Workflow

Re: When does a workflow run?

jaybranch — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:10:44 GMT

No problem :)

Re: When does a workflow run?

smonczka — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:39:47 GMT

Jay, thank you very much for your explination. I think I'm starting to understand the workflow rules a little better now.

Re: When does a workflow run?

jaybranch — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:18:20 GMT

Hi there,

Indeed! Start off creating an action and simply pausing the workflow for 48 hours. As long as the workflow starts when an item is created, the workflow will start.

You can check its working by using the 'Log "xxxxxxx" to the history list. This simply adds whatever you want to see, i.e. "Workflow Started" to the history list. This means you can see exactly what has happened at any given point in your workflow. You can check the history of the workflow in Sharepoint.

Good luck!

Jay

Re: When does a workflow run?

smonczka — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:09:00 GMT

Thats what I figured, workflows have to be triggered by an event.

Jay to delay a workflow such as this would I use the "Pause for Duration" and just set it to 48 hours?

Thanks for your help!

Re: When does a workflow run?

jaybranch — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:12:09 GMT

Hi,

How are you designing your workflow? SPD maybe?

You can only generate a workflow when list data changes. However, you could amend your workflow and put a delay in place initially.... say 48 hours?

Then, you can initiate the rest of the workflow.

Let me know if you need this to be clarified.

Best regards

James

When does a workflow run?

smonczka — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:37:27 GMT

I have a workflow that is suposed to kick off two days after a form is submitted to the library. If no one has approved/disapproved the form in two days an email is sent to the approver reminding them to complete the form. So far the rule is not working.

Is this posible to have a timed trigger in a workflow such as this? Or do workflows only trigger on Create, Modify or Manualy?