Collection variables not retrievable in actions - Nintex Workflow 2013 standard


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I have the problem that we can create collection variables, but in none of the actions is the created collection variable available. I checked the version comparisons for Standard vs. Enterprise and could not find any indication that the collection functions are restricted in the Standard edition.

 

Can this be a missing or incorrect configuration at the installation, or a version bug?

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could you explain what exactly you'd like to do with collection?

 

there're not too many actions that work on whole collection.

collections are usually processed so that you set up a for each loop to iterate over the collection elements and within the loop process single collection elements.

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The collection variable should be used in a query list action and iterated with For each query list action result. - Normaly no problem, but in this special case I cant use the  collection variable in query list Action.
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so you mean collection is a variable where query list result set should be stored to?

that should normally be allowed...

 

could you post variable and query list action configuration?

 

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This ist the configuration in my trial enterprise version (Nintex WF 2013)

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But in the live (Nintex WF 2013) Standard installation in can only create the collection variables, but never use.

I can not select them in the configuration of the actions because they are not displayed here.
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your configuration is correct - it allowed you to congure collection var as a target variable where list of returned IDs is to be stored, as well as source collection in for each action.

 

what other exact place/field you'd like to use collection variable in???

 

 

 

But in the live (Nintex WF 2013) Standard installation in can only create the collection variables, but never use.

that might be a feature of that specific action...

even within on-prem workflows list of variables might be restricted just to those of supported datatype - eg within for each action for 'target collection' only collection variables are listed, or for index variable only numeric variables are listed

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