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Workflow handles repeating section

  • April 29, 2020
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I have a repeating section. It contains borrowed items. Item 1, 2,3,4 have different returning date and the workflow needs to send reminder at different date and update the status on each item.

Can Nintex workflow handle it automatically or I need to do it manually?

 

To do it manually, I can use Sharepoint Information Management Policy to start a workflow on every record daily. Then the workflow will parse the repeating section XML to check the expiry date one by one and send out the reminder. I am not sure if this approach will work.

 

 

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    Simon Muntz
    Nintex Partner
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    • Simon MuntzNintex Partner
    • Nintex Partner
    • April 30, 2020
    Hi,

    Yes a workflow can parse the repeating section XML and send out the reminders.
    To save resources I would parse the repeating section out and create new items for each row in a list. Then have a scheduled site workflow run on the list daily and check each item and send out an email if appropriate.
    Having one workflow do the whole list is better than having a workflow on every item when it comes to resources.

    Parsing xml can be reource intensive so if you only have to do it once and not everytime you want to check to see if a reminder needs to be sent its better.
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    • lcha
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    • May 6, 2020
    that is a good idea. thanks.
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