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Complex Query List - problems

  •  03-07-2012, 12:48 PM

    Complex Query List - problems

    Hello! :)

    I have previously just been reading this forum, and not posted anything. So, here comes my first message. I am not fluent with Nintex yet, and I am not a developer.

    Problem:

    I have a Sharepoint list that looks like this (but has much much more columns and rows):

    List A 

     

    xx

    987

    345

    678

    234

    567

    543

    8000

    1

    1

    1

    1

    2

    2

    6790

    2

    5

    4

    4

    4

    3

    2134

    3

    1

    6

    5

    4

    3

    6789

    6

    3

    1

    2

    3

    7

     

    It's kind of a matrix type of table, exported from Excel spreadsheet to Sharepoint.

    Then I also have another Sharepoint list that looks like this:

    List B 

     

    Name

    Category

    Type

    Team

    test1

    8000

    987

     

    test2

    6790

    345

     

    test3

    6789

    234

     

    test4

    2134

    567

     

     

     

    ---

    OK, so my problem is that I need to get the values for the Team column in list B, based on the Category and Type column values. I need to look up those values from list B, and update the Team column accordingly.

    Question is: How can I do it?

    I have tried adding a Switch action so that it looks at the Type field. I selected the workflow variable (Type) that I wanted to compare the value of. I then added conditions: 987, 234, 567... etc. etc. 

    But the problem is, there will be approximately a hundread "branches", which makes the workflow appear very very wide. Can that be a problem somehow, or is Nintex able to handle that? It kind of looks ugly.. 


    For each "branch" I then tried to add the Query List action, to look up the value for Team from the list A...

    I just don't know how to configure the Query List actions. :-(
    How do I get the values..? What would be the best way to do this?

    So, in the end the values for the Team column would be updated according to the matrix:

    Name

    Category

    Type

    Team

    test1

    8000

    987

     1

    test2

    6790

    345

     5

    test3

    6789

    234

     2

    test4

    2134

    567

     4

     

    If anyone has any advice, please let me know. :-)

    Thank you! 

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