Alternative to InfoPath date calculations
If you have ever investigated calculating date differences in InfoPath, you may have found some of the rule-based solutions a bit “complex”. For example, here is one sample I discovered online (this is...
View ArticleForce InfoPath Email Links to Open in Browser
By default, if the user has InfoPath client installed on their local machine, a link to a SharePoint hosted document sent in email via workflow will be opened in the client, even if it is published as...
View ArticleWorkflows have delayed response after publishing
When a SharePoint workflow is published for the first time or a new version is published, the first user to access the process may experience a slightly longer than normal response time the first time...
View ArticleDocument Library Workflows “Hanging”, State Stuck In Starting
I encountered a rather gruesome little problem today while helping a colleague just starting to learn SharePoint. He was doing a very simple workflow on a simple Document Library, e.g. no versioning,...
View ArticleFormatted % Field For Display In Workflow-Generated Email
I am trying to display a numeric value from a SharePoint List or Library in a workflow-generated email. The number is formatted as I wish in the List or Library, as a percentage with two decimal...
View ArticleSending Workflow Emails To Users Or Groups From A “Person or Group” Field
When sending email via declarative workflow, e.g. SharePoint Designer, you may be using a field of type “Person or Group” for either the To: or CC: fields of the mail. A common example would be using...
View ArticleConstructing Link In Nintex Notifications For InfoPath Browser Form
From Nintex workflows, to create an email link to an InfoPath browser form that would close “gracefully” as described in this post, I used the following settings to construct the link, in lieu of the...
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