Count number of items in collection

Hi @nintextrainee,

what does it say when you log your collection variable? Is it empty or does it contain data?
How do you populate the colleciton variable in your workflow? 

I easily created the colTasks variable but I cannot populate it nor can I access it using a "Set Variable" action. It doesn't show on the list of available variables.

Hi @nintextrainee,

usually you populate the collection variable using either query list (where multiple items are returned) or the collection operation.

You wrote "I have a checklist of items. The user can check as many as they want."
How are these items stored? Is your checklist of items a repeating section or multiple form controls? If they are, are they all connected to a list column?

Oh I'm sorry, I'm new to Nintex so I didn't directly understand what you meant.

I used a simple Choice control list column called Tasks with an output view as Checklist.

Hi @nintextrainee,

to store your choices in the collection variable, you can use a regular expression using the "split" operation:

As the choices are stored separated by a comma (and a space) you can split by that and populate your collection in "Store result in"