Triggering workflow automatically by a particular date

Question

Hi,

I am new to Sharepoint. I have a list where the date is given in a column and on that particular date the workflow must automatically trigger.

I went to sharepoint designer but couldn't set the value to date.

How do I trigger a workflow automatically by a particular date??

Please help. I would really appreciate your help.

Thanks!! Sharmi

Answer 1

My best bet would be to just start the workflow when the item is added / edited and then add a waitactivity that waits for the period of time from now till the set date.

Answer 2

Thankyou Colin.... It worked for me.....

I have another question if you could help me out..... here is my doubt :

I have a list with many documents in it. I have a date column in that list. For each month I would like to view only that particular month's list. I would like the list to get updated each month automatically according to the date specified. For now I am doing it manually by changing the today's date. I would like to make this an automatic process each month.

Could you please help me rearding this. I hope my question was clear...

Thankyou..