Determine Which Event Triggered a Workflow

Hi;

I would suggest you absorb the event that triggered te workflow by refference, please see the following link:-

https://help.k2.com/onlinehelp/k2five/userguide/5.0/default.htm#K2_Workflow_Designer/Start/SharePoint/Start-SP-Event.htm

regards;

widson.

Thanks Widson, but unfortuantely that doesn't answer my question.  My workflow could be triggered one of 4 ways: manually, when an item is added, changed, or deleted.  Once the workflow starts I would like to know which event triggered it to start.  I don't see a variable that I can interrogate for that information.

Hi  @kxgirvin;

I appreciate your feedback,In addition to my previous response--- please take a note on the following:- 

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Here you can be able to see which event triggered the workflow ( look at the Windows event viewer (Start > Administrative Tools > Event Viewer).

Reference:- https://help.k2.com/onlinehelp/k2five/userguide/5.2/default.htm#legacydesigntools/workflow/build/workflow_start_options.htm

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Kind regards;

Widson.

Good day kxgirvin,

Have you tried using the View Flow report to see the current status of a workflow instance and the path it followed. It usually gives you a visual representation of your workflow and helps you to gain more insight into events that occurred during the workflow instance.

Please see through the following documentation link to understand and use the View flow functionality.

• http://help.k2.com/onlinehelp/K2Five/UserGuide/5.3/default.htm#Reports/ViewFlow/View-Flow.htm

Kindly feel free to mark as “Accepted solution, kudo and/me too” if you find this information answered your question or leads to your answer.

Thank you and kind regards,

Dumisani

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Hello kxgirvin,

Unfortunately that cannot be achieved in that manner, at lease based on my experience. However you can log a feature request on the following website (https://ideas.k2.com) to perhaps have the idea implemented on future releases of K2.

Having said the above, how about if you do it manually by using parameters in your "output mappings" of your Create/Save/Delete events and then pass that parameter to a workflow variable and then use that variable on your email as an indicator. See below how I managed to do it for you:

First on your workflow, create a variable and name it "MyAction" and then drag it into your email as seen on the image below:

I hope this helps you. 

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Thanks,

Katleho