Archive: Nintex for Office 365 Forum

Hi,I have a form with sevearl fields and a panel that I hide if the user is not part of a group (Buying Department). In that panel I have a text field, a choice field and a lookup field.When I create a new item and I'm not in the Buying department, as expected I don't see the fields in the panel, I can fill in the other fields on the form and save it.If I'm in the Buying Department, I can edit the form, fill in the fields inside the panel and save. All the data is saved as expected. Now if a user not in the Buying Department goes back to edit that form and save it, the data in the text and choice field of my panel are preserved, but the lookup field is not and ends up being empty. Why is that? How can I ensure that the data in the lookup field is not lost?

I am studying the default custom CSS code that exists in a new form and I had a question about the first section of the code. On line 2 below, there are two .nf-filler-control-inner classes. Why?  /* Template styles */.nf-form-input .nf-filler-control-inner, .nf-form-label .nf-filler-control-inner{top: 10px;bottom: 10px;left: 10px;right: 10px;} ThanksDean

Hi, I tried today to export a workflow from an O365 list with IE 11 (on Windows 10) - but without luck. Nothing happend, no download and no error message. Then I tried the same workflow with Edge - and voila! Anyone else experiencing the same behaviour?

When I go to Admin > SharePoint > apps > Manage Licenses > Nintex workflow for Office 365, it does not show an option to view the license key. This sort of makes it hard to submit a support ticket, because that is required. The 'conspiracy theorist' in me suspects this may be by design. Make it hard/impossible to get the license key and there will be fewer support tickets.

I have noticed that date oriented filters in Office 365 Query List Actions don't behave in the same manner as the normal Query List Action.  Example: I have a query list action that returns items that are less than a specified date variable.  This works consistently.The same exact query in the Office 365 Query List Action returns nothing. The Office 365 list query does work with other filters, just not a date filter that is less than.  Has anyone else seen that?

I am querying a list using JavaScript, from time to time the list items are retrieved, however, there are times that it returns an access denied error.  var web = clientContext.get_web();var list = clientContext.get_web().get_lists().getByTitle("Employee Hours Profile"); var camlQuery = new SP.CamlQuery();camlQuery.set_viewXml('<View>' +     '<Query><Where><Eq><FieldRef Name='Title'/><Value Type='Text'>[ItemTitle]</Value></Eq></Where></Query>' +          '<ViewFields>' +               '<FieldRef Name='Title' />' +          '</ViewFields>' +     '<RowLimit>1</RowLimit>' +'</View>'); var listItems = list.getItems(camlQuery); clientContext.load(listItems);clientContext.executeQueryAsync(onSuccess, onFail); function onSuccess() {     var listItemEnumerator = listItems.getEnumerator();      while (listItemEnumerator.moveNext()) {          var listItem = listItemEnumerator.get_current();         

Is there a limit to the number of paramters that can be pre-populated in form fields through deep linking?  I can't seem to get it to work past 2 fields.  Is there an order that needs to be followed in order to get it to work past 2?

I will have multiple users using the same iPad.When you log out of Nintex Mobile the next user has to go through the whole process of logging back in including entering the site URL which is a bit laborious. I have found a shortcut that will open a nintex app but only works after Nintex mobile is opened in the background and I cannot get Safari to hold the URL long enough to create a desktop icon shortcut or add to favourites as once you paste the URL and hit enter safari warns you that another app is going to open/opens and then the URL reverts to whatever was  previous nintexmobile://?authtype=office365&url=https%3a%2f%2fxxxxxxxxx.sharepoint.com this will populate the URL and load the login page to the correct site - note: the url must be encoded as shown.

I have a list populated using Nintex O365 workflow that accesses data from an oData Web Service exposed from our enterprise.This works fine and populates a list with 2 fields ContainerNo and ID as below. This workflow deletes all items in this list and repopulates each time the workflow is run. I have created a Nintex O365 form that is exposed for Nintex  Mobile, iPhone and iPad and uses a "PreLoad Container Inspection List" as its source.As part of this form I have a list lookup that looks up the ContainierNo's from the PortPackContainers and inserts the ContainerNo from the PortPackContainers list into the PPContainer item on the PrelLoad Container Inspection List on submit.  When first creating this Form I had an issue where I get the below error on Submit After 2 days of frustration I deleted the Container field from the "PreLoad Container Inspection List" and created a new field called something similar ContainerNumThis fixed the error and the container number updated no problem.

On Nintex 365, I really need to query a user using the value contained in the user profile Alias field. Any clues on how this could be done using JS or Jquery?

Is there a document that outlines the Standard vs Enterprise differences for Nintex Workflow in Office 365? I've searched for one but was unable to find it. Thanks!

I have been working on a workflow solution for staff onboard application. The solution had sequential as well as parallel processing blocks for task approvals for which I have been using bothAssign a task and Start a task processAll was well and the task assignment notifications were sent as expected to the approver/SharePoint group of approvers (in the case of start a task process) with Lazy Approval enabled. They could reply email with their outcome for the task post which the process flow continues as assigned.Each of the task assignment task form was edited and customized for ease of approvers, with rules to show ONLY the sections of the form they need to see and not the hundreds of other fields. So far so good eh! But then, the past week, task assignment notifications in the parallel processing blocks were not delivered to the approvers.(Cyborg approvers is a custom SharePoint group that is selected conditionally should the user requested access for the same). Nothing got changed

Hi Community, I have created a custom list with 3 columns: Title (Single line of text), Title2 (Single line of text) and TitleConcat (Single line of text).Next, I have created a form based on that list but with a calculated value connected to the TitleConcat.The formula of the calculated value was very simple:Finally, I published the form.When I create a new item and I save it, the TitleConcat column in the list is still empty.I had the same form in Nintex Forms OnPremise and it works fine: TitleConcat contains the expected value.Did or do you encounter a similar issue? How did you solve it? Note: I don't want to use a calculated column in my list.

Is it possible tp use Nintex workflow to push data from an on premise SharePoint list to SharePoint O365?

Hi, I was looking at the action available of Nintex for O365 to manage user profile and I've found that currently there is no error handling..I'm trying to create a workflow that, based on some date in a list, will create a user on O365 and assign him some license, I've looked also on Node environment for a similar workflow and I've been able to do that kind of workflow..The workflow runs correctly if the new username calculated from the workflow is not existing, but if for some reason (depending on naming convention on user account) the username is already existing, the Create O365 user action fails and the workflow get stuck in suspended internal state..I've tried then to query User Profile by the "new" username before using the create action, but that action errors if the username provided is not existing, so the workflow is stuck again.. Do you have any suggestion on how to check if a username is already existing or not on O365? Thank you very much for any suggestion! Giacomo

We're working on a project management solution in which each project will have it's own site on which there will be a task list with the "sub-tasks" of that project. Each of these sub-tasks will be assigned to a person in our team. What we're trying to accomplish, is to have the workflow email the original assignee if the assignee changes. Meaning, if Frank is assigned a project, then the lead decides that Martha would be a better "fit" to complete the task or whatever, and they change it to Martha, Frank gets an email that he's no longer assigned the task and Martha gets an email that she has a new task. In that same vein, if Frank is assigned a task and the due-date of that task is changed, we want Frank to get an email with the new due date of that task. The problem is that once the field is changed, the previous value is "lost". We tried having the assigned person field write to a variable, but unless you can pause until a change or there's a way to get variables "cross-workflow" t

I'm using Office 365 environment, and have created an 'approval workflow' where the task participant is pre-defined, however I would like the task initiator to choose who approves the document by searching/browsing for all other sharepoint users. We used to have this working in Nintex 2010 on prem version...

So I have been able to parse the XML of a repeating section in O365 using Collections and Query XML, but it is SLOW SLOW SLOW, (I havent been able to get it to work using dictionaries) What is the fastest way to just iterate the XML of a repeating section?  Or is the collection method as good as it gets?

I keep getting errors trying to do this, need to query a user property, my settings are all fine, but if I try to execute it from within an app step, the workflow errors out. I have granted the following permissions to Nintex Workflow <AppPermissionRequests><AppPermissionRequest Scope="http://sharepoint/content/sitecollection" Right="FullControl" /><AppPermissionRequest Scope="http://sharepoint/social/tenant" Right="Read" /></AppPermissionRequests>

I'm got a label that includes a link to a PDF document. The location of the file is on a LAN drive. However, the link will NOT function when viewing the form. You can click on it, but nothing happens. I know the URL is correct because I can right click, copy link location and then past it into a new window and the file opens. I'm using IE11, (I know chrome and firefox do not allow file:// links) If I put that same link into link list in SharePoint, it works fine, so I know its not a SharePoint issue. Please advise.

We are having an issue with a workflow action that creates an item in a different list using "Office 365 Create List Item".It works fine with other list and content type, but this one hangs, asking to fill in the value "Title(Title)" which is already set in the action.Why it seems fails ?- because of the "two" name for Title in Task Content type.The Content Type in use is inherited from the default OOB: "Task"In the list column the Title column shows as Title but in the Content Type it changes its display name to read "Task Name" (default OOB behaviour)Which means that when the workflow runs, it tries to set a value to [Title] form value ‍{Current Item:Title}‍ and returnsValue for required field 'Title(Text)' must be specified; I also tried to set the "Task Name" but it also tells me Title(Text) must be specified. Help  !how to set a Task item in target task list ? thank you in advance.François.

Hi, I have a Parent workflow wich starts a Child worfklow during execution.Everything worked well during the last 2 weeks except yesterday :- Parent workflow started on 5 items at 6 PM- Child worklow seemed pending In fact, all 5 Child workflows started....between 9 an 11 PM ! Is there any reason for such a delay ? Generally, it was about 3 minutes....

I want to be able to lookup information from a list on another site collection, in order to update a list item in the site running the workflow. Example. I have a workflow that has a username as a value in a column. I want to use that username to lookup the employee ID which is stored in a different list on a different site collection. list A: List running the workflow that wants to populate the column "Employee ID"List B: List that has all employees and their ID. Exists on a different site collection in the same tenant. Can this be achieved?

Does this work for site(collections) that have external sharing disabled? Was pretty sure it would be a pre-requisite, but doesn't hurt to ask or get greedy and hence the question.Thanks,Swetha Sankaran​

Hi guys,I had to create last week a demo onboarding workflow on 365 for a big Customer, The last part of it was (of course) the creation of the O365 user. When I tested, the action didn't work,  even if it's normally configured (as I would do for any O365 tenants). The only difference I can find from the usual case is that they are in Federated AD. Anyone already tried that in such an Infrastructure? Cheers