Back in the data of Nintex Workflow for SharePoint or for Office 365, it was SharePoint that was the data store. You would build your workflow and forms around the concept of a SharePoint List or Document Library, being the data repository. On occassion, you built workflows that didn’t run on SharePoint list events, but […]
Back in the day, when I first started at Nintex, I had no idea what SharePoint was and had never used Nintex Workflow before. To ramp up quickly, there were two things I needed to do. First and foremost, I had to absorb as much knowledge from someone who knew it already, and hopefully they […]
The prevous post, we spoke about how to use XML as a way of storing more complex data within the instance of the Nintex workflow. As you start to query more data, do calculations or manipulate data, your data structure has the potential to get more complex. Here, we will look over how best to […]
I’m an old school developer, so I’ll admit, I do like XML. Even though JSON is the flavor of the day these days. A little while ago, Nintex released XML actions for Nintex Workflow Cloud. The first thing that came to mind, is a great way to store more complex data inside a workflow instance. […]
I recently had a chat with someone who wanted to use a PadRight type function. in Nintex Workflow Cloud. Since we don’t have that function in NWC, I decided to build it myself, as a Component Workflow. The reason I chose to do this in a workflow, is that it’s a no-code solution. It means […]
Either you have participated in a Shadowing program as you start a new role, implemented that type of program, or at least heard of such a thing. From my experience, shadowing is a crucial part of an onboarding process. You can watch all the videos you like, but unless you see the work done live […]
What an exciting move by Nintex and K2. Two powerhouses in the business process automation space, will now be one. Customers and partners will benefit greatly from this expanded set of tools to help them automate and improve on their processes. < Click here to read more > It’s a very exciting move. Companies will […]
You may have seen this message popup in your SharePoint Online environment. There was a time when a lot of the current SharePoint Online customers, were actually on-prem. As they started to see the benefits to moving their operations online, they needed a quick migration. Minimal time and resources, which included, moving across processes. Some of […]
It seems that periodically, I work on workflows that require me to do some calculations. Nintex Workflow Cloud has a Calculate a Value action. It can do the base calculations, like Add, Substract, Multiple and Divide. But these base operations allow you to build more complex formulas, should the need arise. I had that need […]
