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All about Workflow Manager 1.0
Today I created a SharePoint Designer workflow calling web services. The web service call creates a SharePoint site and applies a PnP template to the site. In general the setup … read the office-365-sharepoint-designer-workflows-calling-long-running-web-services post
In SharePoint there are many different options for workflows. Microsoft and Microsoft partners have invested a lot of time creating different sorts of workflow solutions. For the more experienced user … read the office-365-sharepoint-are-workflows-important post
Yesterday I was using the PnP Provisioning Engine to deploy a SharePoint Designer workflow and I got the following error: [ERROR] Apply-SPOProvisioningTemplate : System.TimeoutException: The HTTP request has timed out … read the office-365-the-http-request-has-timed-out-after-200000-milliseconds-system-net-webexception-the-request-was-aborted-the-request-was-canceled post
An unhandled exception I had a problem with a SharePoint Designer Workflow I was creating a task and assigned it to a SharePoint group. Then I got the error: Details: … read the sharepoint-2013-an-unhandled-exception-occurred-during-the-execution-of-the-workflow-instance post
System.IO.FileNotFoundException During the deployment of a solution to my test environment I got the following error: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly ‘Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.WorkflowServices, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c’ or one of … read the sharepoint-2013-system-io-filenotfoundexception-could-not-load-file-or-assembly-microsoft-sharepoint-client-workflowservices-version15-0-0-0-cultureneutral-publickeytoken71e9bce111e9429c post
Today I tried to start a workflow using PowerShell and I got this annoying error: Exception calling “StartWorkflow” with “4” argument(s): “” At C:\Users\spsetup\Downloads\StartDocumentLocksWF.ps1:38 char:9 + $wf = $wfm.Startworkflow($item,$association, $data,$true) … read the sharepoint-2013-exception-calling-startworkflow-with-4-arguments post
Today I tried to get the TemplateID for starting a workflow from the ribbon in SharePoint 2013 workflow. Some Background To start a workflow from a SharePoint ribbon a URL … read the get-templateid-for-starting-a-workflow-from-the-ribbon-in-sharepoint-2013-workflow post
So I had a reusable SharePoint Designer list workflow deployed in SharePoint 2013. The process that I’m implementing is creating project sites using web templates created in Visual Studio 2013. … read the share-point-2013-workflow-manager-1-0-how-to-publish-a-list-workflow-programmatically post
I’m using Workflow Manager 1.0 and SharePoint 2013 with SharePoint Designer workflows. Today I got the following error when I tried to Add a Workflow to my list. error occurred … read the unexpected-error-occurred-in-method-getobject-usage-distributed-logon-token-cache-exception-microsoft-applicationserver-caching-datacacheexception-errorcodesubstatusthe-request-timed post
Today I wanted to update a list item’s related Items (I renamed the Related Items to Secured Comments in my list) field. I’m using the Update List Item action and … read the update-related-items-in-sharepoint-2013-using-sharepoint-designer-workflow post
In SharePoint 2013 it is now possible to create code free workflows. There are quite a few articles about how to install workflow manager 1.0. For a step by step … read the code-free-workflows-in-sharepoint-2013 post
SharePoint 2013 has a new workflow engine. I’m assuming that that is no news any more. So if the workflows are now managed through Workflow Manager 1.0, most likely the … read the 470 post
Today I came across the following error when I tried to activate a SharePoint designer workflow feature: SharePoint 2013 Workflow: Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: App Management Shared Service Proxy is not installed. So … read the sharepoint-2013-workflow-microsoft-sharepoint-spexception-app-management-shared-service-proxy-is-not-installed post
There are a couple of blogs out there about exporting reusable workflows but none of them really cover the problems that I ran into recently. Exporting workflows First of all the … read the exporting-reusable-workflows-from-sharepoint-designer-2010-to-visual-studio-2010 post
Adding site columns in SharePoint Designer I created a SharePoint Designer workflow which handles the approval of list items. Now I would like to have some extra site columns added … read the form-fields-in-sharepoint-designer-workflow post