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Hi,I am building a workflow with a simple approve or reject option; however, I also have to take into consideration whether the task has been completed within a time frame of 7 days of the due date but also to check whether 2 other fields have changed (this is either the 'Published Date' or 'Status').I have tried using a string of 'IF' statements to do this, and attempted the loop functionality but I don't know which to use for the best, and I've also never used loops before.  Here is a snapshot of the loop option that I created:Details behind each action are:Loop = where 'stage 2 status' equals open and where workflow data 'published date' => workflow data 'ReminderDate7 Days'Set variable = set 'DateLastModified' equals date when the action was executedWait for item update = Modified to not equal workflow data 'DateLastModified'Run if = where workflow data 'PublishedDate' not equals list lookup field 'Published Date' or where workflow data 'Status' not equals list lookup 'Status'My

Hi,Is it possible to create a task with the column 'All Day Event' set to Yes?I am using Assign to-do but it can be something else.Regards,Christophe

I'm getting this error in the ULS Logs which is causing the form to halt (unable to open) and throws a sharepoint foundation error as below. How can I find out which fields are the problematic, is there a way to get the names of those fields or what types?The form contains a lot of runtime functions on fields.Runtime function parsing failed for formula.not(NWF.FormFiller.Functions.GetValue('1c1e711a-5ac7-43de-adab-fd1d3da4b078', sourceContext)) Exception message: Thread was being aborted.    Exception stacktrace:    at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.FindEntry(TKey key)     at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.ContainsKey(TKey key)     at Nintex.Forms.NfUtilities.ProcessRuntimeFunctions(StringBuilder formulaTextUntokenized, Dictionary`2 tokens, Boolean processParameterString, Boolean continueProcessingText, Int32 level)     at Nintex.Forms.NfUtilities.ProcessFormulaForSyncAndAsyncRuntimeFunctions(StringBuilder& formulaText)Help!

I'm having validations problems when users are submitting a form from iOS "Nintex mobile app".The validation is working fine on desktop and from android (Nintex mobile app). But when the same form, same validation is tried from iPhone it doesn't pass it when all conditions meet (meaning that the user had entered all what is required to complete the form).The validation is mainly, in a repeating section to check if a date, description and value is inserted in each line item in the repeating section, if there is no values then it shows the red as a value is required. the validations are in the rules of the fields, so mainly it says if a checkbox on the form is true, and each of the fields in the line items (in the repeating section) are blank, then you need to insert a value, once value are inserted then go..Android is doing it with no issues, desktop too. iPhone keeps reasking for the values although data has been inserted.any idea how iOS renders these and how can I go about fixing it?

Hey folks:Having an issue. I have a state machine that triggers other workflows as required. In this case:my Manager Entry workflow has one notification that goes out within it. If I run that workflow on its own, it works as expected - 1 email goes out.If it runs when triggered by the State Machine, it sends out 4 emails instead and I can see 4 instances of the "Waiting on Modified By", for example -- even though only one instance of the workflow has been triggered.Thoughts? I have already rebuilt the email notification itself, and the State Machine's "Start Workflow" is the standard action... nothing fancy.Thanks for any help you can offer. Driving me nuts.

Hi, I can't enter a user to any action that uses the "Select People and Groups" people picker. Any ideas?Thanks

I set up a nintex workflow and a column was automatically created in the document library to show the progress of the workflow.  It worked fine but for some reason this column has disappeared. The workflow still runs, but the error notification I had included are now empty and need configuring again. Its very important to know ASAP if the workflow errors so this column was very helpful.Any ideas what has happened?Thanks

 Symptoms  Cookies generated by K2 web applications do not have the secure flag set on them  Diagnoses  Using Google Chrome, the secure flag for cookies can be inspected through the Developer Tools > Resources (or Application) tab > Cookies   Resolution   Make the following changes:   1. Runtime and Designer web.config files:- K2 blackpearlK2 smartforms Designerweb.config- K2 blackpearlK2 smartforms Runtimeweb.config   a. Search for all "requireSSL" attributes and set them to true   b. Add the line below to the main <system.web> node: <httpCookies httpOnlyCookies="true" requireSSL="true" lockItem="true" />   2. FormsSTS and WindowsSTS web.config: - K2 blackpearlWebservicesIdentityStsFormsweb.config - K2 blackpearlWebservicesIdentityStsWindowsweb.config   You’ll notice that there are a couple of <system.web> nodes in child nodes of the configuration node. Add a <system.web> node directly under the configuration node with the following:<httpCookies httpOn

I am trying to figure out if it is possible to start multiple workflows on the same list from different start forms/content types. Right now I have a list where all projects start from the same start form, and all other possible workflows branch out from there. However, I was hoping to be able to start a workflow from a different start form on the same list.The existing workflows track regular projects from start to finish. We've discovered a need to have a calendar that tracks future terminations of projects, so I set up a workflow for that purpose. I would like to be able to start this workflow from a button on the main page of the list rather than using the existing start form - the termination workflow start form is a much shorter form to fill out than the existing start form. I set up separate content types for this, but it seems that the start form for a new project can only be associated with the Default Content Type.Is this an option at all? Or am I stuck starting this terminat

I have in a form 3 list lookups and besides I am using autocompleteplugin.js (http://words.usask.ca/sharepointsig/2013/10/25/replacing-a-drop-down-list-in-nintex-forms-with-an-autocompleting-textbox-using-jquery/). The problem is, that the loading time of the 3 list lookups is quite long. The form loads in 15-30 seconds. I have tried to delay the loading of the list lookup by hidding them (Appearance -> Visible : no). This way the list lookups are not loading anymore on form load. What I could not achieve, is to change the visibility of these control, that the values load after the form is ready. I have tried with JavaScript, adding the visibility attribute and with CSS adding a class that has  - visibility:visible !important;None of the above affects the visibility of the control.Does anybody succeeded to optimize performance by delaying the load of form controls?

I have a workflow that worked just fine until...Workflow 1: Task goes to manager, manager checks which business lines need to approve the request, workflow queries the fields on the workflow task to get the business lines, then uses those results to query the Roles list to find the individuals for each business line, then routes the request to those individuals.Change: Added 2 workflows to the workflow task list. The first one (Workflow 2) runs when a task is created, it secures the task so only the site owners and Assigned To can edit it. It also runs if the Assigned To changes. The second one (Workflow 3) runs when the status is Complete and sets the task to read-only. These need to be in place because the Assign To-Do task can be edited after it has been completed. We do not want to change out the task type in this workflow.What happened: When the workflow queried the fields on the workflow task, it did not return a result and skipped the business line approval. When I manually ente

One of the challenges I have as a SharePoint solution architect is tracking notifications and reminders that go out of Nintex to various users. In some cases users may say, I never saw that email, I was not reminded, ect, ect. One of our helpful tools we have for this is to create Bamboo web parts with a list of tasks for each person. This works somewhat, but it would really be nice to be able to see if a notification or reminder went out. Also, might be good to see these "logs" for debugging purposes also. 

 Symptoms  When using the "Add List Item Permissions" event to configure list item permissions for a user or group although it does not throw error, no permissions are assigned. The 'Person or Group (Name)' field from an item reference is used as per documentation: https://help.k2.com/onlinehelp/K2ForSharePoint/UserGuide/4.6.11/default.htm#List_Items_Wizards/Add_ListItem_Perm/Add_ListItem_Perm.htm  Diagnoses  #1 It was determined that when adding a user to assign list item permissions, the wizard is expecting the user to be in the format 'DENALLIXCodi' but the 'Person or Group (Name)' field in a list item reference is returning it in the format 'K2:DENALLIXCodi' and as such permissions is not assigned successfully.   #2 When assigning list item permissions to a Sharepoint group, it is just expecting the group name 'Portal Members'. Additionally, when using the Sharepoint 'Shared With' pop-up, it will not show the groups in which permissions were assigned but just the users that belong

 Symptoms We are unable to create the service instance for any of the endpoint service type. we are getting InitializeServicePointManager error:SmartObject Server Exception: The method 'InitializeServicePointManager' was not found on the interface/type 'SourceCode.SmartObjects.Services.ServiceSDK.ServiceAssemblyBase, SourceCode.SmartObjects.Services.ServiceSDK Diagnoses It was determined that the current 'SourceCode.SmartObjects.Services.ServiceSDK.dll' assembly located 'C:Program Files (x86)K2 blackpearlServiceBroker' was of File Version '4.14010.14105.2' whereas the OOTB File Version of this assembly for 4.6.11 should be '4.15050.15272.4'. Additionally, when using a Reflector type program the OOTB assembly for 4.6.11 should have the 'InitializeServicePointManager' method but the current assembly does not. As this file was in the 'ServiceBroker' directory, it was likely the installation of a custom service broker introduced this mismatching version of the assembly. Resolution A repair

We use a workflow variable that is resolves to the name of a Sharepoint group.  We try to use the workflow variable to complete the "Collect from" field.  When the wf variable is selected from the lookup in the field and click OK, we get an error(see image).  (No exact match was found. Click the item(s) that did not resolve for more options.)This same variable works without a problem in the Flexi-task forms for assignments and notifications.Using Nintex 2010 forms and workflow.  Any ideas?  Thank you.

 Symptoms Designtime Performance - K2 Designer > Design time > User / Group searches perform bad on large AAD/SP structures Diagnoses At the moment this is by design, when you search for users you need to query the underlying providers, ie AAD and SP in your case. We cannot use the K2 cache because only users that has interacted with K2 will be in the cache and to assign permissions etc one will not want to be limited to these users and therefor need to go to the providers.BUT there is light at the end of the tunnel. We have been working on an Identity ?vNext?, in this version K2 will cache all the provider data from the get go and all K2 queries can then use the K2 identity cache which will be much faster that querying a Provider. This will ultimately solve the issue you have when searching for users within the designer. Resolution By Design, new Identity service is expected to ship in the next Major Release of K2.  

Greetings,We are trying to resolve the following situation, and are looking for advice on how to do so.We have an Owners and a Designers SharePoint group.Both groups can create workflows. In order to call web services in a workflow, the Nintex Service Account (NSA) is used. If NSA is in the Designers group, both Designers and Owners can run Lists.asmx web service workflows, but not UserGroup.asmx web service workflows. This is because of the difference between Owner and Designer privileges.The Owners need to be able to run UserGroup web service workflows, without giving access to the Designers to do so. But, putting NSA in the Owners group would give users in the Designers group the ability to run UserGroup web service workflows.We have a SharePoint service provider, so are not able to access anything above the Site Collection level.Is it possible to have two NSAs, one that is only visible to Owners? Are there any other possible solutions?Thank you.

Hi,    I am doing a customization project for SharePoint Online. We are using a model-driven approach which requires us to create a Nintex Form dynamically based on a generated list in the workflow.    It seems that we can use the webservice at NfWcfServices Service but there are no official documentations for that.    Are there any examples on how to call the WebService to create the form within the Workflow?Thanks.

 Symptoms when we use a SharePoint Group as destination users the mail notifications it take very long time to come to the users. Diagnoses coldfix applied Resolution The Respected customer ordered closure of the ticket after applying the coldfix. Customer noticed that the issue is resolved after 2-4 days of applying the fix 

I have a use case where the user can add a new item to a list or edit an existing item.  When they do an edit, the form loads the data of the master item.  I successfully accomplished this by using two lists - one for the master data, and one as a holding list.  If the user is doing an edit, it does a lookup from the master list to load the data onto the new form.   I have successfully accomplished this with some custom buttons, custom JavaScript and a CAML query to get the specific item's data from the master list - and then a workflow that deletes the item from the master list (if edit mode), adds a new item to the master list, and then deletes the item from the holding list.Everything is working except attachments.  I have managed to find the attachments of my master item, but how can I add them to my newForm?  I found no method to put a javascript variable on the attachments control.  Below is a snippet of my code:  (if something obvious is missing it is because I am trying to clea

Hi Everyone,I have this project that is an calendar app and in the form it has a field "Canceled" which has a choice of No and Yes. What I want to happen is that when the user choose Yes in the field Canceled then save. The form button Edit Item will not be available anymore or the event can't be modified, only me can edit the form so the user will ask for my permission to edit it again in case the user needs to edit a canceled event.The Edit Item should be gone or not clickable.Thank you!

 Symptoms How do I get the PDF Converter to attach a PDF of a K2 form Diagnoses I've followed the instructions here:https://help.k2.com/onlinehelp/k2appit/userguide/current/Default.htm#How_Tos/Create_a_PDF_file_Using_the_PDF_Converter_in_an_Advanced_SmartObject/PDFFileUsePDFConvertInAdvancedSMO.htm?Highlight=pdfI can get it to work with any other web page, but when I plug in the runtime URL of an Appit form, I get a blank/empty PDF Resolution Setting the Anonymous Access on the Display to true resolved the issue. 

I recently updated to Nintex Forms 2010 (1.11.4.0) and my javascript has stopped working when using the IE 11 browser.  If I use Chrome it works fine.  It has been working for over a year and suddenly stopped with the update.  I was running a CAML query to populate form controls based on a lookup.  I have discovered that if I change the compatibility to Edge, then I am able to get the javascript to run in IE.  This makes it impossible to edit pages however.  Is there something I can change in the code to make it compatible with IE 11?NWF$(document).ready(function () { //Get Form control values var employeeNumber = NWF$("#" + txtEmployeeNumber + ":input").val(); //NWF$(".employeeNumber :input").val(); var selectedEmployee = NWF$("#" + ddlSelectedEmployee + ":input").val(); //NWF$(".selectedEmployee :input").val(); alert("Employee Number: " + employeeNumber + " Employee ID: " + selectedEmployee); //Determine if the employee number has been entered and the selected employee is blank //If

 Symptoms K2 Workdesk APP for ADFS Users Diagnoses We install the K2 Accelerator after the K2 installation. After that we config the security label ADFS. We change the Realms for K2 Runtime to use ADFS and we end with zero Administrators in the K2 Workdesk.The K2 Workdesk is prepared to work with ADFS? How we can add the ADFS users as Administrators? Resolution Using workdesk administrator smartobject, we deleted all K2 label users via SmartObject Service Tester.Then login to workdesk registration page.After that the user was able to add ADFS label users with no issue. 

Hello,it's me again,I have been googling heedlessly for an idea how to create Gannt Charts / timelines out of the Workflow histories. Problem: I have a list tracking an element running through a process with 6 process steps each with their own workflow (I tried with one workflow, but somehow the size exceeded the limits, thus separated workflows). I would like to create an element specific Gantt chart to show the progress according to the status of the workflows:Process 1, Start-End; Process 2 Start-end; and so on.If it is possible to add the specific workflow tasks as milestones / checkpoints, that would be a positive extra! I hope the question is clear enough! Thank you in advance,Best wishes,Paavo