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A variable is a data storage location or cache inside a workflow that contains data associated with a workflow.

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I'm having this situation Inside a loop I'm having one more loop where I append specific values to a specific array. What if later I want to access the Trend value from the third array? I know how to ...
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I am using SharePoint Designer 2013 to write a workflow on SharePoint 2010. My time zone is UTC-05:00 and that is the time zone in my site's regional settings. I have a list that has a look up from a ...
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I am looking to set a variable in a SharePoint 2010 workflow in a SharePoint 2016 Enterprise env. as a lookup value. The issue that I am having is that the variable data is coming from the EditForm....
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Help, Is it possible to update the most current item in List A using information from the most current item in List B? I have to use SharePoint 2010 so functionality is limited. I have no been able ...
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Is it possible to trigger an approval flow based on the status of a column in a SharePoint List? Eg. If column A = Value X ---> Trigger workflow. If column X is any other value than X don`t ...
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I've got two lists; List 1 = Parent & List 2 = Child. The relationship between the two is one (Parent) to many (Child). The Child list has a lookup field to the Parent ID and the Parent list has ...
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I am moving a file from one document library to another using a 2013 workflow but it keeps dropping the dot " . " from the file name. "File 45.01" Move Document -> Rename Document -> "Published File ...
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I need create a workflow that move all items in a list to another list. This is easy. But I need that the name of the second list be the month and the year. I create a script that create the list ...
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I'm working on an approval workflow and I need to send email during the approval/reject process. I have an email template list through which I fetch the body for the email. The body for one of the ...
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I've done quite a bit of research, but unable to find a solution or tutorial to help me with this problem. I am looking for an out-of-box solution using SharePoint Designer 2010. I have a document ...
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I've come across an interesting scenario with parallel tasks and workflow variables. My versions are: Sharepoint Online 2016 Sharepoint Designer 2013 Sharepoint 2010 Workflow Platform I am ...
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I am currently building a workflow that will require changing workflow variables However when the workflow runs I am receiving the email it sends out three times.The only thing I can think of is that ...
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I have a SharePoint 2013 platform Workflow where i start an approval Task: a) I currently use "Assign a task" action and use the Task Id return field to get approval comments from the task b) I ...
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I'm apparently* hitting the 50 variable limit in a SharePoint 2010 workflow on a SharePoint Online site. I could probably kill off a dozen variables if I could do a varDate adjustment on the fly when ...
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I am trying to auto-schedule task basis on Predecessors. Tried creating a workflow that will help me with this but not been very successful. For example- Task2(ID2) with Predecessor(ID3) looks for ...
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I won't be unique with my question: I just need to get normal URLs to all attachments from SharePoint list items. Unfortunately I can't use JavaScript or any 3rd party solutions (have neither ...
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I have 2 lists, ankenlist: have some "anken", each anken have a "total", "total" mean amount of work to be done. report: each record link to an anken, with a "Done", I want to do like this: each time ...
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I use Sharepoint Online and Sharepoint Designer 2013 workflows. I have a loop workflow that uses variables in date format. When the loop starts again it uses the variable from the first loop. ...
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I want to send an email when a key is returned. The user who updates the list has a checkbox for yes it was returned. Once that field goes from blank to "Yes" I want an email to be sent to the user ...
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Email is sent to users after travel request has been created, the field in email pulls "Current Item:ID", which then provides a link to the DispForm, the ID # matches. /Lists/Travel Requests/DispForm....
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I'm calling rest API in SharePoint workflow in SharePoint designer. I'm looping through the results and trying to access the values using key and trying to put them in email body . I'm using "Get d/...
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I am trying to read a "Lookup" Column called 'Color' from a list and simply copy it into another "Text" column called 'Scheme' through SharePoint Designer 2013. In Designer, doing "Set Scheme to ...
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I have 2 list, 1st have valie: ProductName, Price, Quantity. In second list i have Customer, ProductName(lookup with ProduceName from list1), and QuantityCustomerBuying. Now, how can i make workflow ...
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Am exporting a Sharepoint site and importing. But the workflow lookup list does not appear instead an ID is displayed. And therefore its not working, Check the screen shot above! Have tried many ...
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The form that I created requires the creator to assign a person "Reviewer 1" before they can save and trigger the workflow to begin. Once Reviewer 1 accesses the item to review (Edit Form), they have ...
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For my workflow, I want to use the Action "Send Email" but as follows: Column A holds the name of stakeholder Column B holds the condition (a status of task) I want workflow to Send Email to Column ...
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How to set date/time variable in SharePoint Designer to null/empty? I am creating a workflow where I have to set date variable = empty value. But in a lookup, I can't define value=null. Is there any ...
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In SharePoint online, I created a declarative (designer) workflow on List A. The workflow is triggered on item created. When a new item is created on List A, it creates new list item in List B. ...
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I want to create a workflow that will look at a date in a column and then send an email 60 or 90 days before that date is current. What would a workflow look like to do that? Would it be easier to ...
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I am trying to set the values to hyperlink filed of document library from designer workflow.And below are the two implemented formats in designer workflow,But finding no luck {ULR}, {Description} url, ...
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My below workflow is designed to send email notifications only when a specific field in my list is updated, however I'm currently receiving email when any list item is updated. Even though the two ...
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I have a data list for all my SP users (custom list, not the user info list). There is an added column (look-up field) for their manager, so each user has a direct manager tagged on their 'item' ...
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I have a SharePoint Designer site workflow in SharePoint 2013 (Online) that I'm using to loop through a list, and collect properties from each item using the REST API. One of the columns I'm looking ...
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How do I make a workflow with three scenarios? The workflow is dependent on the value of the following: Billing Information (2 possible values) Request Type (4 possible values) Business Unit (20 ...
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I have seen all the suggestions for extracting the day of the week from a long date in a SP workflow. I would love to be able to set my date/time variable to a long date but the system will not let ...
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Context: I have a list that we use as a sort of newsfeed. I have a workflow which, when an item is created on the newsfeed, copies the contents into a new list item on a secondary list. What I am ...
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When I retrieve an O365 site's list's items in the designer workflow (2013) using rest api call, the Number type columns always get set to local integer variables as zeros. I have inspected the ...
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I have a list where I am creating a workflow which sends a copy of the list item to both the administrator of the list and the creator of the item. I am able to add all fields apart from the date ...
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I am using SharePoint 2013 Enterprise version. I have already configure Workflow 2013 platform. I am creating workflow with visual studio 2105 ultimate version. What I am doing is that I am getting ...
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I am first time creating Workflow 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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unfortunately, I still have some forms on SharePoint 2007. Somehow, a workflow that was created by a previous person disappeared (grew legs and walked away? idk). I am looking to recreate this ...
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I am encountering a strange behavior of custom workflows and cannot find any clue for it. The error seems to be independent of the item data - even if the item data is the same, usually workflow ...
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I have a long and complex workflow with many stages and steps written in SharePoint Designer 2013. The workflow is associated with a SharePoint library that was published from a form designed in ...
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I have an excel document I am maintaining on SP, and at-least once a week this document needs to be mailed to several people. Not all are SharePoint enthusiast so I need to maintain their requirements ...
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In our AD database, the email addresses stored in Sharepoint are often wrong and cause problems for our sites. Unfortunately we don't get much assistance from our AD database administrators, so I need ...
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Any ideas on how I can Loop through list A to get/set variables, one being a list name. Then using those variables, loop through other lists on the site. Basically a nested loop. Problem is I can't ...
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I'm making a workflow that needs to be stopped whenever a field change. This is working find for a date field and a string field. I save the initial values at the top of flow and use wait for field ...
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I'm having problems getting the values from a lookup field and then store in a variable Code: Set Variable: v_related_requirement_intID to Current Item:Release Error: An unhandled exception ...
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I want to use a single email to either send a new or updated item email. If I create a column containing a choice of two sentences (one indicates the email contains a new item and the other an update)...
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I am using SharePoint Designer 2010 workflow platform. Daily our user post some press clippings in SharePoint description column, then we have to send all these descriptions in single email at the ...
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