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 ...
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Change Lookup Filed Trying to Retrieve from AD
I'm new to SharePoint, so please bear with me.
In a workflow I get employee work email, and I'm trying to retrieve employee full name using Active Directory.
In lookup window, I only get to use ...
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Trying to Start SharePoint workflow from code
I have what may be a familiar piece of code for starting a SharePoint 2013 workflow, except mine fails with an error of "Error: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: subscription
undefined." The log I ...
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Using AD generic mailboxes in list alerts and workflow emails
I want to set up a SharePoint alert on a list that I have on my site to trap errors from custom code (JS, SP Solutions, and Workflows) and have it send an email to a generic mailbox once daily. This ...
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Reusable Workflow 2013 for lists and libraries not working
My aim is to create a reusable workflow which I can apply to a site collection, so that the workflow will run on all lists or libraries on all sites.
I have experimented by creating simple workflows ...
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Trigger List Workflow Using Form Action Button
I am using SharePoint Designer to customise a 'new' form.
I would like it to include a form action button that triggers a list workflow. I can easily get it to trigger a site workflow but not list. ...
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SharePoint 2010 Workflow Loop Value issue
I have a SharePoint list and I am writing a workflow against it. When I add a lookup to the and email action in the body of the email, it appears fine.
%Current Item: Pro Desc%
If I hit save and ...
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Retrieving List<T> collection from a REST method within a SharePoint 2013 Workflow
Here is the deal.. I have a REST method that returns Generic.List<DTOSupervisor> which has to be retreved by using a HTTP Send and GetDynamicValueProperties components.
My REST method ...
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create item for the list From Another Workflow
i created two workflows for the same list. The first workflow starts automatically when creating an item, and the second workflow starts when editing an item, so i want to create an item from the 2nd ...
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Creating two-way Email workflows in Nintex 2010 [closed]
Can anyone help me with the process of creating a 2 way Email workflow.
For example, a manager adds an item (Employee details) in the Employee List which will trigger the workflow of sending the ...
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Workflow in SP designer 2013
I'm having problems when using SharePoint Designer 2013, this problem is , when i create more than one workflow to the same list , if another workflow start for example to create list item to my list ...
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Dynamically change second approver in workflow
We want to dynamically change the second approver in the approval workflow. This should be decided based on a choice field. The first approver will always be the same.
Ex 1: student picks choice ...
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SharePoint 2013 Workflow with many variables
I got stuck with the problem of lookup workflow. I need to fill the SharePoint list based on the 2 variables introduced earlier to another list. After some searching lookup workflow seems to be the ...
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Approval workflow never reaches “Approved” status
I've a list with OOB approval workflow. on top of that, i created a workflow to send an email depending on the status, when the item is changed- if approval status="Approved", send one mail, else if ...
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Continue started SharePoint 2013 workflows after farm moving
I have SharePoint 2013 Enterprise Farm and WorkFlow Manager on the same server SP-01.
Now I need to migrate it to SharePoint Standard version
What I've done:
1. Created new SharePoint Standard farm ...
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Email Notification for SharePoint list when minimum amount of entries have been reached
How would I create an email notification for a SharePoint list when a minimum amount of entries have been reached?
For example, I have a basic list of 20 name entries, when that list reaches 15 names ...
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Looping Workflow Dictionary Limit of 100 Items
Does anyone have a way to create a workflow that can loop through a list with more than 100 items. My looping workflow is working great but only loops through a hundred items. Unfortunately, my list ...
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Workflows and ISBLANK statement
I am fairly new to SP as well as workflows and was looking for some help.
I have a list that contains a series of columns that we are using to track an employees hiring process. As part of this ...
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SharePoint 2013: download entire directory in Document Library?
Is it possible in SharePoint 2013 to download an entire directory (folder) in a Document Library with its contents?
I did not find a button in the ribbon for that. Maybe it would be possible with a ...
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SharePoint 2013 document library: download several files at once?
We are working with SharePoint 2013.
Is it possible in a Document Library in the List view to download several (selected) files at once?
I did not find a corresponding button or control in the ...
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Create List Item in Another Site Collection Using REST API from Visual Studio Workflow
I have developed a List Workflow in Visual Studio 2013.
In this, I am trying to read the current item's Title and create an item in another list in another site collection.
Please read the last part ...
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Add value to external list - Workflow
I have two lists:
"List1" with field CustomID (number field),
"List2" with fields Company1 (number field).
I want to have a workflow which will take a value from "List1, field CustomID" add value ...
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Mail body is not updating after changing Assigned To in Workflow Task (SharePoint 2013)
For some reason, sometime I need to change the Assigned To of a task. So I am editing the task item and saving it.
So the new Assigned To is getting an email.
Now the problem is lookup values ...
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How to move an item from a list “A” to list “B” when a checkbox is clicked in list “A”?
Is there a good tutorial which can show a SharePoint novice how to move an item from a list "A" to list "B" when a checkbox is clicked in list "A"? I have attempted to use a workflow in SharePoint ...
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Multiple Lines column adding extra lines automatically
I have a multiple lines column and when I use workflow to send it's value via email, it's adding an extra row in the beggining and in the end of the string. If I have only 1 line, it becomes 3. I ...
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Create State Machine Workflow with Custom ASPX forms as Approval Forms/TaskEdit Forms
I have gone through this link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_mPvr5nJuo that explains how to create a state machine workflows for my document approvals in my SP 2013 site collection.
But I am ...
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SharePoint 2013 workflow different approvers for documents
Can I create a publishing approval workflow, applying different approvers and publishers for each document of the same library
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Adding custom column to Workflow Task content type makes workflow stop on assign task
I have been asking a few questions in here lately, as I'm beggining my journey as a Sharepoint Online 'developer' for my new internship.
I have a new one for today:
I have created a custom approval ...
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SharePoint Designer Workflow- In a list workflow how to compare one field value from current list to another list
I working on a list wotkflow and want to compare one field value from current list to another list , for having same value or not to update the status for workflow?
how can I give that in if ...
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ParallelForeach<T> activity in workflow designed via visio
In sharepoint online and workflow engine V4, there is possibility to create parallel foreach cycle in visual studio.
Since there is option to edit XAML definition of workflow via combination of ...
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Repeating Table Submit to Start one Workflow
I have a SharePoint list with an InfoPath repeating form that submits multiple items at a time
I have a workflow I need to run when the items are added, the workflow calls http and emails users based ...
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Cannot Break Role Inheritance on Task Items Using REST in SharePoint 2013 Workflow
The title pretty much says it all. I'm getting an 'Unauthorized' response when I try to /breakroleinheritance on a Tasks list item in a 2013 workflow (inside an App Step). The strange thing is that ...
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How to deploy a updated functionality in a workflow through farm solution
I have a visual studio workflow running on a list. Now the requirement is to update a particular functionality on this workflow. However, if I do a retract/deploy on the solution, details of all ...
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How customize document upload form for metadata along with document to upload in library?
My requirement is that-
I have to upload document and some custom column(metadata properties) while uploading document in library. I have to customize document upload form so that can add document ...
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Populate Form B title with Form A title
I have two SharePoint forms that have been created in InfoPath. I want to populate the title of Form B with the same title from Form A.
The process is that when the user completes Form A and I action ...
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Send daily email with multiple News Items
I have the below business case/scenario for implementation on SharePoint.
Daily News items are issued by the Department. Currently, the Department attaches the news items to the email at the end of ...
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How to create variable in visual studio workflow
I am first time creating working in visual studio for sharepoint 2010. Now i need to create variable (Workflow variable) in my workflow but i am not getting any reference or tutorials for create ...
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SharePoint Designer 2013 Workflow Not Generating Task
I have developed a project site workflow in SPD that moves the project through various phases and stages. At the beginning of each stage, the workflow assigns a task to the project owner. In some ...
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Sharepoint 2013 - Workflow Email Reminder
I am using SP 2013, and hoping to create a workflow.
I added a list that needs a workflow on it. The issue I am running into is that this is a list that gets updated at random, but the entire list ...
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SharePoint 2013 Workflow - Update List Item Based on Two Columns
I'm not sure if this is possible. I would like to have a SharePoint 2013 workflow update a list item in another list only if: column A contains 'x' and column B contains 'y'.
I know I am able to ...
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Group and Sum Workflow
I am wondering if there is a way I can get a running total to another list. So for instance I have orders that are processed, lets say fruit the orders would look like this, each order a new line.
...
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SharePoint Designer Workflow Not Starting Automatically
I have created a SharePoint Designer workflow (SharePoint 2010 Workflow Type) to setting up item level permission for newly created items.There I used Replace List Item Permissions (Impersonation ...
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Sharepoint 2010 OOTB Workflow
I have a SharePoint list with the fields;
Name | Email | Age |
I need to create a workflow to send a email using the Email field as a destination, but i cant use SharePoint designer and that email ...
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Review and approval workflow for list
I'm making an workflow with two steps on reviewing.
Fist step after a list item is included.
The reviewer will verify the item and choose to accept or reject.
If he rejects, the item is rejected ...
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SharePoint 2013 Workflow move document to another library when the task ends
I have a document library in SharePint 2013, what I need is a workflow that triggers when a new document is uploaded to the library and that workflow specifies the people that can comment and edit on ...
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How to run programmatically Sharepoint 2010 designer workflow in Sharepoint 2013
How to run programmatically Sharepoint 2010 designer workflow in Sharepoint 2013.
I would prefer CSOM.
Scenario: I have list which store some information and get the approval name form another list ...
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Allow Office 2010 users to open docs from hyperlink in edit mode
I have SharePoint 2013 Designer Workflow which assigns tasks to users. In the email of the task I have added a direct link to the related document.
I was originally using [%Workflow Context:Current ...
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Create Office file from a template using workflows (Content types)
I want a workflow to create a new file that is based of an Excel sheet.
I have created a content type with the .xlsx file and added it to the Document Library.Ffrom the "New" button I can create a ...
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2010 List workflows in Designer 2013 stop publishing
I was building a workflow that contains Approval actions and multiple field changes. It was publishing fine. At some point, when I reached Step 4, it stopped publishing, it didn't publish even after I ...
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SharePoint 2013 Workflow Best Practice Moving Between Stages
Can someone tell me the best practice for transitioning between stages?
I have two stages: Stage 1 and Stage 2
In Stage 1 I kick off a task process that requests that a bunch of users approve the ...
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Reconfigurable approval workflow development through Visual Studio 2012
I have around 20 companies with different approval workflows (various levels) for a list item in SharePoint 2013.
I want to develop a workflow that checks a custom Xml file for the approval steps and ...
