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Re: Copy Workflow Status to column to ensure a persistent record beyond 60 days - SharePoint Designer

brice235i — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 16:27:20 GMT

Sorry for not getting back straight away Hillary. I found out why this wasn't working. I found a post about how the Wait action indeed does not fire for OOB workflow status columns.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1417531/sharepoint-workflow-wait-for-field-change-not-firing-when-another-workflow-cha

Therefore tried customizing the approval workflow instead… I made a copy of the OOB Approval workflow as a reusable workflow on a content type/item.

Then in the Customization section 'changed the behaviour of the overall task process' and set the value to an ancillary column.

Re: Copy Workflow Status to column to ensure a persistent record beyond 60 days - SharePoint Designer

Hilary Stoupa — Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:56:45 GMT

What is the step that sets your new column? The Update Item step in the approved step?

Copy Workflow Status to column to ensure a persistent record beyond 60 days - SharePoint Designer

brice235i — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 04:53:30 GMT

Hi, I would like to copy the workflow status (OOTB Approval 2010 workflow) to a newly created column. The reason is because a timer job deletes workflow history after 60 days and we need to see the workflow status as a permanent record.

My workflow seems to make sense, but it isn't updating the value in the column as expected. I've attached a picture of the workflow.

Hoping someone has some ideas. Thanks.