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HCDDSPmazRookie
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SQL view data pull limitation (5000 items)

I am currently working on a Nintex cloud form where I am pulling in the individual’s name and other demographic information from an SQL view we have created.  The staff filling out the form will select this individual from a sql list of 7800 names. Then the name selected will be used to derive the other demographic fields related to that individual.The issue is that we are running into a data source limit of 5000 items so not all the names are populating. Only 5000 of the 7800 or so. Has anyone figured a way to get all the items into a data lookup on a cloud form? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you.

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HCDDSPmazRookie
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Getting the file name (string) or the path of an attachment into a form varriable

I am currently working on a Nintex cloud form where the user is required to add an attachment in a few spots earlier in the form. These values and files are stored in the collection variable. At the end of the form, I’m making a Review Section where the user can see a summary of all the data they have entered earlier on the form and any files they have attached. I was able to make a label and pull in the other variables for the controls previously entered into this Review Section but not the attachment controls. Those attachment controls are greyed out in the form control dialog window. Is there anyway to extract the attachment filename or path into a string variable? That way I can have it appear in this review section? Thank you in advance.   

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HCDDSPmazRookie
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NAC - Saving a start event form before fully completing

I am currently working on Nintex Automation Cloud form that is very lengthy and will take a lot of time to complete. There are 10+ steps and each step takes about 5-10 minutes to complete. Is there any way to save a form after each step or to save mid form? I feel like there will be scenarios where staff could get halfway through the form and then have internet issues or get a phone call and then lose all the data they have previously entered. Has anyone encountered a form/scenario like this?

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brandiwoodsonCommunicator
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UTC Timezone in NAC Tenant

Ok. I’m horrible with timezones. I’m a little confused though. I want to use the date/time in UTC for a deadline. Users are submiting a form globally. Based on their timezone, the cutoff is 1pm on September 18th. Since we can’t turn a form off on a schedule based on local time zone how do I make an email go out if they submit after cutoff day/time?I did set a date variable in workflow as current date and time. I did a condition on that variable against what time I knew it was in UTC that had lapsed. However, my condition was set for the timestamp is after 08/04/23 and 12:15 am UTC, if so send an email. If not, continue with workflow. It’s not recognizing the UTC time in the workflow. I was under the impression when it goes INTO NAC the system converts it to UTC. I also have everything in tenant set to UTC and the workflow set to UTC. I ran the workflow around 12:40 am UTC, which would be AFTER my condition for date/time. I do NOT understand why it’s saying it’s not after that time yet

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MikeStRookie
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TypeCasting.UnknownCasting when passing Nintex O365 collection to Nintex Automation Cloud workflow

When I pass a Nintex WF for O365 collection using action "Start Workflow in Nintex Automation Cloud" the cloud instance fails to start with "The specified value is unknown. [Error Code: TypeCasting.UnknownCasting]". I’ve tried a few options, but the fact that Nintex for O365 determines the start collection type as text seems to prevent anything from working. In Nintex for O365 it works. You can also cast between serialised json, to collections, and back again.How do I pass this existing collection into NCA? Background - this is a cloud component ‘GetFiles’ WF that is replacing the same functionality in a Nintex for O365 WF, so it needs to be able to be called by both existing Nintex for O365 WFs and new Cloud WFs while we transition to cloud.

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brandiwoodsonCommunicator
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Task Details Report

Can Nintex please either provide a solution with step-by-step instructions in a video on how to extract task details into excel for one workflow for the last 7 days using the Odata report available in Analytics? The video is great in help documentation but show us how to do the workflow configuration and beacons to get task details!  Or add a predefined report in Analytics that supports this for audit purposes and to better support our internal customers!!!!!!! We have been asking for almost a year now for a predefined report and nothing! We can’t pull task details out of NAC which makes it difficult on all levels!I want to know if the level of detail even exists for our needs using Odata in Analytics before I spin my wheels longer trying to get this information out if I could ever figure out how to use the beacons? Will it generate all tasks and include the following level of details: Assignee Completed by Completed Date Creaetd Date Escalated To ID Outcome Status Updated dateWe had a

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1 year ago
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brandiwoodsonCommunicator
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Retrieving data. Check back in a few minutes.

Anyone know what is causing this message under instance activities? Retrieving data. Check back in a few minutes.It happened earlier last week and now it’s stuck like this for all our workflows. I’m waiting on Nintex support team to respond but since it’s the weekend, I doubt it will be looked at before Monday. We can’t run tests though or do anything at the moment in this tenant with this as an issue - it has impacted workflow testing tool also in designer.It’s not effecting our other tenants, so any suggestions on what causes this to avoid this in the future would be appreciated.   

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Sasan
1 year ago
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nickfancherRookie
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Rename file before saving to OneDrive

I have a NWC workflow that we use for job applications.  We allow users to attach resumes with their applications.  Somehow, some applicants are uploading resumes with characters that are not valid in OneDrive, causing the process to crash when saving the resume.  It is usually a PDF with a colon “:” in the file name.Is there a way to either rename the file before saving, or some form of validation to prevent uploading files with a : in the file name?

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MillaZ
1 year ago
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karmaqNovice
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How can I use a person's email to query a list and find the same list item associated with that email?

My workflow begins on a start form where a manager can enter several employees into a people field.  The workflow then sends them an invite to complete an assessment, which is then stored on a list.Each person can have only one entry on the list.We then want to loop through the invited employees, querying the assessment list to see if their entry exists and send them a reminder if  they haven’t completed the assessment.But I run into a few problems:  1.  The Query List function only allows you to check the Azure ID # of people fields.The Start form stores the people field information as Full Name, First Name, Last Name, Email, ID, and Source.  However, because the people field allows for multiple entries, the ID seems to be the item’s ID in the collection and NOT it’s ID in Azure. Lastly, I can’t insert any of the individual variables associated with that person in the Condition Builder.  So even if I could compare the email of the current loop item to an email field in the list, this

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MillaZ
1 year ago
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Andy.EmeryRookie
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How to create graphs in document geenration

I have created a form which will then generate a document later in the process.Within the document (a customer report) I would like to include graphs which represent the data the customer input into the form at the beginning. I have tried the standard insert graph in word (in my case a pie chart) and used the document tagger to input the field information from the form into the excel data for the graph in word but it doesn't work. Does anyone have any ideas please?

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1 year ago
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arsiegel
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Restrict Forms by User

Hello, We are setting up several workflows in NWC that are initiated by start forms. The start forms will be accesible to authenticated users. Is it possible to restrict access to the forms for specific users or a group of users? For example, can we set it so that under the "Submit a Form" section in User A's "My Nintex", User A only has the option to fill out Form A, and under User B's section, User B only has the option to fill out Form B?Thank you in advance for any assistance. 

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1 year ago
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TravisMRookie
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user workflow automation permissions

how do I control access to a specific workflow automation workflow?

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Sasan
1 year ago
IszNintex
IszNintexRookie
asked in Nintex Automation Cloud
Run Parallel Paths action

Hello, I need help with the Run Parallel Paths action. It is not working for me. I have one reject workflow, but the rest are still able to approve/reject even though I put in the completion condition to true. Can someone help me or show me how, please? I am really stuck on this. Thanks in advance. 

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1 year ago
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brandiwoodsonCommunicator
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Form Plugins - Dynamic Table

I’m struggling to get the dynamic table form plugin to work. There are 4 JavaScript files in the download and I’m unclear how to upload them in. This is the one we really wanted. Any assistance on how to load them in would be greatly appreciated.  Nintex Gallery - Dynamic Table

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benjaminRookie
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Nintex Mobile App - File upload NAC form

Hi all,i can’t find any solution to this simple problem and not sure what’s wrong.I have a simple start form in NAC with Text Input, Data lookup (SharePoint Online) and File upload.In Browser “Select files” opens file explorer and i can upload multiple files as wanted.In Nintex Mobile App “Select files” only opens camera: How to fix this? Thanks for any adviceBenjamin

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brandiwoodsonCommunicator
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Form Plugins - Media Player

The vimeo videos are not supported. What am I doing wrong? I even tried the /embed/ string in the media source and still won’t work.It only says youtube in gallery but the plugin has platform option for vimeo.Nintex Gallery - Media Player

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brandiwoodsonCommunicator
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How do I replace special characters with a space?

Ok, so I can’t find anything on ADDING a space to replace special characters. How do I add a space to the “replacement text” field? It’s not working if I just put a space in my text variable. Please help, as I want to split by spaces.

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brandiwoodsonCommunicator
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How do we obtain the task ID to use in the TASK field for “Get a Task” for Nintex Workflow Cloud? 

How do we obtain the task ID to use in the TASK field for “Get a Task” for Nintex Workflow Cloud? We have to fire off individual tasks for one request that would all belong to different workflow instance ID’s. I need to bring these back, can someone please tell us how to check each task that belongs to one request triggered from sharepoint online?There is no such output on tasks, please explain how to obtain this information out of NAC!!!! Is it just the name of the task? 

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brandiwoodsonCommunicator
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Docusign - send document to multiple users using variables

Ok, so the last post on this was 5 years ago. We are trying to send documents through docusign using the docusign connector.  This is great for single signatures; however, we need to send one document to multiple users for signature at one time and cannot pass the multiple users through to the action since it’s a button command and the recipient field wont’ take semicolons.We wouldn’t know how many people need to sign something up front. So this will vary. If I try to pass variables through that are empty, it fails. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!  

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brandiwoodsonCommunicator
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Start component workflow manually

We need assistance with sharepoint list JSON and starting a component workflow. What we want: A button embedded into sharepoint list field using JSON and that button triggers component workflow built in NAC. How can we achieve this using JSON and API endpoints provided on our component workflows? Below is a test workflow I created that has an integer as a start event (we wanted to pass the list item ID into this component workflow to run later on throughout the workflow). Please help! The thread below was great to allow users to go to a NAC start event form, but we need them to have the ability to trigger a component workflow. At present, this is not an option in NAC for business owners, let alone participants working in a sharepoint list environment. Start workflow manually with a Nintex form start event | Community

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1 year ago
billvencil
billvencilRookie
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Escalation Email Does not Deliver to All Original Assignees

I am noticing an oddity with the “Assign a Task to Multiple Users” action. if I assign the task to multiple users, and set up an escalation, the escalation email delivers to the escalation user as expected but only one of the original assignees (seemingly selected at random). Is there a way to configure the action to ensure that all of the original assignees are notified of the escalation? Thanks!

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billvencil
1 year ago
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PabloLApprentice
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Cascading dropdowns - more efficient method than rules?

I created a form in Nintex Automation Cloud.  I added a cascading dropdown using rules, which is what was suggested from some Nintex articles.  In this method, I start with a dropdown where the user selects a category, then about 10 other dropdowns are hidden, except 1 is made hidden based on the selected category and the user can select from that dropdown option of subcategories.It worked fine, at first, but as I started to add a lot more rules for each subcategories (about 80 rules overall), there began to be a noticeable delay.  Rough estimate: for every 10 rules added, it added another second in delay to display the subcategory dropdown list.A ten-second delay would be a show-stopper, so I have to find another method.Any suggestions?  I might try connecting to our SharePont Online environment.  I can do it, but I really think Nintex should already have a built-in option.  I was newly hired to implement Nintex here and I want to show off all it’s potential as a standalone solution.

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1 year ago
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reluktntdbaRookie
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Salesforce Add Attachment Action in Workflow Cloud isn't Lightning compatible

The Salesforce Connector in Workflow Cloud has an Add attachments to record action which adds an attachment that is not visible in the Files related list in Salesforce Lightning.  The Notes and Attachments related list has been deprecated.  Will the Salesforce connector be updated to include a Add File action?

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Sven
1 year ago
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aak1Scholar
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Get Group Members action - O365 group not showing up

I am building a workflow in NAC. I want to use the “Get group members” action to get the members of an Azure Security Group. I have created the security group in the Admin Center of M365, but it still doesn’t show up in the list of groups that I can pick from. I’m not sure where I have gone wrong. 

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1 year ago
alan_fire
alan_fireRookie
asked in Nintex Automation Cloud
Can't sign into NAC with Service Account

We have Service Accounts for connections to 0365 and Sharepoint, but I’m unable to log into NAC with these accounts. When I set up the connections using my own account, I think it might be using my own details to authenticate the connection. To prevent this, I would like to log in as the SA user to set up connections, but I get the following error: Error Code 100: We are unable to grant you access because your account does not belong to this tenant.Try signing out and signing in again.If the problem continues, please contact your Nintex Automation Cloud administrator to arrange access. We use SAML Single Sign-On, but obviously our Service Accounts don’t have full user accounts. I do have a password for these accounts - is there any way of doing a manual login instead of single sign-on for those users? I understand this might be a security thing, but I’d be keen to find out if it’s possible.

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alan_fire
1 year ago

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