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This seems to be a function that should be in a date library. I've been a programmer for 40 years and have worked with Julian Dates since 1977.Does anyone know a quick way to find the day of the year?

 Symptoms  We have a large form that is currently taking about 30 seconds to open up. The form does use quite a few dropdown controls pulling from SQL server.  Diagnoses  How the form is designed and how the rules are configured will also affect form performance.   Please see the articles below: https://help.k2.com/kb001432 http://coe.k2.com/smartforms-performance-tuning https://johnnyk2com.wordpress.com/2015/08/12/optimizing-smartforms-performance/ http://www.datalytyx.com/how-to-improve-k2-smartforms-performance/   Resolution Looking at the fiddler trace, a SmartObject call was determined to be taking a lot of times and will address accordingly.   If applicable, usually using SmartObject input properties to return only the necessary rows will improve performance. Additionally, depending on how the SQL Servers are in this environment and how the SQL server service configured, the following may apply: https://help.k2.com/displaycontent.aspx?id=5998   If these SmartObject calls are inde

I have noticed that the Rich Text editor in Nintex Workflow 2013 is very unreliable when generating email notifications.  For example, throughout my current workflow I have set the text as 12pt Tahoma using the editor.  I can see the changes reflected in the Rich Text editor.  But after Publishing and testing the workflow, some emails ignore the font selection completely, instead using 11pt Calibri, while other emails only apply 12pt Tahoma to parts of the text, using 11pt Calibri in others.  And any inserted tables never respect the text styling selected in the text editor.We use MS Outlook 2007, which is where I am viewing the emails.  We are also using the default out-of-the-box style template for emails. I understand that we can edit the HTML directly, but we will have people designing workflows who are not fluent in HTML.  And honestly, with a Rich Text editor built into Nintex, we don't feel that we should have to edit HTML.So my question is, has anyone else experienced these iss

Hi, I have a requirement to import a .xlsm file using file attachment control in smartform. Populate list view with the data being imported using excel file. Excel has many sheets and has header columns. Below are the steps I have performed:1. Created an SQL table with VarBinary column.2. Inserted File in to SQL table from File Attachment control.3. Called a .Net method to read the excel and fetch the required details. But, Unable to read the excel content from Varbinary column. Kindly suggest any way to read the xlsm file in K2. I can see the file temperorly stored under "Program Data" folder. Is it a good practice to load file from this location and process? Thanks in advance. Regards,Poornima

 Symptoms  Get the system cannot find the file specified error when generating the saleforce instance in K2 farm.  Diagnoses  Installed SDK 8.1 and tried to manipulate registry key to point to that directory but still received error. Copied SDK 7.0A to server and was able to create Salesforce instance.   Had to update BrokerManager.exe.config to point to SQL instance because server is clustered.   Resolution    Was able create Salesforce instance after the BrokerManager.exe.config was corrected to point to the correct SQL Service instance.     

Hello,I have an issue with a workflow.I want to launch a workflow (conditionnal) when an item is updated and "status column" = "Draft".As you see in the title, it's not working but the strange things is, when I set up the workflow (conditionnal) to yes, when I modified and submit the form, it still doesn't work.Thanks in advance.Théo

 Symptoms  We have a problem with synchronization permission group from SharePoint Online and K2 on-premise. Is necessary to have the global admin permission when I want to synchronize this group from SharePoint Online?  Diagnoses  If you do not run the registration wizard for the first time under an identity that has Site Collection Administration rights, the Registration wizard fails when uploading the K2 Appit for SharePoint App.   Please confirm if you have seen the below documentation and see if you have followed the steps outlined in the documentation: http://help.k2.com/onlinehelp/k2appit/userguide/1.5/default.htm#about_k2_for_sharepoint/compatsecpermconsid/k2_application_permissions_in_sharepoint.htm   Additional info: http://help.k2.com/kb001738  Resolution The issue was resolved by redeploying K2 for SharePoint app to the APP catalog and then re-register the K2 for SharePoint application.     

Hello Guys, Recently I have added one more flow to my existing process and configured Smartforms client event. I am using K2 Worklist smartobject to fetch the WorkklistItem data from K2 DB and showing that on Dashboard in my application. I have one column in my list view "View/Approve" to which I am attaching hyperlink that is Data property of WorklistItem which contains follwing data data property value: https://nmetdvapp0006/apps/mortgagereceipts/Pages/OpenForm.aspx?_State=sFinance&SerialNo=2621_18&ReceiptRequestID=64 Generally we use SmartForm Runtime SSL as Runtime Server URL in  Smartforms client event configuration (last screen of wizard) which contains https://SmartForm Runtime Server URL. SmartForm Runtime Server URL: https://nmetdvapp0006:81/Runtime/Runtime The newly added flow is not working as its using https:// in the URL returned by Data property. And when I click on the link its showing below error to me.https://nmetdvapp0006/apps/mortgagereceipts/Pages/OpenForm.a

 Symptoms Experiencing weird behaviour when trying to install the latest version of K2. Diagnoses When trying to install K2 4.7 on your environment you get an multiple errors not being able to uninstall or reinstall K2.K2 workspace and K2 studio were successfully installed. K2 blackpearl and core weren't installed. However this is not accessible.When trying to do a reconfigure from the installation media this launches as the update manager assuming that this is an upgrade and not a separate installer. Resolution It could be the case here that you will need to install an older version such as 4.6.10 firstly and then further upgrade to 4.7. This will allow you to get K2 up and running successfully. 

 Symptoms in some users we cant get worklist items using api it allways showe time out message in (Sourcecode.Workflow.client.dll)this issue happend after upgrade to this version 4.16060.2000.0.1on of users that have this issue has no pending requests Diagnoses during investigation the issue was related to a single user who was the only user for some rolewe changed user in the role to another user we noticed that we can get the worklist without time out and after we returned to the old user its working with him without error Resolution The Customer resolved the issue and sent the following:"if we changed user in the role to another user we can get the worklist without time out and after return to the old user its working with him without errorso i thing it refreshs the k2 cache and you have problem in searching in old cache" 

 Symptoms The error that is received is the following:"The given key was not present in the dictionary. Diagnoses Under smart object administration within K2 workspace you are not able to assign the correct permissions to the user as you get the following error when doing so:"The given key was not present in the dictionary"What is the problem here ? Resolution To resolve this issue you can do this by accessing the smartbox smartobject admin under the farm name itself and not through the server names, this is by design.After this you will be able action the correct permissions to the correct users as normal through smart object administration. 

 Symptoms Errors installing K2 Blackpearl Diagnoses When trying to install K2 Blackpearl on a user's local machine running Windows 10 and I am unable to complete the configuration analysis as the K2 service is unable to start. Resolution You will need to be on the correct version of K2. At the moment you are trying to install (4.6.10) which is not supported for Windows 10. Only 4.6.11 and 4.7 are supported by K2.Please have a look at the support Matrix prereq below:https://help.k2.com/blackpearl/support-matrix#prePrereq 

 Symptoms Changing the SQL Alias name, will this effect K2 ? Diagnoses What is the best approach to change the SQL Alias name and point this back to K2 ?Will you have to rerun the K2 Blackpearl set up to do this?What effects can this have if not done correctly ? Resolution It should be fine to point to the new sql Alias name within the installer when running as configuration, this is where it should be specified once it gets to the Database screen.You may need to re-enter your password again just for security purposes. After this you will then need to continue on with the install and make sure there no errors within the configuration analysis as well.The K2 server should be fine after this. 

 Symptoms The customer get an issue when trying to "open a subview" action from a button in the bottom of a form : The windows is extended but seems to disappear. In fact the windows is display in full screen but in the top, not in the place of the button.In other words, K2SF Runtime - When one Maximize a Subform/Subview it jumps to the top of the Form Diagnoses it look like a css bug in K2 when the button to open a subview is at the end of a view with a big scroll bar. In this case, a double click on pop up view toolbar or maximize icon will move the pop up out of the current screen (pop up is move to top of page whereas we are at the bottom)After double click on top bar or in maximize icon i get the following CSS :.popup dialog id-runtime-dialog sub-view ui-draggable no-buttons maximized ui-draggable-disabled ui-state-disabled{top:5px}On the first opening the CSS Top is :.popup dialog id-runtime-dialog sub-view ui-draggable no-buttons{top:857px} Resolution ColdFix provided 

Hello!I use SharePoint with Nintex 2013. I have a request review action in my workflow.  This is my task description.I posted the html into a html tester and it looks the same:Now when I open my task it looks like this:Does anyone have the same problem and knows how to solve this? This happens to me all the time and makes the tasks so unclear.Thank you!

 Symptoms  You running K2 4.6.8.   An event in the workflow (K2 Studio) that generates a PDF from a URL which worked fine previously started throwing the following error message:   ID4243: Could not create a SecurityToken. A token was not found in the token cache and no cookie was found in the context.   Restart of K2 service resolves this issue but permanent solution to this is required.   Diagnoses      Token expiration settings by default configured to be 8 hours and most of the time are not causing issues (if they do you can just increase them).   In case you are running K2 4.6.8 it may be necessary to apply coldfix (internal ID 500454) which implements more efficient method of handling token session expiration due to machine hibernation (Server Error, Specified argument was out of range of valid values, Parameter name: validTo). Please also note that you may experience similar symptoms in 4.6.9 where solution will be different. Most of these token related issue are resolved in K2

 Symptoms  SmartForms users receiving the following error:   "ID4243: Could not create a SecurityToken. A token was not found in the token cache and no cookie was found in the context"   Error forces users to clear browser cache again and again to resolve this error.  Diagnoses  This is known issue (internal ID 544333) with K2 SmartForms security token handling which you may see in versions older than 4.6.11, for example 4.6.9. To resolve this issue you have to have K2 SF rollup SF 469.8 (fix is included in 4.6.11 release OOB) or newer and additionally made configuration changes described below.   Append Designer, Runtime and ViewFlow web.config files with the following settings:   1) <add key="Authentication.ClaimsErrorHandling" value="ID4243,true,~/;" />   in <appSettings>   2) <add name="ClaimsAuthenticationModule" type="SourceCode.Security.Claims.Web.ClaimsAuthenticationModule, SourceCode.Security.Claims.Web, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=16A2C5AAA

There is a Site collection workflow for Approval request form, which creates tasks notification(sends email) to people in that particular approval level. The question I have here is, whenever an Item is created in the list, its updating both the Task list and workflow tasks at the same time. Can you let me know which list it should update with the task notification exactly, so that I can link that list in the email template, so it helps people to respond their tasks by clicking that link.Thanks

 Symptoms K2 Service Account does not display processes in Process Portal, even though permissions have been granted on those processes. Diagnoses This is a result of using the SharePoint System Account as the K2 Service Account. When using the SharePoint System Account, it does not use credentials as the Active Directory account that has permissions on the process. Resolution Use a different account to schedule the processes, or separate the K2 Service Account from the SharePoint service account. 

Just went through the K2 BlackPearl Core Certification Test and wanted to share with the community.  Also I know that "FutureK2Guru" aka  "BP" completed also. The technology is awesome and we get better day by day.   The test took about 1 hour for anwer 40 questions, with True/False or Multiple Choice.  That will leave you around 90 seconds / question, the combination of question between General Topics, SmartObjects, SmartForms, Administration, K2 Studio, Workflow. Today has been a great day and only want to said, If you don't have your BlackPearl Core Certification you should  !!!. Dino.

Hi,Here are my workflow requirements.-On every SharePoint list item, I would like to check the "Status" field and if the Status field is "Open", then I would like to send a bi-annual reminders on a fixed dates like so:-March 1st.-September 1st.Instead of sending seperate emails for each item, I would like to send one single email for all the items (if they are open) on those fixed dates. What is the best way to achieve this?Please advise.Thank you.

 Symptoms When returning an entry from a date/time column in SharePoint using Appit, the time is returned in UTC, instead of the timezone configured for the SharePoint site. Can the time be formatted to return from a specific timezone? Diagnoses K2 grabs the value from SharePoint and converts it into the K2 server timezone. In this case, the Appit server is configure to use UTC, so the time returned is UTC. This is by design. Resolution The workaround is to use the Subtract (or Add) Hours function to convert the time correctly for the timezone you wish displayed. In the U.S. this will not accurate in most places for the full year due to Daylight Savings Time. A feature request has been logged for the ability to use input a timezone into the FormatDateTime function to display the time correctly. 

 Symptoms Trying to delete a workflow in Appit results in the error User "K2SQL:[KUID] does not have Administrator rights. " Diagnoses This happens with workflows that have never been deployed, but only saved. Deploying the workflow allows it to be deleted.This does not happen if the checkbox for "All versions and running instances" remains unchecked. It appears that it is because a workflow that has never been deployed does not have any additional versions or running instances, causing K2 to try to delete information that does not exist which throws an exception. Resolution Leaving the checkbox for "All versions and running instances" blank when deleting the saved workflow allows the workflow to be deleted without issue. A usability bug has been logged to disable this checkbox if the workflow has never been deployed. 

HiHow can I show workflow variables in my forms?RegardsAmir

 Symptoms When we use the standard service "Enpoints Assembly" if the procedure take more than 5 minutes, we get the following error message:Object 'xxxxx' has been disconnected or does not exist at the server.Source: SourceCode.HostServerLib Diagnoses The issue appears exactly after 5 minutes.Seems to be linked to old KB: http://help.k2.com/kb001146But this KB does not work for version 4.6.11. Resolution As workaround, the customer create his own service broker and in this case we don't have any issue.In parallele the labs provide a ColdFix: Validated by Support but not installed on customer side due to the workaround.You have 2 days to accept or reject this resolution. If you feel the issue is not resolved, please reject this resolution.Otherwise, please take the opportunity to submit feedback, using the link included in this message.