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Hi Paddy, If you want to create a workflow that automatically sends an e-mail message to any team member when they receive an assignment. You can quickly do this by creating a one-step workflow. Please refer to the following steps: 1. Add a column to the list. To do so, refer to the following...

hie, i have created a simple workflow using sharepoint designer 2013 and try to publish it. it generate error "workflow can save but cannot be run" Is there any service problem? Regards, Ck

Hi Philip, I have researched this issue on my side with the error message. I have noticed that the other users who have the similar error fixed the issue by the PowerShell command you mentioned. If you are Office 365 after-upgrade user, you can perform the following steps to set up the SharePoint...

Hi Mike, As far as I know, the default Email Action in SharePoint Designer doesn't support sending email with attachments. To achieve the requirements, you need to develop a custom action with Visual Studio. I would like to share the following resources about custom workflow actions. Implementing...

I have a new 2013 site-collection and a new subsite in that collection I'm trying to create a new workflow from in Office 365. However, I cannot create a 2013 platform workflow - only 2010. What needs to be changed?

Hi Anpuli, Thanks for your time and efforts. I am using SharePoint Designer 2013 as well as you. However, when I start designing the workflow, I have the option to choose the platform type, as indicated from the picture below, and in this case, I selected SharePoint 2010 Workflow (although I am...

Hi A-anpuli, I understand you have an Out-of Box Approval workflow, and you would like to use the status column of this workflow to triage another customer workflow. Based on my understanding, the workflow status column is not a column of the current library (or list). To use the workflow outcome...

Hi Andrew, From the tags under you post, I found you are using Office 365 Enterprise pre-upgrade version, please let me know if I misunderstand it. Firstly, I would like you to check the sign-in/active status for the " Assigned To " person, in case if the person is blocked to sign in to...

Hi Trevor, Based on my experience, it might be a time delay issue, and it should be able to work. If the issue persists after enough time, you can debug the workflow using the Workflow history. The following are some resources about troubleshooting and debugging workflow: Troubleshoot workflow...

Hi all, I have 3 lists(Country,Cities,State) and below are the columns Country List: Title Cities List:Title ,Country(look-up from Country list column Title") State:State,Country(look-up from Country list column Title"),City(look-up from Cities list column Title") Cascade...

I posted a question about sharepoint workflows triggering twice after service upgrade to sharepoint 2013 ( http://community.office365.com/en-us/forums/154/t/156274.aspx ) however i can't seem to reply or find the reply button... I even went to 'my profile' --> activity, there's still...

Hi Phil1630, I’d like to confirm whether the issue happened after the workflows were successfully published. If yes, here is a similar issue being resolved in this thread http://community.office365.com/en-us/forums/154/p/132955/410040.aspx . The custom shared the solution about removing cache...

Hi Karen, I understand that the workflow are executed twice after the service upgrade. Just as Reken suggested in the thread you mentioned above, please perform the following steps: 1. Check the start option of the affected workflow. If you have selected to start the workflow when an item is...

Hi Santhoshi, Regarding the description, I suggest you first create a new test workflow for the list with only one action " Send an Email ", and check to see if the workflow can send an email out. If the email can be sent out and the user can receive it, this indicates that the "Send...

Hi Rajesh, My opinion is that there might be a damaged cache template in the workflow. So please try to create a new content type with a different name, and use the new content type in your workflow. In addition, could you please share the workflow steps for further troubleshooting? Thanks,...

I am using SharePoint Online (2013 version) and SharePoint Designer 2013. I have tried to create a document library using "Create Item in List" action. A word document is created after the workflow executes, but the created document is corrupt. It doesn't open in Word Web App. When I open...

Hi BCIT, Sorry for the inconvenience that you have encountered. To narrow down the root cause of the issue, I would like to collect the following information: 1. Have you installed both SharePoint Designer 2013 and SharePoint Designer 2010 in your computer? 2. Do you mean that you cannot create...

Hi all, Not sure if this is the right forum for this but here goes... I want to create a Knowledge Base (KB) Site as a Subsite of my Sharepoint Team Site...I've done that and I found a KB template online from MS no problems. I want to add a workflow to this for content approval. I enabled...

Hi Owen, I would like to confirm if the workflow was created by the default template or a custom workflow in SharePoint designer. If it was created by SharePoint designer, I suggest you try to use SharePoint designer 2013 from https://portal.microsoftonline.com/OLS/mysoftware.aspx?source=ehome and...

Hi noates, I understand you are looking for something pre-built and what you have to do is to let your staff submit their leave request, then the "pre-built" system handle everything rest. In addtion to a custom list, I would then recommend you apply an Calendar list together with...

Hi Roy, I’d like to collect the following information to narrow down the cause of the issue: 1. What subscription of Office 365 you are using ？ 2. What version of SharePoint Designer you are using? We recommend you try installing SharePoint Designer 2013 via the link below...

Hi Sbsee88, The workflow issue might be caused by the recent service update. To fix it, please download SharePoint Designer 2013, and re-publish your workflow. Download SharePoint Designer 2013 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35491 For more information about this issue...

Good morning, Similar to this question: http://community.office365.com/en-us/forums/154/t/149206.aspx?wa=wsignin1.0 Starting sometime yesterday or over the weekend (they were working on Friday), workflows have not been accessible through SharePoint Designer. I used both 2010 (after the...

Hi DW3, I would like to confirm the following things: 1. Do you want to create custom workflows for your SharePoint Online? 2. Does the issue occur to other users in your Office 365 tenant? 3. What is the SharePoint Version of your SharePoint Online site? For Windows XP Service Pack 3...

Hello... I am new to Sharepoint. The issue I am facing is similiar to this person: http://community.office365.com/en-us/forums/154/t/121306.aspx We are looking to create a couple of sample workflows and to do this have tried to use the workflow function. After learning that this cannot...