Workflow form changed from InfoPath form to aspx form
For a workflow based on SharePoint Designer 2013 (WF4) and Windows Azure Workflow, SharePoint creates aspx forms instead of InfoPath forms that were created by SharePoint Designer 2010 (WF3.5)...
View ArticleSpecial characters shown as hexadecimal code
If a local variable name contains a special character (such as ? or #) in a SharePoint Designer 2010 (WF3) workflow, those characters are shown as a hexadecimal code. Special character or reserved...
View ArticleCan not use Assignments type field in WF3 workflow with Task Process
You can’t use Assignments type field as a parameter when you invoke a SharePoint Designer 2010 (WF3) workflow that has a Task Process related action in it. Workaround Use a SharePoint Designer 2013...
View ArticleLookup data sources shared
Lookup data sources are shared if you call a SharePoint Designer 2010 (WF3) workflow/association multiple times albeit multiple data sources are shown. Workaround Create another WF3 workflow with...
View Article“is empty” operation can’t be used with “If” condition when comparing person...
When you compare a person type field in an If conditional statement, we don’t provide an “is empty” operation that we supported in SharePoint Designer 2010. Workaround Store person data to string...
View ArticleSharePoint Designer 2010 workflow’s local variable name can’t contain a...
If you look up a SharePoint Designer 2010 workflow’s local variable from a SharePoint Designer 2013 workflow, when 2010 workflow’s local variable name contains a special character (for example, ? or...
View ArticleSharePoint Designer 2010 output datasource should be deleted if the...
Every time an association/workflow parameter in Start a Workflow, one data source to retrieve return data from the called 2010 workflow is created. So when you choose the same association/workflow, for...
View ArticleInternal output datasource variable seen on the action Set Workflow Variable
The data source for Start a Workflow calls return value is displayed as a Dictionary type variable in certain actions. In this case, other dictionary type variable can be assigned to the data source,...
View ArticleSharePoint Designer 2013 workflow canceled if it has Lookup for 2010 local...
When a SharePoint Designer 2010 workflow local variable of type String or List Item ID is created but has not been assigned any value after that, and looked up by a 2013 workflow via Start a Workflow...
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