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I have a partner asking how to bring the URL of an attachment from a list item to the task form, allowing the approver to click the url to open the attachment. I recalled something I have done before which I haven't got a chance to blog it for sharing. So, here I am trying to extract part of the previously done workflow that is relevant for the objective of the discussed topic - "Assigning the attachment URL to a column of the same list item".

 

1. In the solution, I have a list with a column named "PictureUrl" (i.e. Single line of text) as shown in below diagram (i.e. this column is what I will need to store the attachment URL).

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2. Upon the form saved, a workflow will be triggered to perform series of actions, I am capturing only the main logic here that are relevant to the objective of updating the list item with the attachment Url. The workflow starts with the below actions and its respective configuration as shown in the table followed:

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Workflow Action Configuration
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3. The workflow is continued with the following actions and its' respective configuration to kick start a loop for updating the URL to the list item properties:

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Workflow Action Configuration
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4. In the loop, the following action is called to get the attachment Url

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Workflow Action Configuration
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5. That follows with below actions to assign the URL to the defined "PictureUrl" column

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Workflow Action Configuration
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Note: Don't worry about the Note and Picture columns here, what we need is just the PictureUrl to be assigned for the purpose of the discussed topic today.

 

6. Finally, the loop is ended with the following loop related actions

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Workflow Action Configuration
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That's all we need to get the job done. Hope this helps for those who are looking for the same.

I have not tried that out, but I think I can point you to the right direction. There is no way you can use the defaulted Sharepoint list attachment control as it is available Sharepoint list form of the same list that is with attachment allowed. But I strongly believe you could use the HTML5 File Upload  <input type="file" id="fileinput" /> . Attachments to a list item is saved in the format of "https://<weburl>/<site>/Lists/<List Name>/<docID>/<file name>", you could then use the File Upload to save attachment(s) to that... Here is the reference and sample shared from technet on how to upload attachment to sharepoint using the REST API and JQuery, the Code example 2 looks like what you will need Upload a file by using the REST API and jQuery

Hi,

I have same problem with Nitya. What action to use for this in nintex 2013?

Thank you.

The sample is for Nintex for Office 365 workflow actions.... the dictionary i built is for the Call HTTP Web Service, if you are on-prem you will need to look at Web Service i guessed and see what are the value to be supplied there.

see my reply to Nitya... you'll need to look at what is needed for the on-prem Web Request action, i don't have an example for this yet..

Hint @colin_e: the images are clickable!

Sorry about that. Have you tried ZoomIt or Magnifier to help with that issue (if you're a PC, not Mac)?

does this work for multiple attachments?

Basically per custom list item allows multiple attachments, so I guessed the answer is yes!

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because I am trying to implement something like this to pickup the full url of the each attachment (included file name) and put it either in a separate field or a choice field and then use this to concatenate html into the picture field/fields to show all attachments embed into the form

Hi am looking at utilizing a loop to gather results in a dictionary (for attachment urls above), I have an "update list value" action in there but it overwrites it each time it goes through the loop. Is there a way to "Amend" to a list value or should I use a switch action for this?

Thought this should be straight forward to just do something like set field value to field value plus value to append?

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