Append Changes to Existing Text

  • 26 August 2015
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I have a multiple-lines-of-text column (called 'History') set to 'Append Changes to Existing Text'.
When my Nintex Workflow is initiated it adds the latest comment (in another column) to the 'History' correctly.
However , it only allows this once before removing the older history i.e. only 2 comments are allowed into the 'History' column.
What am I doing wrong ?

Any ideas much appreciated.


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Eric Harris​ mentions several times in this video that SharePoint handles this natively, and that's true. What he doesn't mention, and the reason I sought this information, was that Nintex Forms do not natively display it. As such, I have to implement this workflow to accomplish something that SharePoint is typically capable of handling on its own.

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Are there written instructions for Eric Harris's workflow instructions?

We need to both send email notifications and write to different list, including text fields with their name & datestamps, and the video visual quality is not great.

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Hey Laura,

I'm not 100% sure if this particular method is exactly like Eric's, but here is a way that I did something similar:

 

Let me know if you need additional assistance with this!

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Here's another workaround i did using a component workflow https://community.nintex.com/t5/Community-Blogs/Using-a-Component-workflow-to-track-the-history-of-a...

 

You might be able to download my component workflow and tweak to work per your requirements :) 

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