On our SharePoint environment I’ve created a simple list which will be used for whistleblowers to reveal information. We have a checkmark on the form where they can specify if they want to do the report anonymously or not. SharePoint has 2 standard list columns ‘Created by’ and ‘Modified by’ which always get the logged in username. Is there a way through a workflow (maybe use 2 seperate lists with a copy mechanism or….?) how we can get these reports 100% anonymous?
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One thing you could do is change the input form to be a workflow start form instead of an item form. If the anonymous box is checked, create an item in the list using web request/service account instead of the create item action. Then the created by name would be the service account and not the initiator of the workflow.
Fixed it by putting every field of my form in a workflow variable and then create a new item in a duplicate list and put the variables inside. Also the ‘Add item’ action is initiated by the workflow owner, and not by the workflow starter.
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