Create Item In Another Site Fails on User Does Not Exist

[#1]

Source List Field

I have a people field that may or may not have content.

Destination Library Field

I need to populate a destination library people field.

The Issue

When the source people field is empty, the Destination people field errors as it is looking for a valid user when I simply want it to be NULL !!!

The Error Message

"Create Site Specific Item Activity The user does not exist or is not unique"

A Partial Solution

Error Creating an Item with a Person/Group Field in Nintex Workflow | TechRhodes

Immediate assistance required !

Thanks in advance.

Kerry

[eharris04]

Kerry,

Can you share your workflow.  I replicated this to ensure it wasn't a bug and it worked fine for me.  I looked at the referenced link and that does show going from a list content type to a document set.  Those are two different content types, just FYI.

Is the people field required in the future list?

[fhunth]

Is that field a required column?

[#4]

it is an optional field

[#5]

it is an optional field

[#6]

Could you share a screenshot of your solution ?

[#7]

Screenshot of Regular Expression step ...

Screenshot of the "Build String" step ...

Screenshot of the "Create Item in Another Site" step ...

[eharris04]

Kerry,

Not sure why you are using a regex expression.  That may be the source of your issues.  If you are having to translate the person ID it may be tricky to get that done.

You can achieve a similar thing by create a people/group variable in the workflow if you need such and using that. 

[#9]

Is this blog article incorrect ?

Error Creating an Item with a Person/Group Field in Nintex Workflow | TechRhodes

[eharris04]

The blog article is correct for what is it addressing.  However, I'm not sure your needs are the same.  Again that is the best guess from what I could tell.