Questions tagged [sharepoint-designer-workflow]
Workflows on SharePoint sites created using SharePoint Designer are called SharePoint Designer Workflows.
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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 ...
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Sharepoint Designer 2013/2010 Workflow Platform: How to compare current item to other calendar events
I was in here before about double booking but I got no solutions. I have continued to try solutions for the issue but it all circled back to one KEY thing I could not seem to do:
Compare the current ...
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SharePoint Designer 2013 workflow pause until action not working well if any of the two field is empty
I am using SharePoint Designer 2013.
I have a workflow which sends email notifications on the following times:
After creation of the List item I used pause until Start Date / Time.
1: On the task ...
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SharePoint 2010 workflow failed to run after a pause on SharePoint online list
There is a problem with SharePoint 2010 workflows, these workflows are there on SharePoint online list. And these sharepoint designer 2010 workflows are giving message as "Workflow failed to run" ...
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How to update an item in calendar with SharePoint Designer 2013?
To give you a little bit of context what I am trying to achieve is a workflow that can check if an event is created or not. If it's not created than create it and store the ID in a column from the ...
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Checker Notification
I have a List contains multiple column. among all there are two column. Maker and Checker. If maker add checker name then checker should get an email once with the required information. this email ...
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If ELSE / ELSE statement is not showing up
I want to use IF ELSE statement in the SharePoint designer 2013 but it is not showing up I am trying to get else by pressing Alt + W + B but sometimes it works, other times it doesn't. Any idea what ...
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SharePoint Designer workflow question
I have created a new workflow in SharePoint designer 2013 in which when a date has been reached then the users needs to be informed that one section if missing needs to be completed. But I want to ...
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Users who do not have Contribute on the root site are not able to run workflow 2013 . Error "Access denied ..."
I have the following case inside our SharePoint online root site collection:
Members SP Group >> with Contribute permissions >> contain only UserA & UserB
Readers SP Group >> with Read ...
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SharePoint Designer Worflow
I'm fairly new to SharePoint designer and I am trying to create a workflow that will send an automatic email whenever I create a new document in a specific folder in SharePoint 2013.
Getting ...
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How Do I Use The Value of a Lookup Column in a 2013 Workflow?
I have a list used for scheduling appointments. Each item in the list is an appointment date/time. Column A is a Number column indicating the total number of appointment slots, Column B is a ...
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Error when publishing sharepoint workflow 2013 : Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel
I'm using Sharepoint designer 2013, and apprently I can't publish sharepoint workflow 2013.
System.Net.WebException: The underlying connection was closed: Could
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Unable to published workflows to SharePoint 2013
I am using SPD 2013 and creates workflow on flatform type "SP 2010 WF".
However, checking for error it does not show any however when publishing...it gives me below error. Can you help me identify ...
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get manager SharePoint
I am new to SharePoint and could use some help as I have been thrown into the deep end without any flotation device.
I am creating a 'Leave application system' with workflows; when employee applies ...
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Getting count of files in folder via REST call
I have a SharePoint list that has tasks, and a document library where the associated files for those tasks are stored. When a task is ready to archive, I want to kick off a workflow that will ...
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Query a list on site A from subsite B via SharePoint Designer 2013 Workflow
I have a Designer 2013 Workflow on a subsite (B) that needs to query a calendar on its parent site (A), to see if there is a matching entry in the calendar. If there is no matching entry, I want to ...
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Declaring a Record with a Sharepoint Designer 2010 Workflow
I'm trying to use the SharePoint Records Management tools to handle archiving of records. I'm on SharePoint Online on a site that was migrated from 2010. I have a 2010 workflow that when a column in ...
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Sharepoint Designer 2013 Email - Hyperlink Title
I currently have a Workflow set up in SharePoint Designer 2013 that sends an email when an item is created. I wanted to include a link to the specific newly created item in the body of the message. ...
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Duplicate values in SharePoint Designer workflow while updating in column of 'External Data' type
While trying to update list item in SharePoint Designer Workflow by getting value from an External Data, we see duplicates. How to remove them?
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User's Display Name in SharePoint designer Workflow
Is it possible to change Users's display name in SharePoint workflow to first name & last name only?
Currently it is shown as "LastName,Firstname domain".
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Current: Kumar, Ashok XYZ ...
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String Calculation SharePoint 2010
I have the below string stored in a SharePoint Column:
11608,613,12,12643,12644,12656
I want to extract the value after the last comma. That is I need to extract only 12656 and use it for other ...
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Sharepoint 2013 List Workflow not associating with List
I am about ready to set fire to our Sharepoint 2016 server. Seriously.
So we've made the upgrade to Sharepoint 2016 and are in the process of creating some workflows to allow some of our lists to ...
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Collect Signatures workflow
I have a Collect Signatures workflow in SP Designer 2010 that assign tasks to workers on a list.
The built in logic is that if the workers don't complete their tasks on time they will get an Email ...
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SharePoint Designer 2013 Workflow: Reading Check In comment, programmatic elevation of permissions, alternatives?
I've created a workflow for a review process, that copies a file into a "working" library, takes the check-in comment through Rest API (with elevated permissions and full appinv access) and then saves ...
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App Step Forbidden error message - updating permissions group SP Designer 2013
When I try to run a Designer 2013 workflow with an App Step, I get the following results from my log:
7/25/2019 4:20 PM HRO ID: i:0#.f|membership|bob@bob.gov 7/25/2019 4:20
PM
{"__metadata":{"...
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Refrence a list from another list [closed]
I have a list that automatically gets added to when a user completes a form (lets call this List 1) and another list with all people who are required to complete the form (and List 2). So when the ...
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SharePoint Designer 2013 Access Denied
When trying to save a custom workflow to an Office 365 SharePoint Team Site I get the following error:
I am currently a site owner, and we have ensured scripts are enabled on the site collection.
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Moving documents
I have a document that I want updated by an employee every week. Now I have figured out how to copy the document using a list workflow by changing the status of the document to completed, where it is ...
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All SharePoint 2010 "approval process" failed on start
I have tried OOTB approval workflow, as well as a custom list workflow (using Approval process action). Both failed on start immediately. Every time the error pattern is the same:
Status immediately ...
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Sharepoint 2010 Workflow error: Access Denied
When I Publish or Save a new Sharepoint 2010 Workflow. It's warning me:
Server Error: Access Denied
The Sharepoint 2013 Workflow work fine.
I'm an administrator account of my tenant and I have ...
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SPD Workflow Trigger involving numbers
i created a SPD workflow. I want the workflow to only fire if a particular item contains any number (e.g. 84563). If the item doesn't contain a number (e.g. it contains words or is blank) it won't ...
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How can I stop the same email from sending by a custom workflow twice?
I have a custom workflow I made in SPD that sends an email to different people depending on the value of a column, in this case it's when it's their turn to edit a document. The person will get an ...
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Workflow - designer 2013 - email reminder not working
I want to add a workflow to a task list, so it sends out an email reminder 2 and 3 months prior to due date.
this is the workflow I created, but it's not working, nothing is happening. What's wrong ...
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Create Sub-folders in SharePoint Site using workflows
I am using the SharePoint Designer 2013. I need to create sub-folders when a folder is created in the Site contents library. Is there a way to set this up without programming using the SPD?
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SharePoint Desiger 2013-Workflow with Impersonation Step Does Not Notify the Right Person if a Task is Reassigned
Workflow Details:
Impersonation step is set at the beginning of the workflow--grants
Contribute (No Delete) item permissions to Supervisor 1 which is
manually entered by the requester in a list ...
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Sharepoint Designer Workflow - call http web service fails - Chinese File name
I have created a SharePoint Designer site Workflow.
In this workflow, there is an action "call Http web service" to copy files from one location to another.
It fails for all the files that has ...
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SharePoint 2013 workflows not working on single subsite
So here is an interesting question for anyone that might have any insight.
Some Background
I have recently worked on the creation of a site that needed a ton of workflows in the background, it uses ...
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Move subsite with running workflows to new site collection
I am looking to essentially promote a subsite up to its own site collection on a different content database, but all data and currently running workflows need to be preserved. Currently, I have a ...
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How to copy files to another document library with new folder in SharePoint 2013
We have two document libraries(suppose TestLib1 & TestLib2), when a new file added to TestLib1 it required automatically copied to TestLib2 with new folder and add item under that folder using ...
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E-Mail Reminder Based On Date Columns In SharePoint 365 Online List
I have an online list that has a lots of columns. Columns A,B,C and D are in date format. Date in column D is always populated, but dates that are in A, B and C should be entered later on, before the ...
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How long will workflow action "wait for..." actually wait?
Does anyone have any idea how long the "wait for..." actions in a workflow will actually wait for? I have a use-case where it could be years before someone changes a field and I'm wondering if the ...
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Disable Automatic Emails sent to the requestor
I have a workflow set in SP Designer 2013, which starts an approval process with selected people in a SP List in O365. Once a new item is added to the list it sends to the person created this item 2 ...
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Create Hidden Association Columns in a Workflow
I am using SharePoint Designer 2013 to create a SharePoint 2010 document set approval workflow for a SharePoint 2016 site and was wondering how I can go about setting the association columns to be ...
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Document getting corrupted when created using custom template from Designer Workflow
I have a List on which a workflow is running. I have a document library with custom template applied to it. I am creating a document (with custom template) in the document library when an item is ...
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Cannot create SPD 2013 Workflow on SharePoint Online site
I have a SharePoint online team site. I am owner of the site and office 365 too. When I tried to create a 2010 Workflow using SPD, it gets created. But I am unable to create a 2013 Workflow. I am ...
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