workflow

Using SPD Workflow to set Target Audiences

I am using Sharepoint Designer to set a list field called Region to one of our six regions and the Target Audience field on the list item to a matching sharepoint group called "ESG-R region-name" where region-name is West or Northeast or Central etc. The lookup for this is off our team contacts list and the region entered there for eac...

looking out for a web based process or workflow designer software

can any one suggest a tool or component to integrate with web based application with a workflow or business process designer ... ...

Microsoft dynamic CRM Costume activity trouble

hello stack overflow im trying to add a costume activity to my CRM server according to this walk-through: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee704600.aspx when i try to publish a work flow with my activity i get an error. the trace flie says : >MSCRM Error Report: ------------------------------------------------------------------...

Editing pure JavaScript extensions directly in Chromium

I'm developing a JavaScript extension for Chromium and my current workflow is: Edit file Uninstall old file Install new file Test file Is there a quicker way of doing this? I'm using chromium-browser_5.0.375.125 in Ubuntu 10.04. ...

Implementing workflows in Django Admin - Django

Hi folks, I have a nice admin panel setup so users can manage the data within the site. Problem is that I need to implement a workflow, so saved models can be approved from and to various stages, to then be finally published. As the model in question is just one, I thougth of adding a boolean 'approved_for_publishing' field and a 'a...

escalation workflow for overdue task

Hi All, I want to create a workflow, which is update the task status if task is overdue. Can any body give me some code on this. Thanks ...

Sharepoint 2010 Workflow: Multiple Conditional Approvals

I am creating a workflow for a document library that needs to be approved by up to three individuals and have been trying to use the default Approval workflow. For most cases only one approval will be needed but given certain arguments more than one is required. My problem is that the workflow that calls 'Start Approval(10) on Current It...

How do I mock out a call to a WCF Service when using a Send or SendReceive activity in WF4?

So as apart of my workflow I need to make a call to an external WCF Service to retrieve some objects. The problem is I can't see how to mock out the WCF Service that will be called by the send activity. Does anyone know how I can do this? Thanks, John ...

Sharepoint Custom Sequential workflow using Visual studio 2008 not sending email

I have created a Sharepoint custom Sequential workflow. I have to use the SendEmail activity to send an alert at various steps. I tried the following code: this.sendalertEmail.To = "[email protected]"; this.sendalertEmail.From = "[email protected]"; this.sendalertEmail.Subject = "Regarding email"; ...

Nintex Custom Set a Condition Action

Using Nintex Workflow, I know how to create a custom action that simply executes without passing around data. But how do I create a custom "Set a Condition" action? In particular, I want to know how to communicate the result of the action (true or false) back to the workflow so that the appropriate branch can be taken. Thanks. ...

What are some best practices for basic workflow using biztalk 2009?

I'm working on a Biztalk 2009 proof of concept project and would like to setup a basic approval workflow. Request Vacation. Step 1. Request Vacation. Step 2. Route Request to Manager. Step 3. Manager Approve / Denies Vacation. Step 4. Update Vacation Calender / Notify Originator of Approval. Outside of Biztalk I'll have to provide an...

How do you schedule execution of a Windows Workflow?

I'd like to move my scheduled tasks into workflows so I can better monitor their execution. Currently I'm using a Window's scheduled task to call a web service that starts the process. Is there a facility that you use to schedule execution of a sequence so that it occurs every N minutes? My optimal solution would: Easy to configure Pr...

git workflow: everyone has a branch, or everyone has a master?

When working with multiple people with git, is it better (1) for everyone to just work in master, and merge between each other's masters, or (2) for everyone to work in their own titled branch? As I see it, in the case of (1), although each master acts as a branch, everyone is expected to merge between each other's work with a mostly li...

Using git-svn, if I have multiple commits not in svn, how do I only push selected commits to svn?

Let's say I have multiple commits in my local git repository that have not been pushed to svn. For example, these four commits on master. A <-- B <-- C <-- D A is the oldest commit not in svn and D is the newest commit. How do I use git svn dcommit to only push A and B to svn, but keep C and D only in my local git repository? Alter...

windows workflow foundation video tutorial

I am very new to wwf, not new to c# though. It seems that it's a great idea to do development using wwf when I watch those few video tutorials on youtube, however, all the tutorials show examples with console.write. That's not what I want. I want something that shows how to create an activity that exposes properties and methods. I just c...

Task intimation mail in Sharepoint OOTB approval workflow not trigering to certain users

Hi, While using the Sharepoint OOTB approval workflow,certain users in the domain are not recieving the Task assignment mail.However,if the same user's name is put into the CC column,the mail is triggered.This is happening with only very few users(have identified only 2 so far).Other users in the domain have been recieving mails without...

Add SharePoint workflow to a list programmatically

We are using SharePoint Foundation 2010. We have created a workflow that checks the status of a task list. If we associate the workflow with the list in the SharePoint UI it works fine. We were wondering how we could automatically associate it, maybe in the feature receiver code that sets ut the site? ...

How to take user input in SharePoint 2010 wokflow on a custom list ?

Hi, I have a business requirement where i need to create a workflow on a custom list where i may have 20-30 custom fields. My question is that in a sharepoint state machine workflow , how do i incorporate User's feedback / comment he may want to give to a user at any level in the worflow. E.g. When a Person at level A submits the pro...

Leveraging Windows SharePoint Services approvals workflow for approving entities in a custom application

Sharepoint noob question - apparently I can't even figure out how to google for the answer. We have a custom application in which we need to route entities for 'approval'. There are currently no electronic documents that correspond to our entities. They live in our database and are displayed via screens in our app. Simple enough. No...

Best way to notify users of an account that needs to be updated?

I am using Microsoft CRM 4.0. I currently have many accounts that need to be updated by the sales person assigned to the account. What would be the best way to notify the user of the update? Also, It would be nice if there was also a way to notify me back that the task had been completed. I was thinking the best way would be through a wo...