fill-in values’ and ‘Allow blank values’ .Click finish to save .
6. Click on users and add the users who will approve the documents .
7. Keep the output to variable as collect .
8. Add a new step .Choose ‘If any value equals value ’ .Set the any value ‘Data source’ as workflow variables and parameters .Set the ‘Field from source’ as Variable: collect .
9. Set the value behind ‘equals ’ as ‘Approve’ .
10. Add a new action ‘Update list item ’ .Set the item as current item .Add the field Approval status as Approved .
11. Add an Else-if branch to update the Approval status as Rejected .
12. Publish the workflow and test in your site .

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/8d6d4cad-78e8-40cc-ad41-6caebbad6bf5/approval-workflow-from-scratch-in-sharepoint-foundation?forum=sharepointcustomizationprevious