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rbahassine
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Repeating Section - Add autoincrement index

Hello, I have a repeating section in my form to allow the end user to create a TODO list I have 3 text fields in the todo list (Object/Description/date) I need to add an auto-increment field to enumerate my TODOs with a pattern like : #1 #2 #3  or something like this. I tried to analyze with existing formulas but didnt find how to do this Any idea?  

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DavidADApprentice
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Get workflow instances

Has anyone used the NWC connector? I'm having a hard time figuring it out. We've set up a connection, but I don't understand how to use it. What I'm trying to do is to get the instances of a specific workflow and see if any were completed more than once by any user. (There are almost 700 instances of this workflow, so I'd rather not have to go through each one manually.) I don't even know if the connection/task will tell me what I want to know, but at least I'd like to be able to use the connection. My problem right now is that what I'm seeing in NWC doesn't match the help documentation. The documentation says that once a connection is selected, I should see a Workflow field in which I can select the specific workflow I want:But I'm not seeing that. Here's what I see:I'm also a little unclear on how I can use the Data source field in a form to get info from NWC. I've set up an NWC data source to obtain completed workflow instances, and it seems to work: when I test the field, I see wha

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Andrew87Rookie
posted in Nintex Workflow
Current date for NWC workflow

I have a workflow built to query a SharePoint list based on a date field in a column. I want the return of the query to be any entry which is on or before the current date. However when i run the workflow it kicks back the current date and time to be the next day? Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong?  

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ptidaelus
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Current state of the action 'Salesforce - Get file from a record'

NWC has an action 'Get attachments from a record' when connecting to Salesforce. In the documentation of 'Salesforce - Get file from a record' it is stated that files are not supported, and that the attachments have to be used.Since Salesforce has switched the to Files in Lightning, there is no way to get attached files from a record.What's the timeline for availability of the action 'Salesforce - Get file from a record'? Or are there workarounds to get the files?  

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cristopxerRookie
posted in Nintex Workflow
Delete attachment from item list

Hi there, I've a list with an attachments column and I need to delete only certain files from the item list. I been looking in to the forums and saw a http webserver use but I'm getting errors with the url. Solved: How to delete list attachment - Nintex Community thanks.

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JoeChilders
JoeChilders
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Quote Grand Total

I am working on creating a form to generate quotes. I have a SharePoint Online list that stores the licenses and their cost. I have two Data Lookup actions that allow you to select the license and then the cost of that respective license. Then they can enter the number of licenses and I have a variable that multiplies the cost and number of licenses. Now I want to show the grand total of all lines. I am unable to get it to work when I follow the tutorials from Nintex.  This is my variable for the grand total I then insert this variable into a label on my form. If I put the label outside of the repeating section I get the error message that it must be in the repeating section. If I put it in the repeating section it only counts the line total instead of the grand total.  This is what it looks like when I have the grand total in the repeating section. If I move the grand total outside of the repeating section it will only add the first line and then it breaks and counts nothing when you

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rbahassine
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My Nintex : Confidentiality - I don't want users to see workflow instances that don't belong to them

Hello, In NWC, we can track workflows with the new feature, but how to filter instances ?  

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WouterT
WouterTApprentice
asked in Nintex Workflow
SharePoint Query list action does not sort?

How to obtain a sorted item list from a SharePoint Query List action?I have certain recipes and each recipe has a priority (integer value). I simply need to have the recipe with the highest priority on top when I start looping through the result set using a For Each action:I expected the sort option in the Query List action. But not. It is also not in the For Each action. And the Sort a Collection action will not sort a collection of items. Sorting also doesn't take place in defining the data connection so I am running out of options.What did I miss?

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rbahassine
posted in Nintex Workflow
Nintex mobile : How to publish a workflow for a restricted circle of people in Nintex Mobile

Hello, I created a Form and published it in Nintex Mobile: ok.But now I want to make this Form "private" by only allowing certain specific people to access it.I haven't found any functionality to allow this in NWC.I've tried playing around with the permissions field, but it doesn't seem to impact the mobile app:  Any help or hint is welcome

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SJH
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Mysql connector is not stable?

Today I got several error when I setup / using the MySQL connector. EX:Connection validation failed. If you contact support, include this correlation ID: c04de55a-d9bc-4b10-97a7-b2f6386221df.Error code: InputValidationErrorCodeI have checked I can connect my mysql 8 server from another linux site. Sometimes connector works nice, but now it is not working.

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Andrew87Rookie
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Query Results placed in assign a task form

Has anyone used the query a list action and place the results in a nintex assign a task form.  

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vboyleQR
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Form Redirect and Authenticate User

Can NWC authenticate a user into another website? I have a use case where the user would submit a form, on submit, the user would be redirected to another site. They may need to be authenticated. I'm familiar with the form redirect, but not sure how authenticating someone would work, or if that's possible. Any possible Nintex Form/NWC solutions for this?

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nmaceyko
asked in Nintex Workflow
How To Prevent Workflow From Triggering Itself

I have a workflow that's triggered by an update to a list item in SharePoint Online, but part of my flow is applying an update to the item that triggered the flow so I'm ending up in an infinite loop.  Is there a configuration that would prevent the workflow from triggering itself?  I want it to run whenever a physical user updates an item, but not when the item is updated by the workflow automation.  

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tpettijohn
tpettijohnRookie
asked in Nintex Workflow
Start NWC workflow based on change to MS SQL Server table

In Nintex Workflow Cloud, under Start Events, there are only a few Start Connectors listed. Is there a way to add (start) Connectors? Looking to start NWC workflow based on a update or new item in a MS SQL Server table. Also looking to see if a workflow can be triggered based on a change in SharePoint On Prem (SP 2013) list? I did find an old post on the topic, from Aug 2017, (Triggering "NWC" when an event occurs in Microsoft SQL Server), and at that time, a NWC start event could not be triggered via SQL server.  There was a work around (of sorts), but I thought I would ask if there has been any change to NWC in the last 5 years to allow for a MS SQL server (start event) connector. 

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jmcgahee3471
jmcgahee3471
posted in Nintex Workflow
Data Lookup Form Control using SQL OnPrem

I am trying to use a Data Lookup Control on a NWC Form and filter that control based on another form control.When I try to select either a form control, or even a form variable, they are all grayed out and will not let me select.I've tried this with several different form control types including short text, number and even another data lookup from the same database and table.   Any clue as to what I may be doing wrong?

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deepaksahu
posted in Nintex Workflow
Forms: Dynamically generate fields

I am looking for a way to read a CSV file from Sharepoint and dynamically generate the Form based on this CSV file content. There is a "Form rules" section available in NWC, but it seems to be not generic enough. Please guide us.My CSV file structure is as below.  

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Sasan
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mjs1Rookie
posted in Nintex Workflow
Azure AD SSO/Non-Global Admin

I'm working on getting my Nintex workflow cloud set up using Azure AD authentication. My O365 admin has reservations about using a Global Admin account for the SSO connection and prefers to create an account with the specific needed privileges. Is this possible?

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odennis1Novice
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Workflow Document Generation: Converting XML to table keeps "&" and won't work with just "&"

Hello all,I am using the Nintex Workflow Document Generation action in one of the workflows for my company.  It works great except for one area.The XML notation for special characters, specifically & and ', has to be stored as "&" and "'" respectively.  I know there are many more, but I'm sure the resolution to this would also fix those as well.I tried to use a Regular Expression action to replace the two XML syntax, but fixing that made the XML code invalid and error.  The invalid XML did not create tables correctly in the Document Generation action.What I am really looking for is the best of both worlds: being able to show the values in the XML in tabular format while also replacing the XML syntax with regular special characters.  Can this be done?Thank you!Owen

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chriso97
posted in Nintex Workflow
Simple Document Workflow in Nintex Cloud

Hi All I'm experimenting (Nintex Workflow Cloud)  and wanted to create a simple workflowStep 1 (Initiate Form) : Upload a document and choose ApproversStep 2 : Approve/Reject Document I have 2 problems#1 I can't see how to display the document uploaded to the approver at step 2      I can attach it to the email but I want it on the form, there is no "file viewer" or "link to a file" #2 I cant see how to set the assignee of step 2 to be the person I selected at Step 1 Can anyone let me know if this is possible?  

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rickdemarco
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rj989
posted in Nintex Workflow
CAML Query List

Hi guys I have one sharepoint list at site A which has a unique id and the same unique id is present in other sharepoint site B at different location list called "Sys_id".I want to bring the Go live date,"Status" value in site B, to site A list where  "Sys_id" = "Unique id" Site List A has fields  ID, Project Name , Status, Go live dateSite List B has fields  ID, Sys_ID, Project name , Status, Go live dateTrying to use "Query list" in nintex workflow..still no successThanks 

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Anhthu
posted in Nintex Workflow
Anyway to easily convert an Assign a task to the Assign a task to multiple users workflow block?

Hello, I have an existing workflow with a couple 'Assign a task' workflow blocks that was made before 'Assign a task to multiple users' was an option and more recently, I was trying to figure out if there was any easy way to have the assign a task be sent out to multiple people. The only reason why I wanted to do this was because there would be someone that would be assigned a task but I also want to have someone CC'd to the email for awareness of what's going on in the workflow. Unfortunately, I tried to make a variable with multiple emails in there separated by ';' but Nintex threw an error so I had to abandon that idea. Now of course the correct option is to have to use the Assign a task to multiple users but the problem with this is that it will be time consuming to remake this portion of the workflow because I set the task to be form based and there doesn't seem to be an easy way to migrate from Assign a task to Assign a task to multiple users.   With that, I am wondering why the

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Andrew87Rookie
posted in Nintex Workflow
NWC Form not taking information from field into the workflow

I'm trying to take information from choice field from a form and update a SharePoint list entry, however the information from the field in the form is not being carried over to the workflow.  

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Donnie
DonnieRookie
asked in Nintex Workflow
People Picker in Cloud Form with public url

I have a people picker field, using Azure Active Directory, added to a Cloud form.  The access settings is set to allow anyone with URL to submit.  In preview mode, the people picker works fine.  After publishing, and using the URL, the field says "Content failed to load."  I've tried different browsers on my desktop, and keep getting same issue. Is it because our Azure environment isn't public, so it won't show the data on a public form?  That's the only thing I can think of.  Any suggestions?

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Anhthu
posted in Nintex Workflow
[BUG REPORT] Variable Name in Nintex Form messes up when doing Ctrl+V

Hello, Not sure if this is the right channel to report bugs but I noticed that when I have been doing a control copy and paste into the variable name for some field within the Nintex form, the variable name would then change only to whatever I pasted into the variable. Here is an example. Let's say I have a Nintex form in my workflow and in that form, I have a short text field. The variable name of that short text field is "firstName". If I copied some text beforehand such as the word "field" and then add a space into the variable name and then pasted it within the variable name input alongside the existing name "firstName", I would expect the new variable name to be "firstName field". However, what ends up happening is when I click out and then click back on the short text field, the variable only shows "field" or what I just pasted in there as if I replaced the existing variable name. Now, if I did the same as above but this time, after pasting in "field", I type in another letter or

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bsikesContributor
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Upload File Variable to URL

Hello, I've been fumbling my way through creating a basic Xtension for Citrix Sharefile. My intention was to be able to use Document Generation to create a file, and then use the custom Sharefile Xtension to upload that file into Sharefile. Documentation for the API is here: ShareFile API Documentation The problem that I've run into, is that the Sharefile API entity to "upload a file" doesn't actually upload a file, but instead results in a URI that should then be used as the location to send the file. The problem being that this URI is using a different host then the rest of the api, and the host isn't predictable. As such, I don't think I can make use of the "x-ntx-connection-properties" function to dynamically determine what the URI should be.  As an example, the host for all the api commands may be "businessname.sf-api.com", while the URI returned could have a host of "storage-ec2-905.sharefile.com". Assuming my Xtension at least provides me the URI where the file should be sent, i

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