Is there a way inside Sharepoint 2013 + Workflow 2010 to check if the "Workflow Context:Current User" belong to a sharepoint gorup

Question

I am working on sharepoint server 2013 enterprise. and inside sharepoint designer 2013 & workflow 2010, i am trying to implement the following senario:-

1. I got a list workflow that get fired when an item is created.

2. I want to check if the user who created the item (which is the same as WorkflowContext:current User) belong to a sharepoint security group, If so to set a site column named Team to be equal = CM

3. and if the user does not belong to set the Team= IT.

here is my list workflow:-

I thought that the above will might work in a way or another but it did not. so can anyone adivce on this please?

i also tried using "created by" as follow, but did not work either:-

Answer 1

Unfortunately , In SharePoint workflow platform 2013 and 2010, there is no OOTB action to check if the user belongs to a specific group.

Meanwhile, You can do this

• In SharePoint workflow 2013 via REST or via loop as a workaround.
• But Unfortunately , in SharePoint Workflow 2010 you only can build your own custom workflow activities.

Note : Don't try to check this solution http://spdactivities.codeplex.com/ I am pretty sure it's not working for SharePoint 2013.

My suggestion : No need for workflow at this section , try to build Event Receiver to update directly your team column based on the group of the current user as the following

SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(delegate(){
         using (SPSite site = new SPSite(properties.SiteId))
            {
             using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb(properties.Web.ID))
               {

                  SPUser user = properties.Web.CurrentUser;
                   SPGroup group = web.SiteGroups[GroupName];

                                    if (!user.InGroup(group))
                                    {
                                        // update the list item
                                    }
                 }
                }
               }

  // ٍSEARCH USER WITHIN GROUP  
  public static bool InGroup(this SPUser User, string GroupName)
    {
        return User.Groups.Cast<SPGroup>().Any(g => g.Name.ToLower() == GroupName.ToLower());
    }  

For more details about event receiver checks What are the differences btw "properties.Web.CurrentUser;" & "web.Users.GetByID(properties.CurrentUserId);" inside my Event Receiver