It seems that getting information out of a CSV file and into SharePoint is a common request. I’m sure there a number of ways to get this done, but this post will be about how to parse CSV files using Nintex Workflow. We first start off with a simple SharePoint list that contains a First […]
With the release of build 1.2 of Nintex Forms, we have the introduction of the new Rules Engine. It adds an extra level of control to your forms that you didn’t have before. Well, you sort of did, using Javascript, but honestly, who wants to write a bunch of JS code when you can everything […]
The Nintex Workflow Set Item Permissions action allows you to give certain permissions to users for the current item the workflow is running on. The out-of-the-box action usually shows you the normal permissions: Full Control Design Contribute Read Limited Access Read Only Remove But there are occasions when you need more specialized permissions. For example, what […]
When a Nintex workflow runs in SharePoint, it can have one of a number of states. Below is a list of the out-of-the-box SharePoint workflow states. Status Internal Status ID Description Not Started 0 The workflow has not started. Failed on Start 1 Indicates that the workflow encountered an error when it started. In Progress […]
Nintex Workflow comes with a concept called Safe Looping, which is enabled by default. Safe Looping was created to protect the SharePoint environment from a workflow which goes into a infinite loop and inadvertantly affects the SharePoint environment in a negative way (high CPU usage). The way it does this, is during the process of publishing […]
What is XSL? XSL stands for Extensible Stylesheet Language. It is used to transform an XML document into something else that is more user friendly. A most common practice is transform XML into HTML. In a Nintex Workflow scenario, there are a number of situations where you have an XML structure. The most obvious one […]
In contrast to the Nintex Workflow Request Data action, which only supports getting data from a single user, the Assign a ToDo Task can assign tasks to many users. Often, you may have a single Assign a ToDo Task action, assigning tasks to several people. For this example, lets say it’s 3 people. This action […]
The Create Site action in Nintex Workflow is a great action and you can create a site based off a site template. The Site Template can be selected at design time. But there are certain situations where you don’t know the template at design time. The way to do it would be via a web […]
When you have a large number of items in a list and you need to query them, sometimes querying the whole lot using the Query List action is not the best practice. Depending on the number of items, you could potentially get a timeout on the workflow that will process each one. The best practice maybe […]
On a recent project I worked on, I came up with a few reusable pieces of Workflow logic that I built into User Defined Actions. The original task was to design workflows whose important components were build around bank interest rates, savings and loans. Savings Giving a starting amount, an annual interest rate and a […]