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Update Item on External Content List

mjstorevik — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:27:38 GMT

I have a workflow that needs to create an item and then update that list item in a External Content List. The create Item to the External List works fine. However, when I try to do a Update Item for the External List I get the following error: "An error has occurred". That is all I get for error messages, I checked the NintexWorkflowHistory. If the field I am trying to update in the External List is NULL then I get a Coercian Error otherwise I just the Error has Occurred.

We just updated to this version of Nintex (Nintex Workflow 2.3.9.0) - the previous version would give us the same issue for creating a list item in a External List as well. My workaround for this is to use a SharePoint Workflow instead.

Removing the workflow progress visualization

Jlrc — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:26:31 GMT

Is there a way to remove the OOB workflow progress visualization?

How to embed ECMAScript in Nintex form?

Jun — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:12:54 GMT

Hi folks,

I'm brand new to Nintex and after many searches online, I need some help with embedding ECMAScript in Nintex form.

I have a form with 3 fields, staffID(dropdownlist field), firstName(single line input box), department(single line input box). The staffID dropdown list is connected to another list called "Staff". I need to populate values for the firstName and department fields when I change the selection in the staffID dropdown list.

I'm thinking to use the client object model to get an item from the Staff list based on the passed in value (from the staffID dropdown list).

I've got the following code so far:

function populate_staffInfo(staffID){
try {
var context = new SP.ClientContext.get_current();
this.web = context.get_web();
var list = this.web.get_lists().getByTitle('Staff');
staff = list.getItemById(staffID);
context.load(this.staff, 'Title','LastName','FirstName','Department');
context.executeQueryAsync(Function.createDelegate(this, this.get_Staff_onSuccess), Function.createDelegate(this, this.get_Staff_onFailure));
}
catch (e)
{
alert("An error occurred while fetching data. Please contact your system administrator.");
}

function get_Staff_onSuccess(sender, args) {

var fullName = this.staff.get_item('FirstName') + ' ' + this.staff.get_item('LastName');
alert(fullName);
}

function get_Staff_onFailure(sender, args) {

alert('Request failed. ' + args.get_message() + '\n' + args.get_stackTrace());
}

NWF$(document).ready(function() {
populate_staffInfo('1');
});

I'm expecting the above code to pop up a box with the staff's full name whoes ID is 1.

After publishing the form, I'm not seeing anything. What did I miss? I haven't included SP.js anywhere. Do I need to do this? Where?

Thanks

June

How to make the list attachments to open in read-only mode

RajuGowda7 — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:00:32 GMT

Hi,

Sorry if this question has been answered in the past. Even after spending my entire week looking for the soultion here, am unable to find any clue.

I'm using Nintex Worklfow 2010. I've created three lists:-

1. List for Initiator

2. List for Reviewer

3. List for Approver

Problem: I'm able to share the list attachments through 'Request Data' action between the 'Initiator' and the 'Reviewer' and 'Approver'. But it is being accessed in edit mode. Is there a possibility of making it open in read-only mode for the reviewer and approver through 'Request Data' action? If not then, are there any other options?

Lazy approval not working with LYNC

chris4182 — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:28:54 GMT

Hi,

We have enabled IM notification and also have enabled lazy approval for IM. But it is not working. The user is able to respond to the initial message but at the end it is giving the below error message

An error was encountered: You are not permitted to respond to this task. Tasks can be delegated via the approve/reject web interface.

We have verified the user's permission toboth to the item and the task list and it is correct. On going through your forum we see lot's of similar error like this one. We have checked the diag logs but wasn't able to find something which will relate directly to the above error message.

Any help will be appreciated.

Nintex "workflows I've Started" webpart is showing cancelled workflow though only "Running" is selected in properties

niravpatel — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:44:26 GMT

Hi ,

I am using OOB Nintex "workflows I've Started" webpart in my sites.

It is configured for "Running" workflows in webpart properties though it is showing "Canceled" workflows item in it.

Above scenario is only with the Production sites, not with the our rest of the environment.

Would it be any particular setting am i missing anywhere ?

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Nirav

Workflow not working unless user is in Owner group

Murphybp2 — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:04:21 GMT

I have a workflow that I'm running that has a query list action. The list it is querying I have broken permissions because I wanted to remove the option for people to delete items from the list. When I run this workflow as myself, with owner privileges, it works. However when I run it with another id, it doesn't return any results. It seems to be a permissions issue but I don't understand why. Any permission level, except for full control, and the query list returns no results. Even when I change it back to the regular contribute it doesn't work. Anyone have an idea of why this would be? And how can I get it to work without giving users full control of the list.

Cannot Publish workflow - actions that do not exist need to be configured.

randalls — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 21:54:59 GMT

I am trying to publish a workflow, but am unable to. I get the error message:

The workflow is not valid and cannot be published. The following actions need to be configured:

Those actions are not to be found in the workflow. I suppose they existed at some point.

I tried publishing without validating, still got the error message.

Programmatic update of workflow status from Error to Completed

Jim Cantwell — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 07:59:13 GMT

I have a need to change a workflow that's current status is "Error Occurred". There are multiple approval tasks which have gone through and the customer does not want to lose all the tasks. Can the status be updated through the APIs to mark as completed?

Add multiple workflows to Item menu

jdhavo — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:57:23 GMT

I would like to allow the user to start more than one workflow from the item menu. Currently only the most recently published workflow shows in the item menu. Is there a way (by using the position property) or some other means to allow the user to pick the workflow to run? I have tried multiple values in the menu position field but nothing seems to work here.

DelegateTask webservice call not working

smithareddy — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:36:13 GMT

We have infopath list form where the users set their delegate with (start and end dates). We have a Timer Job to delegate any tasks pending user's approval to the delegatee in their absence. We have used DelegateTask Webservice in our TimerJob to delegate the tasks already pending in user's queue (workflows already running) to the delegatee. The DelegateTask webservice call returns true and it reassigns the pending tasks to the Delegatee, but when Delegatee opens the task form the outcomes are greyed out and so they are unable to take action on the task. Please let me know what I am missing here. Below is the code we have for delegation.

NintexWS.NintexWorkflowWS nintexWS = new NintexWS.NintexWorkflowWS();

nintexWS.Url = web.Url + "/_vti_bin/nintexworkflow/workflow.asmx";

nintexWS.UseDefaultCredentials = true;

bool ret = nintexWS.DelegateTask(task.ID, "Workflow Tasks", Delegatee.Name, "Reassigning task to delegate", false);

Thanks!

Nintex Workflow webservice method PublishWorkflow

christoffer.soltau — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:59:24 GMT

Does anyone have an example of how to configure the PublishWorkflow action of /Nintexworkflow/workflow.asmx?

So far, I've configured it like below, but keep getting this error message:

Server was unable to process request. ---> There is an error in XML document (0, 0). ---> Root element is missing.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">

<soap:Body>

<wfName>New Workflow</wfName>

</PublishWorkflow>

</soap:Body>

</soap:Envelope>

It seems the issue is in the activityConfigs node, where an xml node may be expected, but I can’t find documentation on the webservice method anywhere.

… as for alternatives, what I’m trying to do is this:

1) Create new site from template with Nintex workflows in it using Nintex Workflow Create Site

2) Workflows are created as draft in the new site

3) Use Call Webservice to publish said workflows.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Christoffer

Open Nintex Workflow Multi Outcome Task Infopath Formular within Word 2010

steining — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:31:28 GMT

Hi, i created a Flexi Task with an custom Infopath Formular (Content Type: Nintex Workflow Multi Outcome Task)

If i try to close this task from within my word 2010 (Open this Task), i get the error:

Form template: https://portal/wien/_layouts/formResource.aspx?templateFile=https://portal/wien/Lists/Workflow Tasks/Nintex Workflow Multi Outcome Task/Nintex Workflow Multi Outcome Task.xsn
The file is not a valid XML document.
DTD is prohibited.
Line 2, Position 9

It seems that something with the content type is wrong, is there a way to fix this issue ?

Thanks!

Thomas

Create Recurring Event with Web Service

Murphybp2 — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:43:59 GMT

I'm trying to figure out how to create a recuring event using a web service action. My scenario is that I want to build a form with InfoPath, that once it's submitted, a workflow would run and create an event based on the data in the form. And some of the events could be recurring. I'm trying to use the UpdateListItems web service. Below is the soap I have so far, but it's not working. I run the WF, and it completes. But when I go to the calendar, I get an error and can't open it. I've actually had to delete and recreate the calendar a number of times now. Any ideas on what's wrong with it, and how to get it to work? (Note: the data for the fields is dummy data. Just trying to get it working first, then I'll replace with variables)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
    <soap:Body>
        <UpdateListItems xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/">
            <listName>Calendar</listName>
            <updates>
             <Batch OnError="Return">
                <Method ID="1" Cmd="New">
                <Field Name="Title">Notification Workflows</Field>
                <Field Name="Title">A New Event</Field>
                <Field Name="Location">London</Field>
                <Field Name="EventDate">2013-06-20T09:00:00Z</Field>
                <Field Name="EndDate">2013-06-23T12:00:00Z</Field>
                <Field Name="UID">{WorkflowVariable:st_NewGUID}</Field>
                <Field Name="TimeZone">13</Field>
                <Field Name="Description"><p>This is a description of the event</p></Field>
                <Field Name="fAllDayEvent">0</Field>
                <Field Name="fRecurrence">1</Field>
                <Field Name="EventType">1</Field>
                <Field Name="RecurrenceData"><recurrence><rule><firstDayOfWeek>su</firstDayOfWeek><repeat><weekly su='TRUE' th='TRUE' fr='TRUE' sa='TRUE' weekFrequency='1'/></repeat><windowEnd>2013-06-23T12:00:00Z</windowEnd></rule></recurrence></Field>
                <Field Name="WorkspaceLink">0</Field>
                </Method>
            </Batch>
         </updates>
        </UpdateListItems>
    </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

Find out files when moving a document set failed

Remy — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:23:17 GMT

Dear Nintex,

I've got the situation where a workflow that moves a document set to another location has failed because the destination was not existing at the time where the workflow did the job.

The problem is that I have lost the documents that were supposed to be moved.

Is there a way to find out those documents?

Thanks a lot in advance,

Best Regards,
Remy

Last Task Respondent

randalls — Wed, 29 May 2013 19:43:04 GMT

I want to capture the user that completes a Request Data task so I can put it in the list. I have users in SharePoint groups, so instead of the user, it returns the group. How can I get this information?

Thank you,

randalls

Help! Unhandled Exception occured - Nintex 2010 SDK Custom Task Forms

lancea — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:02:35 GMT

Hello,

I am currently following the Nintex 2010 SDK guide about creating Custom Task Forms.. I have done all steps successfully such as publishing the solution provided to my SharePoint layouts folder, installing the compiled DLL to GAC, creating and setting up a custom content type which contains the custom task form URL, and testing it out by creating a Request Review Nintex Workflow.

However, I am encountering the error "Unhandled Exception occurred" whenever I try to view the Task Form for that particular workflow! Looking into the event logs, here is what I found. I am not quite sure what to make of it.. Please help me thanks!

3005

An unhandled exception has occurred.

4/06/2013 10:48:27 p.m.

4/06/2013 2:48:27 p.m.

0f49d2698e2549d58e7f142f2a590d37

494

/LM/W3SVC/914706193/ROOT-1-130148060545618803

WSS_Minimal

C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\80\

PKS1413

3492

w3wp.exe

NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE

COMException

Cannot create a file when that file already exists. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800700B7)

http://pks1413/_layouts/NintexCustomForm/CustomTaskForm_English.aspx?List=218227a0%2Db745%2D4a56%2D801d%2D3a7ef410da62&ID=3&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fpks1413%2Finvoice%2F%5Flayouts%2FWrkStat%2Easpx%3FList%3D2f959e7a%2D0828%2D4e48%2D8d72%2Dadb12b93a355%26WorkflowInstanceID%3D%257b27C222A8%252d8134%252d4CEA%252dAD65%252dD4C5BEC00AA3%257d&IsDlg=1&Web=b50b5914%2D8e57%2D4a33%2Da8e8%2D64faca52170f

/_layouts/NintexCustomForm/CustomTaskForm_English.aspx

fe80::7da5:10e2:86f4:6b28%25

User\LanceA

True

Negotiate

NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE

True

at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHRInternal(Int32 errorCode, IntPtr errorInfo) at System.Web.Util.Misc.ThrowIfFailedHr(Int32 hresult) at System.Web.Hosting.IIS7WorkerRequest.ReMapHandlerAndGetHandlerTypeString(HttpContext httpContext, String path, Boolean& handlerExists) at System.Web.HttpApplication.MaterializeHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() at System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously)

Relation between Infopath task form and Workflow Variables

jackgelo — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:53:46 GMT

Hi,

I'm new to Infopath form customization and I'm struggling with a question about the way to add some fields in the form and make the value saved directly in workflow variables or in some columns of the task item.

I have a workflow with an Assign Flexi Task action and I want to customize the form with three additional fields (two drop-down choices and one number field), I've created a new content type, child of "Nintex Workflow Multi Outcome Task using Infopath" where I've added the three columns I want in the form.

I've configured the flexi task to use my custom content type, I've saved the workflow and I've selected Edit with Microsoft Infopath 2010 under Edit Task Form.

The form opens in Infopath but it has only the Outcome and Comments fields, I've tried to add as a secondary connection a connection to the Workflow Task list and then selected my columns but if I add them to the form, they appear only in a Repeating Section (that I don't need) and they all appear as text-box, even if the field are of the type specified above.

Could someone help me and tell how to add some field in a task form and make the value saved somewhere on SharePoint?

Thank you very much to everyone who will help me!

Giacomo

Nintex Webservice calls parent site Workflows when called programatically

ctarr — Thu, 30 May 2013 11:34:25 GMT

Hi,

I have come across a really strange issue with a client. We created a Site Workflow in a child site. When we kick off the workflow using a Nintex Webservice call to StartSiteWorkflow it kicks off correctly. However when we call the same workflow via code it calls the workflows at the parent site and not the chold site, thereby throwing an error that the workflow does not exist.

Has anyone seen this before or have a workaround. Only workaround I have was to create site workflows on the Parent site, which isn't ideal!

Thanks

Craig

Retrieving URL from image field

Despy — Fri, 31 May 2013 12:24:48 GMT

Hello,

I have a custom list for storing news items. This custom list has a roll-up image field. While creating a new news item, I want to include the image url in the notification email.

I inserted the item property news_image as reference in the email body, But the variables is somehow empty.

Any suggestions?

Kind regards,

Dennis

Server was unable to process request. ---> Field not found

hgagarcia — Wed, 29 May 2013 22:36:07 GMT

Hi.

I'm creating a custom action, but i have problems. When I save the workflow the message "Server was unable to process request. ---> Field not found" is displayed.

Can help me?

Tks.

User defined action reminders not working

PRKJ — Tue, 28 May 2013 09:30:45 GMT

Hi,

I have a workflow where i have user defined actions mostly request data. Now I want to add reminders to those actions, for example if user didnt respond in next 1 day or 1 hour or 30 min then send reminder.

I have tried using task reminders, tried user defined reminder configuration etc but nothing worked.

Please let me know if anyone has done this before.

FYI - Nintex Workflow 2010 Version: 2.3.7.0

Permissions and the "Wait for checkout status change" action

mahendrent — Thu, 30 May 2013 09:46:51 GMT

I have the following scenario:

An InfoPath form is submitted to a library (from the InfoPath client), and a workflow then starts automatically, and sets permissions, updates fields, sends notifications etc.

I had to insert a Wait for checkout status change action to wait for the document editor to finish editing the document, otherwise the workflow crashed trying to access fields on the item.

Now, for a few minutes (5-10mins), the form is visible to everyone - since the permissions have not yet been set.

So I inserted a Set permission action at the top of my workflow to temporarily set the permissions to only allow the Initator contribute permissions.

The following problem then occurs:

Now the workflow is stuck on the Wait for checkout status change forever - I waited for over an hour.

It's almost as if the Set permission action is locking the item again, and never releasing it or something.

Is there any other method I can use to achieve what I want - prevent people from viewing the form, but still including the Wait for checkout status change action?

Help with Nintex SDK - Custom Task Form?

lancea — Tue, 28 May 2013 10:13:13 GMT

Hi!

Please help me on following the steps of the Nintex SDK in "Creating a custom task form". I am now on the step:

Deploy the custom form

Custom aspx web forms are deployed to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS. A subfolder should be created in the layouts directory for any custom web forms.
Install the complied DLL to the GAC.

However, I am having trouble performing the first step. I open the project in Visual Studio 2010 and all is OK. I can Build / Clean, etc. But I can't find option to Deploy, nor do I know how I can deploy to the specified location above. I am currently running a SharePoint Foundation 2010 on my local machine. (Sorry, I am a beginner so I don't know much about creating custom forms)

What am I supposed to do with the solution in Visual Studio so I can deploy?

Thank you!

Open this task button in Office ribbon

vito-it — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:42:08 GMT

Hi,

Is there a way to have the "Open this task" button available in the Outlook-message-ribbon, when running a Nintex "Request approval" action?
When using the standard Sharepoint approval workflow this button is available and very useful.

Regards,

Mark