Copy item with workflow with person type field, breaks in edit view

Question

I have created a SharePoint 2013 workflow in SharePoint designer, when user submits the new item form, I create a new item in another list and copy all field values, workflow works fine but when I click on the item created in the second list to open and view item it works fine but when I edit Item, I get unexpected error.

I noticed that one of the fields (form has total 10 fields) in the form is of type person, If that field is filled, it works fine and I can open new item in edit mode but if person field in left bank, it breaks.

Is there any way to check if person column has value then copy the data otherwise just ignore it.

Answer 1

Follow below steps:

1. Create a new workflow variable and set its value to Current Item:Project Direct Report and return field as Login Name.
2. Then add IF condition to check if the newly created variable is empty or not.
3. In IF block, set Project Direct Report in new list to workflow variable.
4. In Else block, igonre that field.

Note:

1. Ensure that you are having same schema for both the lists and you are not leaving any required fields blank.