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SharePoint workflow automates business processes, allowing for streamlined collaboration, task management, and document approval within the SharePoint platform. These beginners guides will teach you how to create and manage workflows in no time.
Requirement: Disable new SharePoint Designer workflows creation in SharePoint Online to promote Microsoft Power Automate adoption. How to Disable SharePoint Designer Workflows Creation in SharePoint Online? Although SharePoint 2010 workflow and SharePoint 2013 workflows are supported until 2026 in on-premises versions, SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint 2019, it’s a good idea to move…
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Problem: “App Step” is grayed out in SharePoint Designer Workflow! What is App Step in SharePoint?SharePoint Designer workflows get executed from the context of the user who initiated the trigger – started the workflow. E.g., If a workflow gets triggered on new item creation, it gets executed from the context of the…
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Requirement: Call REST API in SharePoint designer workflow. Using REST API in SharePoint Designer Workflow SharePoint Designer workflow actions are very limited, and we can utilize REST API calls to extend them. Here is how to call a REST API method from SharePoint Designer workflow action: Call HTTP Web Service. In this…
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Requirement: Create a unique auto-increment column in a SharePoint Online list. How to Set Unique number Column with SharePoint Designer Workflow? Auto-incrementing columns are often used in SharePoint lists as unique identifiers for items. These columns automatically generate incremental numbers for each item added to the list, making it easy to track…
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Business Requirement: In “Project Documents” SharePoint Online document library, Project related documents are getting uploaded by the project team. This library has “Permissions” drop-down column (metadata) with values “Restricted” and “Non-Restricted”. If the Permission is restricted, we need to break the permissions of the document, remove all users and groups from it…
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Requirement: Stop a workflow in SharePoint Online using PowerShell. SharePoint Online: PowerShell to Cancel Workflow SharePoint workflows are a powerful tool that allows organizations to automate business processes and improve productivity. However, there may be times when you need to terminate a workflow that is causing issues or is no longer needed….
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Requirement: Run Workflow in SharePoint Online using PowerShell. SharePoint Online: PowerShell to Start Workflow Workflows in SharePoint Online help organizations automate business processes and increase productivity. If you need to start a workflow on all items in a list – It can be a time-consuming and tedious process. PowerShell can be used…
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Requirement: Find all workflows in a SharePoint Online site collection and export the workflow inventory to a CSV report. PowerShell to Export Workflow Inventory in SharePoint Online: Managing workflows in SharePoint Online can be challenging, especially when you have a large number of workflows running across multiple sites and lists. Luckily, PowerShell…
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Problem: SharePoint approval workflow not available! This happened after migrating from SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint 2016! Solution: This is due to a workflow feature not being activated for the site collection. Activate the “Workflows” feature for the site collection to resolve this issue. Steps in detail: PowerShell Script to activate Workflows feature…
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IntroductionOne of the main purposes of SharePoint is collaboration: a group of people can conveniently work with shared documents, making teamwork especially efficient. Usually, text documents are created and edited using Microsoft Word, but when the work is complete, it is convenient to convert the resulting document to PDF. This gives two…
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