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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 Should Not Proceed Unless Step1 Is Met

Use the an if statement to set your condition, then use the Stop Workflow action to end the workflow unless the condition is met. …
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Email Notification for SharePoint list when minimum amount of entries have been reached

2013 workflows have a loop step. So you would create a variable to count your loops, and another to count your item. Then inside your loop activity, check for item with ID=1. If it exists, add to your …
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How do I create a group for the workflow?

Create a SharePoint permissions group, add everyone to it, and use the group name in the "To" of your email.
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Sharepoint Workflow Email Notification

When I need a HTML-formatted email body, I create a string variable to hold the HTMl, then I set the body of the workflow email equal to my variable. …
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Dynamically change second approver in workflow

In 2010, you can use the Start Approval Process action in a Designer workflow. Create a variable that holds participant 2 (the user's display name), and use that variable in the approval process. … If you want the workflow to stop on a reject or when the item is changed, you have to set the CancelonRejection and/or CancelonChange variables to yes before you start the approval step. …
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Update List A with workflow triggered in List B which looks up data in List A

Create two "Update list item" actions in your Projects workflow. The first would update list item in People where People Name = Member 1 (inside if condition to verify Member 1 isn't empty). …
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"The file has been modified by..." error, when the workflow starts automatically

Try adding a short pause in between steps that modify the file referenced in the error. I think this error message means that the item is locked for editing because it's being changed too many times v …
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Workflows and ISBLANK statement

You want the Wait for field to Change workflow action... then set wait for [Effective Hire Date] to be greater than 1/1/1900 …
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How do i know what user did in workflow?

In Visual Studio, you can get the person who started the workflow using SPWorkflowActivationProperties Originator property. In Designer, you can use [%Workflow Context:Initator%] …
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Workflow Task Process in 2010

It would be difficult to do from within the workflow because the workflow doesn't keep track of the IDs of the tasks created within a task process, and you'd have to add code inside the process to make … that information available to the workflow. …
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Trigger a workflow when item is created by sending email to SharePoint list

Items created through email upload using the system account (even though "Created By" shows the user who sent the email). This is because there's a setting that allows you to receive incoming email fr …
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create item for the list From Another Workflow

So on any new item created by a workflow, "Start workflow on create" will not work. The workaround is to put "Create new item" inside an impersonation step in the second workflow. … a workflow. …
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3 days before due date email reminder workflow

You don't need to use a calculated column, just a standard workflow using the Add Time to Date actions. … I've been told that in 2013, if the Due Date is changed, the workflow will detect the change, so just run the workflow on create. …
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Workflow SharePoint 2010

Then in your workflow, use the Wait for field to change action to wait for your Response field: Wait for Response to not equal Current Item:Response. …
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Dynamically get field from workflow

The only way I've seen to use a column in a site workflow is for that column to be a site column. …
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