i have a personalized list let's call it "tasks" with a field "assigned to", the user can add
a task with empty "assigned to" but after 7 days if the user didnt complete this information
an email will be sent to the admin.
How can i perform this?
"Sorry for my bad english"
This should be easy to do with a list workflow in SharePoint designer.
In SharePoint Designer 2010, it should look something like this:
Make this workflow run when an item is added to the list, and you should be all set.
There are of course many different ways to do this, but I believe this is the simplest one.
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I have a sharepoint list "Notes" with columns [Title] and [Department].
I fetch values for column [Department] from another list called "Departments" (columns [Id] and [Name].
I want this:
Everytime I add new record in "Notes", I want to set permission for this record according to permission set on the value in column Department.
So, basicaly, I SOMEHOW need to first set permissions, which users or groups has rigths for each department in list "Departments". After that, I need to inherit this permission in "Notes" list from the value of [Department].
For example:
Departments list would look like this
Billing (some permission for users or groups)
Operations (some permission for users or groups)
Sales (some permission for users or groups)
I want to add new record in "Notes" like "Hello, new item" and I chose department "Billing".
Now, I want that only users/groups which has rigths to see Billing records can see this record. No one else.
And so on... as soon as I add new record with [Department] Operations, I want only users/groups which have rigths to see Operations record to see only these records.
Is there any solution for me? I think it should has something to do with sharepoint designer workflow "Replace permission" but I never figured it out how to set as described above.
Thanks,
Jan
As you mentioned, the "Replace List Item Permissions" Action is the only way to achieve this without creating a custom event receiver. Here is a blog post about it: http://spcycle.blogspot.com.tr/2012/01/how-to-create-workflow-to-change-item.html.
Having said that, I don't think securing sensitive information at item level in a shared list by using workflows is a good idea. What if the workflow stops working someday for some reason? Not a rare case when you upgrade your SP deployment to the next version... People would keep using that list by relying on the assumption that their information is secured and I can imagine that that can create a lot of trouble for some. Besides if the number of items in that list is going to be "high" you will have performance issues and potentially hit the soft limits of SharePoint.
I would create a separate list for each department to store their notes or create a folder in the Note List for each department, lock it down to the corresponding department and ask that department's users to put their notes into their department's folder.
Hope you can help:
We've built a rather simple, custom workflow in SPD which is connected to a custom list. In the list there is a Status column, with a choice-drop down and one of the values being "Complete".
For the Workflow Start Options, we selected both:
- "when new item is created" and
- whenever an item is changed.
We built the workflow with two steps:
Step 1:
(Condition): When a new item has been created, (Action) Send an Email to "created by" (a "thank you for your submission..." )
Step 2:
(Condition - lookup) when the "Status" column equals "Complete" (Action) Send an email to "Created by"/User who created item ("your order is complete...").
Good news is, in testing we receive both the "Thank you" email when a new item is created and also the "order complete" email when we update the status field to "Complete." Bad news is if we update the record with other status values before marking it "Complete" ("Hold", etc), then the first "thanks for your submission" email is sent again to the 'created by' user. As you can guess, they should only receive a total of two emails during the entire process.
Could this be because of the start option also being set to "change", even though we specified the parameters for the change? Perhaps the two steps need to be defined as two separate workflows? It seems simple and specific enough that they can be contained in the same workflow.
Appreciate any feedback, thanks.
You are correct in that your email is probably being sent again because you have the workflow trigger on both create and change. What you can do to isolate the create event is to only send that email conditionally when the "Created" date of the item is the same as the "Modified" date. That will only occur when you initially create the item. This will save you from having to create 2 separate workflows.
We've created a pretty standard issue tracking system based off of SharePoint's template with just a few extra columns. On the list view (AllItems.aspx), the first column is called "Issue ID" and has a number. Our developers and QC use that number in discussions. However, that number doesn't seem to want to show up on the detail form (DispForm.aspx) nor in the alert email.
Can this field be included in at least one of these communication methods? If so, how?
Thank you.
We did something similar and used workflow via SharePoint Designer to copy the ID field into a field called "Issue Number". The workflow gets triggered automatically on Create / Edit (we included edit because the field can be modified by the user on the edit form and if that happens we want the number refreshed with the actual ID).
Before you create the workflow in SharePoint Designer, you need to add a column called "Issue Number" to the list you want to tweak.
List item
Open Sharepoint Designer
List item
Click File New -> Workflow
Give a name for the workflow
a. select the list from the dropdown
b. Uncheck Allow this workflow to be manually started and check automatically start on new and change then press Next
Give the step a name like "Assign Issue Number"
Create a Condition
If Compare a field -> If Issue Number not equals Current_Item:ID
Create an Action
Update List Item -> Set Issue Number to Current_Item:ID
Press Finished and test out by creating a new issue.
*The Issue Number will appear on the form and if you have emails setup to notify on assignment it will appear in the reassigned template.
*It will not appear in the created email confirmation because the workflow gets triggered after that email was executed.
I just added the issue ID using a total of 4 characters. Create a new column, set it to a Calculated column, in the formula type [ID]. Voila! The ID is now in your detail view.
The ID link returned the for me, however, the work around which sufficed for me was to enter 'Created' in the Calculated Column formula and ensure it is set at date and time. That then creates a unique idenity (unless you receive more than 1 list update per minute) than can be viewed in the email alert message
I am using microsoft office sharepoint server 2007.
i have a sharepoint list in which one collumn is assinged operator. this column selects a single user from a group called operators.
i understand that there is an option to send alert to users using alert me setting of the list. however the problem is that i dont want to send alert to the whole group or to the person i define in alert me settings . i just want the alert to be sent to the person who is selected in the assigned operator column while creating a new item in the list.
how can i do that. ?
If you want a no-code solution, create a Workflow with Sharepoint Desinger. Follow this tutorial http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/HA102390421033.aspx, just when use a field from current list item in the "to" field instead of constnt string.
If you can deploy code to your server, you can create an eventhandler that catches ItemAdded event and send your e-mail from code.
You can create a workflow to send email on new operator assigning.
Good Morning,
I have a Form Library on my SharePoint site. On my form I have a calculated string field that does basic math (field1 x 3). I'm looking to have some way for the form to recognize that the field was changed (when saved) and somehow set off a SharePoint alert.
I'm completely baffled as how to go about this, if anyone could help that would be awesome! Thanks!
Shannon
Couple ways of doing this.
If you don't have programming access.
Create a new column, hidden if you want. In SPD create a workflow to run when a change is made. In that workflow compare the current value to the the that new column and if different then sent out email and copy the current value to this new column.
Or do the same thing in Infopath, if you have programming access, where when the form is opened you store the current value and when they save the form compare values and send out email as needed or set another column to sent out email and have a workflow do the mailing out.
If you have programming access to Sharepoint you could write your own handler to duplicate it, little more control.