Questions tagged [sharepoint-designer-workflow]
Workflows on SharePoint sites created using SharePoint Designer are called SharePoint Designer Workflows.
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I am unable to create new workflows using sharepoint designer 2013 on new site collections
I am unable to create new workflows using SharePoint Designer 2013 on new site collections.
When I check for errors I am getting All tasks that need to have at least one outcome defined. And when I ...
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SharePoint designer workflow getting suspended, when we manual change field 'AssignedTo'
SharePoint designer workflow getting suspended, when we manual change field 'AssignedTo';But I wrote a small program to modify this field through the code, so there is no problem with workflow ...
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How to remove the approved workflow from a copy of an approved document
I am creating a new document copied from a workflow approved document, make amendments and to submit for workflow approval.
what happened is that, the copied document is already marked as approved and ...
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How to come out of “Start a task process” action in Sharepoint Designer if no action has been taken
As per my requirement, after 7 days of Task creation if the action has not been taken, then task automatically approved.
My problem is with in "start a task process" action how it understand ...
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Locking document after approval
I have created a document approval workflow. Now I want to add a condition that once the document is approved the document should get locked ie. no one is able to make any changes in it. it should ...
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How to redirect to the list where the document is located [duplicate]
I am defining an email message which I want to contain in its body a link to the list where the document is located.
I am doing this to approve some documents within a Workflow that will be reaching ...
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Workflow reports
I am exploring SharePoint Online (Power Automate) for the workflow development. There is a requirement to show historical workflow information as a report so that previous interactions with the users ...
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Update and copy column of Sharepoint list from a different department
I have two lists from different departments. I'd like to copy and update changes from list A in department A to List B in department B. I use sharepoint 2013, and workflow 2010.
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SharePoint Designer Workflow 2013 executes “call http request” action and is retrying 4 times
I have a SharePoint Designer 2013 workflow. In this workflow I have a "call http request" action. In this action I try to execute a PowerAutomate like in this tutorial. It looks like this &...
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How to update a multiple lookup field in SharePoint Designer 2013 (REST API)
I would like to update a multiple lookup field in SharePoint Designer 2013. OOTB this is not possible. In SharePoint Designer 2010 it was possible. Now I would like to do this with for example a REST ...
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SharePoint workflow - Daily Summary of All Changes
I am looking to create a daily summary of all changes (new items, modified items, deleted items) with a SharePoint workflow.
SharePoint's out of the box Alerts ALMOST provided all of the functionality ...
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Verify running workflows in SharePoint 2016
I have many running workflows in our SharePoint 2016 environment where I have seen - if we go to the workflow settings page from the library settings, there we could see multiple instances of running ...
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Add the Group the user belongs to in the current item using SharePoint 2013 Designer workflow
Here we are back to SharePoint 2013 and we are setting the item permissions via workflow. So far we have achieved setting the permissions using impersonation step in SPD, but that sets only for the ...
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Custom SharePoint Alert message or Workflow to list column data from all items in one day
A request was received to send a daily email notification with custom text and to display the column data of a specific column from any/all files uploaded in that day.
Is this possible, without Visual ...
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Triggering workflow while form is being worked on
I have a workflow and processes within a list to create a unique identifier for each list entry. This works but doesn't always fire correctly (at item creation).
Sequence1 (calculated column) =Text(...
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Dictionary lookup issue from HTTP web service created dictionary
I am having difficulties getting data from a dictionary I created with an HTTP web service call. I get essentially the same error every time no matter what I have tried.
RequestorId: c378e2d0-e273-...
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SharePoint 2013 workflow sending two emails when task is assigned
I created a SharePoint 2013 type workflow (using SharePoint 2016) in SharePoint Designer. When a task is assigned then user is receiving two emails. One email is my custom email which I have set in ...
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Mailbox not visible in SharePoint Designer 2013 WorkFlow Email Action
I have created a Workflow in Sharepoint Desinger 2013 and we have trying to "Send Email". Issue is I am not able to find a mailbox in the list which is populated. If I type the email id it ...
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SharePoint designer 2013 workflow does not work on Workflow Tasks list in SharePoint online
I created a SharePoint designer 2013 workflow on Workflow Tasks list in SharePoint online. And the workflow just sends an email to the "Assigned To" user in the workflow tasks list. Means ...
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sharepoint online workflow content approval doesn't send email for some reason
I have a list and i have set it to use the require content approval.
I created a workflow SP 2013 to send an email when
If Approval Status = "Pending"
- Send Email
When i run the workflow ...
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How to fix SharePoint designer workflow publishing issue?
I have created the list workflow and just printing the history log to print a test message. I am trying to publish the workflow using my account but it always returning me below warning error message.
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Get column value in Content type with a workflow
Environment: Sharepoint 2019, SPD 2013
I have a custom content type with a task outcome of 'Approve' and 'Reject'. The same content type has a column where the user needs to identify if a laptop is ...
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WF not modify proc EXP date if 3 yr updated period is not met, have it to update the EXP date when the 3 yr prd is met
How do you have a workflow not modify the procedure's expiration if the 3 year updated period is not met when you only redline a procedure but have it to update the expiration date when the 3 year ...
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Sharepoint workflow 2013 is not triggering automatically
I created a work flow in sharepoint 2013 after installing the sharepoint sp1 update. But the work flow is not automatically triggered when an item is created. I've enabled the start automatically.........
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Send email if hasn't been updated in last 7 days based on multiple Statuses
I'm relatively new to building workflows using SharePoint Designer 2013. I've set up a primitive "ticketing" system to track enhancement requests for several of our apps. My boss would like ...
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How can we assign task to dynamic approvers in Sharepoint Workflow using Sharepoint Designer
I am trying to design a workflow based on grading system ....For example, each user have a grade defined in a master list , accordingly will loop in to assign task to dynamic approvers...i.e. for L3 ...
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Interview Question (Need suggestions)
The scenario is that there is a Sharepoint 2013 List that has 200-250 items on the list.
every Saturday, these items should be sent to a specific user/group in email as an attachment.
how we can do it?...
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Sharepoint Designer 2013 Workflow with two conditions including variable
I have two SharePoint list - One is funnel and other is decision register.
If certain condition is met in Funnel for that item, it will be moved to other list Decision Register.
I have following ...
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Problem while trying to edit SharePoint workflows in SharePoint Designer 2013
While trying to edit workflows in SharePoint designer 2013, I get this error:
insert a stage by using the stage button on the ribbon
Is there any solution to resolve this error? I tried reinstalling ...
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Sharepoint 2013 designer workflow publish error
I am trying to publish SharePoint 2013 designer workflow to SharePoint online site.
This is a existing workflow and couple of changes made and there are no any errors in the workflow.
But When I am ...
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Workflows 2013 Not initiating/Starting in SharePoint server 2016
Hello There I have a SharePoint Server 2016 running Workflow 2010 Perfectly, but as i was in need of features so i managed to install Workflow Manager 1.0 for Workflows 2013. also Registered the ...
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SharePoint 2010 workflows will be retired in 2020
Microsoft has announced that it will be ending support this year for the "workflows" component of SharePoint 2010, how is it going to impact on my SharePoint 2010 workflow on-premise? is ...
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How can i end SharePoint Designer workflow instance inside stage 1
I have created one workflow in SharePoint designer which is pausing for 24 hrs and then again going back to "stage 1" to check Ageing field value. How i can end the workflow instance ...
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Workflow: Send email when document is modified the first time
I currently have a 2010 workflow set up in SharePoint Designer where an email is triggered when a certain field is changed. For example, if the user changes the status that equals "reviewed w/ ...
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Missing Condition: “The file type is a specific type” in SharePoint Designer 2013
SharePoint 2013. SharePoint Designer 2013 (version 15.0.4849.1000).
When creating a 2013 Workflow in SharePoint Designer, the condition "The File Type is a Specific Type" is not in the list ...
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Reference a field from a list in a Workflow email in SharePoint 2013
I have users completing a form that does 2 things:
• Submits the information to the accompanying list
• Triggers an approval workflow.
o The workflow sends a few emails out.
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Workflows bridging across subsites possible?
SharePoint 2013 - SP Online is firewalled
I have the process to automate with workflows:
Flow process: subsite A fill a form --> Subsite A boss review & sign --> Subsite B admin review form --> ...
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SharePoint 2013 workflow bug with pulling date/time field into workflow variable?
The company I work for has an employee termination list and a workflow for processing these terminations.
The workflow essentially has two phases: an initial batch of emails sent as the first phase ...
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How to restore to previous version of Workflow with SharePoint Designer 2013?
I have a workflow, that I was editing and due to Office 365 crash, I had to close SharePoint Designer 2013 and reopen.
When reopened, I realize that the workflow got messed up with all condition ...
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Workflow help - Update a filed value in List Y, if Filed A in list X = Filed B in List Y
I am pretty novice on workflow. Can anyone help me with following ..?
I have 1st List "SIM information" with fields "[Number]", [[Assigned to]--> Look up to 2nd List "User List" [Username]]
And 2nd ...
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Unable to delete 2013 Workflow
I am trying to delete a test workflow on SharePoint Designer but unable to. The cursor will spin for a minute or two, then the screen will refresh, but the workflow is still there. I was able to ...
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SPD approval workflow one IF condition is not available
I'm an new for sharepoint. Recently I created an approval workflow with SPD. There are multiple filter condition in the worklfow to filter the application to use the right approval process.
But when I ...
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Workflow: If [Item] equals Yes -> Send E-Mail | Doesn't work
I created a very simple Workflow that has the following task:
If the field "Worldwide?" equals Yes ("Ja" in German) it should send a Mail.
But it doesn't work and I have no idea why.
I tried the Mail-...
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SP2010 Workflow Error - Task is currently locked by a running workflow and cannot be edited
We have a Infopath library in SharePoint 2010 with multiple approval workflows running on the library.
Recently, most of the approvers are getting the below error while trying to approve their tasks.
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Is it possible to attach documents in the sharepoint designer email?
we currently have a requirement to attach a document in the email that would be sending from sharepoint designer.The site is currently in the on-premise environment.
is there any way to achieve this ...
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Approval workflow return same Approval status as Approved even list item rejected by approver
I create an approval workflow as below
which always return Approved outcome even if its rejected, Please suggest the correct way to return value Rejected if Approvar rejected the list item
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Can I use a list workflow to make changes in two different lists in SPD 2013
I want to know if I can use List workflow rather than the Site Workflow to make changes from one list to another if something has been changed or do I need a site workflow to achieve this?
I also ...
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SharePoint Designer Define workflow lookup question
SharePoint Designer 2013 lookup workflow values there are 4 columns and I'm not sure what they mean and whenever I try it doesn't work but once they are just 2 columns they work perfectly. Wondering ...
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SharePoint workflow on update Calendar item category change
I have 2 SharePoint Designer workflows one works when an item is created, it creates an calendar event. A field Change Outcome is left empty.
In the second workflow when the item has been updated and ...
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How to update the calendar when an item is updated in the list using SharePoint Designer 2013
I have a calendar of SharePoint list and it creates events through the forms. SharePoint Designer 2013 is the one doing all this process in a workflow. However, when an item is submitted it creates ...
