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Hi have a Nintex workflow that features a ‘Call a web service’ step.. I’m trying to use the HTTP Patch request type to update an item via the API. I have tested through Postman and the Request Content of { “id”: “value”, “notification_email”: “value”} works successfully. When I run the workflow and log the output, I get a status of 200 (success), but the data is not updated. For context, I’m also using a HTTP Get against the same API earlier in the workflow, so Auth in the Request Headers isn’t the issue. Any ideas? 

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The product updates come thick and fast here so you might have missed smart response detection.  “What is that?” I hear you say.  If you are using email responses to your tasks (express approval) then people no longer have to type the exact phrase of the outcome because we’re using AI to interpret the intent of their reply.  This makes interacting with the system even more natural for the end user and caters for typos. As an example, if your outcomes are reject and approve.  Your end user could respond with “yep”, “approved” or even a mistyped “aprove” to mean approve.  It’s even smart enough to know that “absolutely” means approve and “absolutely not” means reject.  It even recognises some other languages so “oui” would be interpreted as approve.  Don’t try the classic Australian/Kiwi “yeah nah” though because it will reject that phrase and email the person back asking them to be slightly more specific 😂 So how do you turn it on?  Well first make sure you are allowed to use AI featur

Are you looking to streamline custom integrations in Nintex Workflow? The new AI Xtension Generator is a game-changing feature that lets you turn plain English into powerful workflow actions—no deep coding knowledge required. What Are Xtensions?Xtensions allow you to bring your own APIs into Nintex Workflow, enabling seamless interaction with external services. Traditionally, this meant crafting detailed OpenAPI (Swagger 2.0) definitions by hand—a task that required time, precision, and technical know-how.With the AI Xtension Generator, that complexity is drastically reduced. Introducing the AI Xtension GeneratorThis innovative tool leverages AI to generate OpenAPI 2.0 (Swagger) JSON definitions from natural language descriptions. Just describe your API’s purpose, and the AI does the rest.Example Prompt: "Convert euros into US dollars based on the current exchange rate."With a simple prompt like this, the AI generates a fully structured OpenAPI definition, including endpoints and HTTP

If you are running into an issue where your REST based SmartObjects are only returning the HTTP response code and no data, or the data is blank, there is a simple fix. This issue is related to having a strange character or . (Period) character in the Service Instance System Name. This causes the K2 REST Broker to be confused and have a tough time returning values, only returning empty values and the HTTP Response code.    Resolution:  Simply recreate the REST Service Broker not using a strange character. Also recreate your smartobjects and you should see the SmartObjects returning all the correct data.    

Hi All,Currently, I am working on a project to migrate Nintex Workflow 2016 on SharePoint 2016 to K2 Five. Some existing workflows use the “Query User Profile” action to retrieve user information from the SharePoint User Profile.Is there a feature in K2 Five that provides similar functionality to the “Query User Profile” action in Nintex Workflow? Thanks,Rizki

We have a classic Nintex form in SharePoint 2016 on-premises with a label control that contains some static hyperlinks to documents related to the form which users may need to reference when filling out a new item form.  When creating a new form from the “+ new item” link at the top of the SharePoint list view, the form opens in a dialog and clicking on the hyperlinks in that control opens the documents in a new tab.  However, if the user opens the NewForm.aspx in its own tab so the form is not a floating dialog box, clicking on the same hyperlinks will not open the documents in a new tab and navigates them away from the form page, therefore any information the user entered in the form up to that point ends up being lost. Does anyone know if there is some way to configure the links/control settings so they will always open in a new tab regardless of the mode/method used to open the new item form in the user’s browser?This is an example of the HTML source from the text format of the lab

Issue DescriptionWhen you update template translations, they may not update correctly due to caching issues.ResolutionThe fix is available in:Nintex Automation K2 (5.8.1) Fix Pack 02.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install the Fix Pack to apply the fix. It is recommended to clear browser cache and refresh the page.

Issue DescriptionWhen you upgrade, error messages in Smart Forms are displayed in German instead of English.ResolutionThe fix is available in:Nintex Automation K2 (5.8.1) Fix Pack 02. Nintex Automation K2 (5.8) Fix Pack 18.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install the Fix Pack to apply the fix.

Issue DescriptionWhen you copy a SmartObject step within a Workflow activity, which is configured to create a reference for output mapping, you'll notice that the reference in the copied step still points to the original SmartObject step.ResolutionThe fix is available in:Nintex Automation K2 (5.8.1) Fix Pack 02. Nintex Automation K2 (5.8) Fix Pack 18.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install the Fix Pack to apply the fix.

Issue DescriptionWhen you use the Multiple Mappings feature in translations—where a template interpolating system values can have multiple translations (e.g., English: "The date is [{0}]." and German: "Das datum ist [{0}]")—two new columns, TemplateValue and TemplateDescription, are added for each translation when importing or exporting CSV or XLSX files.ResolutionThe fix is available in:Nintex Automation K2 (5.8.1) Fix Pack 02.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install the Fix Pack to apply the fix. It is recommended to clear browser cache and refresh the page.

Issue DescriptionWhen you click on 'Start New' to run a workflow instance and enter a JSON file into a data field, using the FileName.json will result in an error.Error Message:The following error occurs: "Input string was not in correct formatResolutionThe fix is available in:Nintex Automation K2 (5.8.1) Fix Pack 02.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install the Fix Pack to apply the fix. It is recommended to clear browser cache and refresh the page.

ProblemWe are trying to publish a workflow with some modifications in a productive environment (the server is divided in 2, one as App server and the other as Front End server).The problem is that at some point if we add one more action we get the error shown in the image below.  We had the similar problem in the development environment (a single server instance) but we solved it following the resolution of the following case: Unable to publish or run workflows after installing SharePoint On Premises July 2021 CU | CommunityIt does not seem to be related to the size or limit of actions because, as we said, in the development environment it works normally. In addition, in the past we also configured “EnablePreParseSecurityCheckForWorkflow = $false” according to: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/some-scenarios-of-sharepoint-2010-workflow-are-affected-after-applying-the-july-security-update-for-sharepoint-server-kb5004862-be361cd6-9f54-48c4-b890-2c4b7cf49d13 Otherwise workflows s

I’m using a drop-down list on a Single Choice form control. The data for this list is in a Nintex Data Table. I’d like to allow the form user to add an entry to this table and have the drop-down list update without leaving the form. I can do this once the form has been submitted easily using the ‘Tables - Create a Row’ action in the workflow. How do I do this without the user leaving the form? Thank You Darren

HELP!   We have built a form on Nintex cloud that includes repeating sections. This form is to connect to an already existing form within SharePoint O365. All other fields are updating as expected, except for repeating sections. Does anyone know how we can make this happen?  

I have a repeating section in my start form. In the workflow, I have a branch by stage with 3 branches that are 3 different person: Rep, Manager, GSM. Each of them has a task to do.The request goes to the manager firts. The manager form has an editable repeating section that is the same as the start event. The manager can change the repeating section. If the manager approves the request, it goes to the GSM. If not, the request returns to the Rep. The GSM task form has also the editable repeating section. He can change the repeating section. The GSM has the possibility to return the request to the Rep or to the manager to revise it.My problem is that for the manager task, the value that I want to show in my repeating section can come from the start form, the Rep form or the GSM form. So I don't know how to configure the count formula and the getItemCollectionItem in the Rules of the manager form, because of this.Can you help me?

i want to add cards in nintex app to show how many approved , rejected , rework counts are there in the table 

Hey Team!Matt Sones, back again. ;) We’re developing a custom component that requires a models on two different REST data sources. It looks like those dynamic models will not work unless there’s a dummy model on the same data source created declaratively on each page that uses the custom component.This seems like a similar issue surfaced years ago here: And the only option was declarative dummy models. We’re currently running the latest of version 15 with V1 components.

I have a SharePoint online list with K2 SmartForms (5.8 on prem).Using the out of the box generated SmartObject for this list in order to get the link to an item, I get a link like this one: https://[tenant].sharepoint.com/sites/[sitename]/Lists/[listname]/DispForm.aspx?ID=1 that normally works (making a redirect).But for a list the link is not functional, the iframe for the K2 Display Item SmartForms remains blank, without errors. Navigating the site, the link to the Display form is functional.Do you have an idea for what reason is happening? 

How to increase timeout for SmartObjects calling REST APIS

Hello, I am curious.. I am testing a WF I just setup in NAC and using the Assign Task to multiple users workflow action. It will need to go through 7 approvers and I assigned all 7 to myself… now, should I receive 7 emails cause I only received one… 🤔  

Hi,Having K2 on prem + AAD as provider, I have an issue for a certain user.This user is not able to approve a task or to access hist workspace.The error that I have is “Form 'com.K2.System.Workspace.Form.Workspace' could not be found. Ensure that the form exists, that it is checked in, and that you are authorized to run the form and its views.”This user was functional until today. Un update for some attributes was made on AAD for this user, and also I executed a SYNC for the AAD. I searched for the user on the K2 DB and I found it for the AAD provider.Do you have some idea why is happening this issue?Thank you

Hello,In my workflow, I create a folder in a document library. Then I send an email to the person who started the workflow and give them the URL to upload their file to. (This is for files larger than what can be uploaded in the Nintex Start form. >25MB ) I want the workflow to periodically check the document library for the presence of a file. I can’t figure out how to do this? I thought I could get a count of files in the folder, and if it’s greater than zero the workflow will proceed. But all I’ve been able to query is the folder itself.I used the Query a list action on the document library with a condition of ID equals the Folder ID of the folder I created. But this only returns data about the Folder, not the contents of the folder.Any suggestions?Thank you,Michele

For a SharePoint online list I generated automatically the K2 Forms from SharePoint.On this list I have a Lookup field that is pointing to another SharePoint online list with more than 3000 items.On the generated forms for new/edit item, the control for this Lookup field is a multi-select, but it shows only the first 100 items.It is possible to display all the items on the multi-select control?Or there is a better solution to avoid the load of more than 3000 items? 

How can I add a textbox(s) to a Nintex Form 2019 Look up, with ability to add a new item if it doesn't exist? In this example, I have a lookup that goes to a Customer List and pulls up the Customer name. I want to add something to the Form, if the Customer doesn’t exist, they can add it.  The Customer List has these columns: Customer; CSR; Notes