Archive: Nintex for Office 365 Forum

Hey everyone, I'm trying to get client click on my save button to do something, anything but can't even get it to show an alert. I followed this post: How to call javascript function on Save button click? Here is my button settings: I've tried setting the "Causes validation" to Yes and no. I also tried wrapping the client click like NWF$(document).ready(function(){alert('Save Clicked');}); It just does nothing any ideas? John Luangco​ Chris Ben​

I have a request that if controls on a form = "Want" or "Not Sure"  the name of the control should be moved to a "follow-up" section. There are approx. 50 controls that need to be effected by this requirement. I am thinking I may need to do this via Nintex Workflow. Looking for an option to complete on the form. 

If you want to get the WEEKDAY of a given date, just use a new calculated column on your Sharepoint list with a formula like this:Then use this new calculated column (named DAYOFWEEK in this sample) on your workflow. Take a look to the use of that formula at >>> WEEKDAY function

I am using Nintex Forms for Office365. The users heavily use the mobile app to access the form. The mobile form uses lookup columns. Sometimes when I add new values in the list the lookup fields don't update in the Windows Mobile App unless I delete local storage and refresh. The iPhone app seems to better. Is there another way to refresh without deleting? Not ideal to delete local storage because it deletes my drafts!

I'm trying to write some JavaScript against my Nintex Form but can't access NWF$ or $, I get the error 'NWF$' is undefined, and when I access $ all objects just return null. Am I just doing something silly? I have a 30 day trial account. Help appreciated I have attached a screenshot.

In view mode, multiline text fields don't resize depending on how much (if any) text was entered into the control when the form was filled out. is there any way to resize the control in display mode? I have 'resize at runtime' enabled but this doesn't seem to impact it. I have also tried using a calculated value instead, and setting it to the value of the multiline text field and displaying it in display form only, but then if I have multiple lines the calculated value doesn't expand down more than 1 'row' so ends up overlapping the controls below it (doh!). Default behavior:  As you can see it makes the form look a bit untidy with big gaps, especially on other tabs where I have a mixture of field types. Any ideas, am I missing some easy setting to stop this? Or something else to force the calculated value control to expand down properly automatically when it has more than one row of text? Thanks!

What happens with running workflow instances if we re-publish a nintex workflow for O365?, there is official documentation with this topic?... I knew that Nintex on-premise, workflow running instances still working with version that they start, only new instances will run with the re-publish workflow.

I have a Nintex Form with multiple panels that I use the hide rule feature on. This is a requirement due to the different tasks being completed in the form. So Dept A can see fields they need for their task while Dept B can see fields needed for theirs.The issue is both departments use SOME of the same fields. They both need to be able to edit the content in panels. I want to be able to use the same controls in each panel and have the data update.Example:Panel 1 - Customer name control - single textPanel 2 - Customer name control - single textI need both of these fields to display the same information, be connected to the same SP control, and be able to be edited in each panel. I know I can use a calculated column to display dataI know I could hide data based on controls and not panels - due to the large amount of fields in my form I prefer to no do that

I'm creating a Task in my workflow, saving it, opening it and editing it, but the SAVE buttons are greyed out and won't let me save, meaning I have to get the config right the first time Any ideas? I have attached a screenshot of the action.

I have a Nintex workflow creating a list item using the 'Create Office 365...' option. My workflow is successful with all field types with the exception of a people picker. When I try to create a list item including a people picker field the workflow gets suspended. Can this be done?  I have tried a few other options for formatting the data; all fail. I have not tried all of them. 

This should be possible, but I suspect it would require javascript rather than just inline functions. On a Nintex Office 365 form, I need to set a default value for a person field from a list lookup if the value on another field meets certain conditions.  This is at the Form level, rather than within Workflow.Requirement:If Division_field = {X} and Location_field = {Y}  (first couple of fields filled out by user)     then set default value of Manager2_field (at bottom of form) to be Manager2 field value from Manager2_List where Location = {Y}.Else      default is blank. Any suggestions or pointers would be very much appreciated.  I haven't done much coding with javascript in this environment so any javascript solutions would need to be verbose.  Thanks!

I submitted a support ticket, but is anyone else seeing all kinds of authentication/authorization errors with Nintex Mobile, new users cant login, existing users cant refresh or submit. I assume it is tied to the O365 outage that occured this morning. Anyone else seeing this behavior?

Hi all, a strange behaviour appeared to me on a Nintex 365 Form, that I can't explain :- I have a SharePoint list with 13 people fields- I create a new item with native SharePoint form and attach a file --> OK, file is saved on new item- I use NINTEX to create the form, with the 13 people controls and an attachment control --> On saving, attachment is lost.- I remove 12 of my 13 people controls, keeping only one --> On saving, attachment is lost- I remove every people controls --> On saving, attachment is saved OK- I manually put my 13 connected people control again --> On saving, attachment works well !! It seems like automatically added people control creates an issue on saving attachments....while manually addind them solve the problem ! I could do this manually, but it means I'll have to rewrite all the rules....

I'm using a site collection with sub sites.When going to the settings of my Nintex for O365 list workflow created in a sub site, I can select a task list that was created in the sub site.How can I add my tasks to a general overview task list that is created in the root site collection in order to have a general overview of approval tasks created in the several sub sites?

As you probably already know, you cannot send emails to addresses that are not valid SharePoint users from the Send an Email action. Nintex says this feature is in development, but I found a workaround that we can use until it is done. I thought I'd share. Created a separate list with the following columns ToAddress CCAddress Subject Body Create a SharePoint 2010 workflow using SharePoint Designer (non Nintex) that automatically runs when a new item is created on that list, and uses the columns as its data to send an email. In the Nintex workflow you want to send an email, use the “Create List Item” action, and populate the columns (either statically or with variables created earlier in the workflow)This would have to be setup on each site* you needed to do this on, hence its clunky-ness, but only once for each site, as any workflow on that site could use the same list. *Workflows can’t create list items cross site, I don’t think. There might be a way, but I haven’t found it yet.

After my workflow finishes on edit item, i can't open the item anymore.Message : Invald entity: -1;#  If the problem persists, contact your support team with the following information: Correlation ID:Tenant ID:Time (UTC): If someone has any idea on where to investigate....

Hi, I noticed the updated email action which now allows you to send external email.However when I send an external email with attachment it does not include the metadata in the document.The word documents I'm trying to send have quickparts that are filled by the metadata in the SharePoint columns.When sending the email to an internal adress then the attachment contains the metadata but in the attachment send to an external email adress it just displays the fields without the metadata. Another question:Is it possible to change the 'From' adress? Currently the emails are send as noreply@workflownotification.com Tnx.

Is it possible to force links to open in a new tab from a Form? I have a workflow that creates a subfolder in a Doc Library and then writes the link back into the form. It'd be nice if when the user views the form, they click the link and it opens into a new tab.

I'm pretty sure this is really simple... but I can't figure it out. I have List A with the Title column. When I create a new item in List A, my workflow creates a subfolder in Library B and updates the Name of the Folder with [ListA:Title]. However, I also have a Title lookup column in Library B. How do I get the workflow to write to the Lookup column in Library B? I'm in O365 and I've been trying various actions like O365 Update Item:It doesn't seem like I can write to the Lookup column upon initial action "Create List Item" Cheers!

Are there any negative ramifications for using tables to control text layout in a Nintex O365 form - especially when the form might utilize different layouts? I have a legacy InfoPath form that I am converting to a Nintex O365 form. The legacy form uses tables to control the text layout. For example, it has a 2 column/multi row table for product features. The first column lists the feature names and the second column lists the feature descriptions, each feature in its own row. Is it safe to re-create this in Nintex with a table, or should I use separate label objects for each and manually align them? Many thanks!Dean

Hi team, Is there a restriction on outbound emails to external email addresses when using an Office 365 trial + Nintex trial?  If I address an email to an external email address, the workflow throws an exception.  If I address it to an internal email address and copy the external one, the external email address is stripped. Thanks,Chris

Hi,As per subject, I am puzzled by this error message when the same workflow runs on an existing item:Retrying last request. Next attempt scheduled in less than one minute. Details of last request: HTTP NotFound to https://xxxxxxxxxx Item does not exist. It may have been deleted by another user.  When running the same workflow from a new item it works fine all the way, but on an item where the workflow used to fail, it continues to fail.Therefore I cannot re-run it on all the items and I do not want to have to recreate the items since they will lose the CreationBy and Created on date. My gutfeeling is that there is something wrong with the workflow history list, as if there is already an item in the workflow history for that item ID and therefore it needs to be purges before running the workflow again, but how to find that  "workflow cache" ? thank you for your input,

I have tested a Nintex Mobile App from multiple devices and multiple users and it has worked. I know have one user getting this error. Any one have any ideas on what may cause the issue?  I have attached a picture.He can log into the Nintex Mobile App on a Windows device. After logging in he does not see the forms or form categories.

I am using the Query List and Get Item from Dictionary commands. When I query a lookup field and return the ID and Title, I get something that looks like this: {"PositionLookup":[{"ID":1,"Title":"IT Engineer"}],"FileLeafRef":"Sample Doc One.docx","Notice_x0020_Date":"2015-10-30T05:00:00Z","Reminder_x0020_Date":"2015-10-23T05:00:00Z"} It is easy enough to get the other text and date fields using something like this:Get Item from Dictionary with Path = "(0)/FileLeafRef" where 0 is the index However, I cannot get the values of the PositionLookup lookup field.  What is the syntax to reach the ID or Title?  

Hello Everyone, I'm new to Nintex forms and starting out in Office 365. I'm running into issues with branding and validations, as well as retaining data in lookup columns after a task has been launched. Branding Issues After trying a few troubleshooting steps with the images on theNintex forms. It seems to be narrowed down to browser issues. Connecting inside and outside of the Cintas Network, resulted in no images. After adding the form or image library URL, to the Privacy Settings in Internet Options as a trusted site, the images were visible, but only visible if added to each PC. This has only worked for me so far, the others have added the site with a wildcard and no go. I’m not sure if they have tested the image library. IE11, and Firefox are working for myself, there are still problems with Chrome. The image library is in the same sub-site as the list, just in case I needed to add it to the site collection, I added a picture library to the site collection and the pic URL from tha