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I am a newbie using Nintexform and workflow.   In my case, I have successfully build an approval form with the workflow up and running. The workflow has different stages based on mangement hierarchy so that there's a approval history built in the form.   The users want to give a different background color or text color: when it's approved, the background should be "green" and "red" when it's rejected. I have tried a solution from the forum like applying a rule in the form but it did not work. So, which is the best approach to apply the dynamic background color during the approval process?    Thanks in advance, Rdt    

Hi All,  I am new to nintex any help will be welcome from u gys. I am getting an error on my WF maximum loop threshold exceeded ERROR no idea how can I resolve this issue.  I found this solution online but not sure if is this safe to do  http://www.vadimtabakman.com/nintex-workflow-safe-looping.aspx  Many Thanks

Hi,   Currently we are using both Nintex workflow 2013 for SharePoint on-premises 2013 and Nintex workflow 2016 for SharePoint on-premises 2016. Recently, we've found one issue with the "Calculate date" action. Seems that this action is returning different ISO 8601 date value for Nintex 2013 and Nintex 2016.   This issue can be replicated by creating the following workflow (In both Nintex workflow 2013 and 2016): Calculate date (Time = “UTC”) action:   Calculate date (Time = “Local”) action:   And log in history list action: Results:   In Nintex 2013:    In Nintex 2016:               So we have some queries below:   ISO 8601 date string (Time = Local) is 2019-08-06T10:12:54Z in Nintex 2013 for but it is 2019-08-06T02:12:59Z in Nintex 2016. Could anyone can advise on this? Is it a bug or there are some settings that can impact on this action? Besides that, we also would like to check why in Nintex 2013, Calculate date action returns same ISO 8601 date string for both “Local” and “UTC

Hello,   I need a little help with writing a particular form rule.    Here is the scenario:   I have 4 controls involved. "machine type" - Choices: Portable or Stationary "pre-startup" - Choices: Yes or No "Pre-Startup Options Portable" Pre-Startup Options Stationary"   If a user selects Portable and Pre-Startup as Yes, I want it to populate the "Pre-Startup Options Portable" and the same thing for Stationary.    All rules I have written in the past, I have used (control name) != "(choice)"   But, since this requires two controls to determine if it should show the control or not, is there an option to add an & in the code for the rule? I tried that but it did not seem to work.    Any help is greatly appreciated.   

So this post describes how to open the previous version of a workflow: How to restore/open an old version of my workflow.When I click the "Open" icon I see the list of workflows as in the post. When I click on the + icon next to some of the workflows, I get a list of versions to choose from, but not for others. When I click the + icon next to the one I'm trying to work with, the + icon changes to a -, but no other action occurs. A list of previous versions does not appear. It seems that I'm getting a version list for those items that only have a few versions (e.g. maybe up to 7?), but that I'm not seeing the versions for workflows for more versions (e.g. the one I'm working with has 35 versions). Any suggestions on what to check or try here?

Hi: I have two WFs that do the following: Current Item - When Modified - copy item to the same list (becomes a New Item*) New Item* - When Created - Set (specific) Field Value to blank Questions: Can I compile these into one WF? What's the fastest/best way to acccomplish this?   Thank you! Charlie

I have a workflow 2013 that is set to start conditionally (simple prev value not equal to value). It stopped working without changes some days ago. I created a very simple test workflow on the same list and with the same start options and it doesn't work either. When set to start on changes without a condition it works perfect. A similar workflow on another list in the same site collection still works fine.What could be the reason for the workflow not obeying the start condition anymore?

I have a form with 3 types of submit buttons and I would like to give the user a pop up, help text, etc. when they put their pointer over the button. I want to write a couple of sentences or more than would fit cleanly if on 3 labels over the buttons. Another option would be to have one label/calc value over the 3 buttons that changes depending on which button the user hovers over.thanks for any assistance!

Hi everyone,we have a responsive form including some calculated value controls that use the lookup function. As these aren't working in Nintex Mobile, I'd like to hide them when the form is running on a mobile device.In responsive designer there is no specific mobile layout so I'm relying on functions and rules. What I'm missing is some kind of "Is Nintex Mobile" validation in the common tab alongside to "Is Display Mode" or "Is Edit Mode".How can I find out that the form is displayed on a mobile device and take some actions on this condition?Best regardsEnrico

As part of our expense approval process, I am trying to start with an Excel document in a document library, then run a workflow to create an item in a list and add the spreadsheet as an attachment to this item. I'm using the Call Web Service action, with the AddAttachment method. My SOAP editor code looks like this:<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/">  <soap:Header>  </soap:Header>  <soap:Body>    <m:AddAttachment>      <m:listName>Expense Working List</m:listName>      <m:listItemID>{WorkflowVariable:varListItemID}</m:listItemID>      <m:fileName>{ItemProperty:FileLeafRef}</m:fileName>      <m:attachment>[FileData]</m:attachment>    </m:AddAttachment>  </soap:Body></soap:Envelope>This seems to work properl

Hi, I have multiple dropdowns named ddl1,ddl2,ddl3 and so on till ddl10.I am giving javascript client id for each like jsddl1,jssddl2,jsddl3 and so on. There is change event on each of the dropdown. On one dropdown change another should be loaded like on change of ddl1, ddl2 should be loaded.    The problem I am facing is I want to write a generic function in js. But, I am not able to get control id at runtime like NFW$("#" + ddl + var1) where var1 = 1 and so on. Can you please help me in letting me know how to get a control at runtime dynamically.   Regards, Thulasiram Thota

I have upgraded SharePoint from 2010 to 2016 using ShareGate and there is an issue with removing list item attachments. I have a list item which has about 10 attachments connected to it. I can press "delete" on them while in edit mode, but after saving the form nothing happens and they're still there. I can add and delete new attachments though. Problem seems to occur only for those attachments which were migrated from the lower version. Is there any way to remove them? 

Good morning allI have a full working system on our pre-production environment which has:a number of content typesa number of site collection reusable workflow templates (using the above content types)a number of associations in site content types > workflow settingsI have come to release these manually to production and have got as far as:creating all the content typescreating and publishing all of the site collection reusable workflow templates (using the above content types)but when I go to:site settings > site content types > {choose content type} > workflow settings > add workflowI get an error - the correlation returns this:System.ArgumentException: An item with the same key has already been added.  has anyone come across this issue before?  As I said it is absolutely fine on my other environment and I have no idea where to start looking for the issue.

Hi people,   I am developing a solution with our on prem sharepoint 2013 and nintex workflow + document generation. I am populating a excel spreadsheet, with data from a sharepoint list. BUT I get an unknown error when the number off lines is higher that 140 (actually it works when I have 140 lines but fails when there is 160 or more - so probably it fails at 150 lines)   Anyone experienced the same? It is the same error in both test and production.   My error is: 08-07-2019 15:07 Workflow Comment 451 of 2500 consumed for Document Generation, for the license expiring 26 sep 2019.   08-07-2019 15:08 Workflow Comment An error has occurred. (InternalError) [ErrorId: b91f820a-5415-4af7-9a44-fb62e2e9669b] Error 08-07-2019 15:08 Error An error has occurred in Finance report - Monthly.   Looking in the ULS for the error id, doesn't make me wiser, just a bunch of thread dumps.. I am in dialogue with support, but was wondering if others had the same experience?

Hi Nintex Community! I have a Nintex workflow question. I need an email sent to a user with a link to a checklist they need to complete before the workflow moves to the next step, which is for a reviewer to check their work and approve. The email will get generated after a user submits a form on our sharepoint site, and a supervisor assigns the person to do the work. (That's how the workflow starts, the supervisor is notified each time a new item is submitted.)   I was thinking of creating the checklist on the Request Data form - can the user complete the checklist over time using that? I need it to save his progress and only enable submit button/finish his workflow step after all the check boxes are checked.  At that time will it only go to the reviewer to approve.   I'm new to Nintex workflow and forms so would appreciate any pointers on this.   Thank you in advance for your time and help. :-)   -Marie

Hello Everyone,   I want a Powershell script to get the list of mappings between SharePoint content DB and Nintex workflow DB.   Regards, Ravi

Hi! I'm trying to create a review/approval workflow for a document library. Each document has a unique set of approvers that are inputted during check in. The workflow should start every five years and while it runs the set of approvers will make changes on it. Non-approvers should not be able to see those changes until all of the approvers have given approval for a final draft. They should only be able to see a frozen draft of the document before the workflow began. All approvers should be able to see the changes as they are being made to the document. How can I go about making this workflow? I have tried the set item permissions action but I could not get it to work.

I am attempting to add a rule to a form that carries out the following logic: contains({Self}, """) which would invalidate a field if the user enters any quotation characters. This does not seem to work but when I do this: contains({Self}, "&"), it invalidates if a & is entered. Is there any way to invalidate a quote character?

Hi I have 3 radio buttons that I want to change colour when you click on them.   I would like the red to change to red, amber to amber and green to green if clicked on.   Can someone help me do this.  I   

SharePoint Version - 2013 Nintex Workflows - 2013   I've 200+ lists where inheritance is broken and 2 users have been granted permission (different lists have different users). Now the requirement is to remove these users and grant permission to a SharePoint group.   Using "Permissions.asmx" web service, I'm able to:   1. Add permission  2. Get Permission web method is giving me all the results (seems it's giving all the information from site collection level)   But my issue is with:   1. RemovePermission - It needs user's loginname. I'm unable to get this information since all my lists have different users   2. RemovePermissionCollection - It needs a memberIdsXML information. Since I don't know which user has access to that particular list, how to get member ID of that user? And also the format of XML !!!   Thanks,   - K

I am using SharePoint 2013 and Nintex 2013.   I want to send an email reminder every 2 “business hours.”  It is not working properly.  Below is a very simple test to demonstrate the actual results.   The list: I create a new item and enter “1” into the Test column.  My loop should work until I change the value in the "Test" column.   The workflow: The loop starts, send me an email and should pause for 2 hours (business hours only).   The Pause For... Configuration: When I check the workflow history, the Description should reflect the 2 hours, but the Pause time is always way to long.   In this case, the pause is for 17 hours instead of 2 hours.  As this was 9:16 AM EDT, it should have run again at 11:16 AM EDT.   The work week: It doesn’t matter if I use a 12 hour or 24 hour time format.   This should be very simple.  Does anyone understand why this isn’t working?   Thanks          

I created a Nintex document that allows an initiator to request a report from an individual. However, when testing, I receive an error message when attaching a document. The error reads "Nintex Workflow was unable to match this response to a running workflow.  When replying to Nintex Workflow emails, ensure the subject line of the email remains unchanged." The whole purpose of this form is to receive the attachment (document requested).     Apart from this, I attempted using the following workflow actions: request data and retrieve data. Also, I tried configuring the variables to see if it helps but I continue to get the same error.   I've read countless forums online but they are not helpful for this particular situation. Would you happen to have any tips or suggestions on how I can resolve this? This is urgent to me so any assistance would be helpful. Thanks  

Hi,We want to migrate SharePoint 2013 project server to SharePoint 2019.We have workflows in 2013 using nintex for Project server 2013. As i see, Nintex for project server 2016/2019 dosen't exist anymore. Is this mean that migration is not possible?   Thank you in advance.

I currently have 2 fields that ask for Estimated Resolution Date (date only) and Promised Follow-up date (date only) set in my list. I tried this formula in the nintex form rule: Is New Mode&&lessThan({Self}, Current Date) NOTE: Self = Estimated Resolution Date. This did not work when i entered 7/1/2019 in the field during new mode/form preview. Any thoughts on how i can prevent users from entering a date before the day they are creating a new form for both fields?

We are using Nintex for sharepoint version 12, and we counldn't get the form data saved to the nintex form without connecting a column to list. Is there any method, we could save the non-connected control to the connected control and save to the list view? All we need is an automated process to save the form data to the list column control without using Query XML as we don't have the action with Nintex workflow designer version 12.