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SharePoint workflow refers to the automation of a business process by step by step execution of steps. In many cases the workflow instances have indeterminate delays and overall duration due to the necessity to interact with human users. This differentiates workflow from other means of automation such as Event Receivers. There are two types of workflows - Sequential Workflows - State Machine Workflow

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Workflow.xaml - Copy to SharePoint root

I've tried copying to SharePoint root, writing a script to replace the Workflow.xaml file, restarting the "Workflow Manager Backend" and all other SharePoint services. It just doesn't work. … Every time I make a change to my SharePoint 2013, visual studio workflow, I'm forced to redeploy the solution and re-attach the workflow to it's respective list. …
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Content Approval Publish: Problem with any user except Site Collection Admin

When pressing the "Publish" button with any user that is not the site collection admin, I get an empty screen with "Start workflow" and no options. …
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The "ExpressionTranslationBuildTask" task failed unexpectedly

I'm creating a Visual Studio sharepoint 2013 workflow, and I'm getting this error: The "ExpressionTranslationBuildTask" task failed unexpectedly. … The first time, I started doing the workflow from scratch. Where do I start? How do I debug this? …
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Who accepted/rejected the task?

I have a workflow which is creating a task that can be approved by multiple users. (IE: there is a group in the "Assigned To" field). … How can I tell, from within the workflow, which user accepted/rejected the task? I can look at the "last modified by" field but it's not a very nice solution... …
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Can't get DEFAULT Microsoft Template for Association form to work! Reproducible

Creating a new sharepoint project: Creating a farm solution: Right clicking on the solution and adding a new workflow: Adding a list workflow: Reusable: Right clicking on the workflow and adding … an association form: Creating a new list: Adding the workflow to the list: Clicking Next so the association form shows up: What I've tried: Installed workflow foundation on multiple PCs, created …
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Workflow Status Tasks: One or more field types are not installed properly

In the workflow status tasks, I get the error: "One or more field types are not installed properly. …
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Invoking an ActivityAction in a SharePoint workflow

Unfortunately the InvokeDelegate activity does not seem to be supported in a SharePoint workflow: Would it be possible to write a Code Activity that replicates this functionality? … Here's an MSDN article that shows how to do this in a non-sharepoint workflow with Workflow Manager 1.0. Edit: Still looking on an answer. Any updates with the Workflow Manager 1.0 refresh? …
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Users can see (and approve!) each other's tasks

In SharePoint designer workflows, there is this option called "Only allow task recipients and process owners to read and edit workflow tasks" (which I haven't tried, but I would assume provides the functionality … This is a Visual Studio, SharePoint 2013 workflow however. …
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Importing a SharePoint 2013 workflow in Visual Studio

I'm creating a simple workflow in Visual Studio: I can deploy it, and it works. I then try to open it with SharePoint designer: However, the steps/activities/stages are missing. … Steps I took: Created a simple workflow in sharepoint designer. …
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How do I access a Property argument in a SharePoint 2013 Workflow?

I have a "Property" argument in a workflow. I need to access it and pass it's value to another activity. It seems that I can't do this however. What am I missing? … need to use a Property instead of an In/Out argument because of this question: Invoking an ActivityAction in a SharePoint workflow
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