I am trying to a configure the Sharepoint 2010- Approval workflow to the list. I have activated the "Workflow" under site collection features. After enabling, under the "Add a workflow" in list > workflow setting, the template name is not displayed. Kindly help me to enable this approval workflow on Sharepoint 2013.
The issue was due to Microsoft workflow interruption. Check the global admin site in case if you received the message from Microsoft specifying the same.
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I want to query the list to get some information of particular ID but some actions are missing in SharePoint Designer 2013. I want following actions in SharePoint Designer.
But what it actually looks here in my screen :
I could not see Dictionary and HTTP actions in designer. I am new to this. Let me know if you have any suggestion to display these actions here.
Thank you in advance.
The workflow you created is a SharePoint 2010 workflow without OOB actions like call HTTP web service and etc. What you need is a SharePoint 2013 workflow. You have to set Platform Type to SharePoint 2013 Workflow when creating a new workflow.
If there is no SharePoint 2013 Workflow option under the dropdown menu, you have to configure workflow manager to get it. Reference: Install and configure workflow for SharePoint Server.
I am using Sharepoint 2013 and the Sharepoint Workflow Manager 2013. I want to create a workflow using the Approval-Sharepoint 2013 template. But I can't find it. I've searched on the web for a solution, and many sites recommend going through the steps I outline below, which I did:
At the site collection level I go to Site Settings -> Site collection features
Activate the following:
Disposition Approval Workflow
Publishing Approval Workflow
Workflows
When I go to select a template, this is what I see in the menu (an asterisk indicates a 2010 template):
*Approval - SharePoint 2010
*Collect Feedback - SharePoint 2010
*Collect Signatures - SharePoint 2010
*Disposition Approval
*Publishing Approval
*Three-state
I see no 2013 templates, particularly the Approval-Sharepoint 2013 template which is what I need.
Some sites I've researched have said there is no Approval-Sharepoint 2013 template, but that would contradict Microsoft's own website ( https://support.office.microsoft.com/en-us/article/All-about-Approval-workflows-078c5a89-821f-44a9-9530-40bb34f9f742?CTT=1&CorrelationId=4744d23f-ce35-4c48-b367-a8c8380dafbe&ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US ) which says:
Select the Approval – SharePoint 2013 template.
NOTE If the Approval – SharePoint 2013 template doesn’t appear in
the list, contact your SharePoint administrator to find out about
having it activated for your site collection or workspace.
Any clues?
Thanks,
George
I ran into the same issue. Everything was in order as per the numerous blog posts I had read and I still couldn't get the SharePoint 2010 Approval workflow. After calling Microsoft I realised that the Approval workflow is only available for the Enterprise version.
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/About-the-workflows-included-with-SharePoint-D9C46B8A-9835-4076-B5D3-6412CE4CA0DC?CID=3dcae5e3-f4cc-425d-8fc4-d8b59069578e&SrcID=MOP.CSR
With SharePoint Server 2010, and with SharePoint Online for Office 365
for enterprises, all five of the following workflow types are
included. With SharePoint Online for Office 365 for small businesses
and professionals, however, only the Three-state workflow type is
included.
So first check what version of Sharepoint you have before driving yourself nuts about this workflow.
I have created an approval workflow in Sharepoint designer 2010. I have created a custom list. I am unable to attach workflow to a list. My "Associate to list" is not in active mode.
Please suggest me and how could I see the workflow result..
If it is a list workflow i.e., it has already been associated to another list, then you will not be able to attach it to another list.
If it is globally reusable workflow, the "associate to list" option would be active.
I am using SharePoint Designer (SPD) 2010 Approval Workflow. I have a Lib with two people fields. Approver 1 and Approver 2. I want to pass these values to SPD 2010 Approval Workflow (Instead of doing hardcoded on Approval Stages in browser) so that I can assign approver dynamically. my SPD 2010 OOTB WF is not receiving the approvers from the form. Email is always sent to person who initiate the request and gets the message that "Instead of xxx person assiggning the Task to "originator"
Can you please provide me the solution on this
I can't see any easy way you will be able to do this. I would advise you rethink your workflow?
Perhaps you could just use the standard approval workflow (library settings -> workflow settings -> create new workflow (approval)) - there is an option when setting this up to allow users to specify who they want the approvers to be. So when the user starts the workflow manually, they can choose who the approvers are. This might fit your needs?
Is it possible and if so how; to have an outlook email where I can approve/reject a sharepoint workflow from within the email instead of navigating to sharepoint?
Or is it possible to use an infopath form inside outlook to make approvals/rejections instead of going to the sharepoint site?
Thanks You.
Yes, but only with Outlook 2007+. There is an "Edit this Task" button which you can use to Approve or Reject the task directly from Outlook.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA102202031033.aspx
Sharepoint workflow tends to be limited. Third party components such as Nintex Workflow give an option for "lazy approval" i.e. just reply approved or rejected. Nintex takes care of the rest.
The edit task button only works with MOSS. Outlook uses the workflow.asmx web service which is only installed with Microsoft Office sharepoint server.
http://www.sharepoint-stuff.com/?p=18