Sharepoint Designer 2013 Workflow question

Question

I was just thrown into sharepoint development.  I have a work flow that I am trying to modify and i noticed that there is a drop down and I need to update the drop down with some additional selections but don't know what it is.

The workflow goes like this

ELSE

  IF CurrentItem:LOB equals [This is the drop down selection box]

     copy from xxxxx....

How do I edit the drop down box?

Thanks,

Answer 1

Meaning how do you edit the options in the dropdown? If it is giving you specific values, then the field in question is likely a dropdown field in SharePoint. You need to change the default options in that field in the list before you can make it part of the condition here. Go update, then re-open your site in Designer and you'll see the new options.

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Answer 2

I have gone into sharepoint, I cannot find anything.  I thought the LOB table would contain the values but the table has 11 and the drop down only 6.  I cannot even find my workflows in sharepoint only in designer, sharepoint says there are no workflows associated with this site.  

I was just recently tasked with the sharepoint developement.  our group recently took over from another group.  So I am new to this.  sorry for all the questions, I am just trying to find my way.  I also have a workflow in designer that says no errors when I run the error check but will not compile.  message seems to indicate an imbalanced if - else, but I have compared to similar work flows and they work.

message is:

(0, 0) Activity 'ID1156' validation failed:  An IfElseActivity must have at least one child of type ifElseBranchActivity.)

Is there any documentation anywhere on sharepoint 2013 and sharepoint designer 2013 developement?

Thanks,

Cindy

Answer 3

Multiple if and else are not allowed in sharepoint designer. This message is related to that issue.

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/67b1e945-1515-4155-81a2-dc0c2108e370/0-0-activity-id463-validation-failed-an-ifelseactivity-must-have-at-least-one-child-of-type?forum=sharepointdevelopment

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Answer 4

Hi MurphyCL,

If the reply is helpful to you, you could mark the reply as answer. Thanks for your understanding.

Best regards,

Sara Fan

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Answer 5

I have gone into SharePoint, I cannot find anything.  I thought the LOB table would contain the values but the table has 11 and the drop down only 6. 

attached is an image of what is in the workflow, i need to understand what it is and how to find it and edit it.  

Thanks,

Cindy

Answer 6

Hi MurphyCL,

What is the column type of the LOB column? Is it the Choice column type?

To troubleshoot the issue, check things below:

1. Close the SharePoint designer and re-open the SharePoint designer.

2. Clear SharePoint designer cache. For more detailed information, refer to the article below.

How to Clear Your SharePoint Designer 2010/2013 Cache.

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/sagarp/how-to-clear-your-sharepoint-designer-20102013-cache/

3. Create a new choice column in the list to check if the same issue will occur.

Best regards,

Sara Fan

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Answer 7

Hi MurphyCL,

How is everything going?

Is there anything update about this issue?

If the reply is helpful to you, you could mark the helpful reply as answer. Thanks for your understanding.

Best regards,

Sara Fan

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Answer 8

I cleared the cache, but I don't know how to create a new choice column in the list.  I cannot even find the list if there is one.  I would think if I right clicked I would get more information but I do not.  I have no idea what this box is.  Is there any way to see workflows in actual code written out, I do not like this format.  

Thanks,

Cindy

Answer 9

Cindy, I highly recommend taking an intro course on SharePoint or suggest watching some Youtube clips on list management, site management, and workflows. If we're starting with "how do I get to a list", we won't be able help you solve this issue as we will get stuck many times along the way.

To answer your question about code view vs workflows - no, you won't be able to view a code view of the workflow, just the Designer editor view.

Here is one person who has uploaded many SharePoint videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsfUNRRu0VY

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Answer 10

Hi Cindy,

We can get the workflow information in the SharePoint designer 2013 like the picture below. And we can get the associated list about the workflow.

Best regards,

Sara Fan

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Answer 11

Hello Sara,

This is the information in the red box from my workflow:

Type:                   List Workflow

Associated List:     CMISR

Platform Type:       SharePoint 2010 Workflow

I am using Designer 2013 and the SharePoint site is 2013, it was migrated from 2010.

When I look at the Associated List - CMISR and go to Edit List Columns, to see the Type, the LOB column says Choice (menu to choose from).

Now my next step if I were developing in SQL or SAS would be to query the CMISR data for distinct values in the LOB column.  I do not know how to do that in SharePoint.  Any guidance there?

Thank you very much for your help.

Cindy

Answer 12

I have gone in the workflow and clicked on the fx button next to the drop down and tried to assign to the CMISR list and LOB variable to see if it would give me the missing values I am looking for, but that did not work. I am finding there are so many little things to tie pieces together that you don't necessarily see.  Can you take me through the steps of creating or assigning a choice variable to a drop down box like in the pic?