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Areyouthinkingaboutthefollowing?WhattypesofWorkflowscanbebuiltwithoutcodeinSharePoint2013/2016/Online?
Howdoyoupackageaworkflow?
CanImigrate/movemyworkflowsfromenvironmenttoenvironment?
What’sthefutureofno-codeworkflowsinSharePoint?
IfYes,Great!ThissessionisforYou!(thisisnotaFlowsession)
CreatePowerfulSharePointDesignerWorkflowsinOffice365&On-Premises
AsifRehmaniSharePointMVP
VisualSP
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Aboutme- AsifRehmaniTrainerFounderandCEOVisualSPChicago,USA
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WhichversionofSharePointareyouon?
2010 20162013
Online
Agenda
ExploreworkflowcapabilitiesinSharePoint
Examplesofafewsimpletocomplexworkflows
Guidanceonpackaging,migrating,andupgradingworkflows
Aboutourcompany- VisualSPTwoSolutions
HelpSystem TrainingCenter
SharePointtopicscoveredEndUser SharePointSiteAdministration
InfoPath SharePointDesigner
Workflows Branding
Projectmanagement MetadataManagement
AccessandAccessServices RecordsManagement
Business Connectivity Services Search
Reporting JavaScript customizations
• HundredsofSharePointvideotutorials
• FullynarratedbySharePointexperts
SharePoint‘No-Code’TrainingCenter
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WhydoweneedWorkflows?
Someworkflowcasescenarios
AssetcheckoutsystemVacationapprovalExpenseReimbursementOnboardingPublishingapprovalMovingdocumentsfromonelibrarytoanotherIssuereportingSurveys
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AvailableSharePointworkflowtools
§Browser§SharePointDesigner2013§Visio2013§Flow§VisualStudio2012/2013§3rd PartyWorkflows
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Outoftheboxworkflowtemplates
NonewworkflowtemplatesintroducedwithSharePoint2013or2016
LegacyonesfromSharePoint2010stillavailable
DemoOutoftheboxworkflowtemplates
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SharePoint2013- WorkflowManager1.0introduced
SharePointworkflowprocessingmovedtoWorkflowManager(WM)
WorkflownolongerrunsintheSharePointcontentfarm/servers
SharePointfarm&WorkflowManagerfarmcanbeonsame/differentservers
The‘NewStuff’Stages• Newbaselevelconceptof
stages
VisualDesigner• DirectVisioincorporation• Stage-LevelDiagrams
NewTaskActions• Quickandeasytocreate
tasksandapprovalprocesses
WebServices• AbletocallintoRest/HTTP
webservices
Loops!• Ablenowtoloopindirectly
withstagesordirectlywiththenewLoopactions
Copy/CutandPaste• Corecopy/cutandpaste
abilitiesnowintroduced
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2010and2013/2016styleworkflowsSharePointDesigner
2010
2013/2016
NewWorkflowActivities&ActionsNewActions&Activities MicrosoftProjectSpecific
ActionsAssign aTask GetPropertyfrom
[Dictionary/DynamicValue]CreateaProjectfromCurrentItem
StartaTaskProcess CountItemsin[Dictionary/DynamicValue]
Setthecurrentprojectstagestatustothisvalue
GotoThisStage TrimString Setthestatusfieldintheidealistitemtothisvalue
CallHTTPWebService Find SubstringinString WaitforProjectEvent
StartaListWorkflow ReplaceSubstringinString Setthisfieldintheprojecttothisvalue
StartaSiteWorkflow TranslateDocument
Build[Dictionary/DynamicValue] SetWorkflow Status
DemoSharePointDesignerWorkflows
Creating/AcquiringnewWorkflowactions
CreatenewworkflowactionsusingVisualStudio
Acquireworkflowactionsthroughvendors
http://www.harepoint.com/Products/HarePointWorkflowExtensions/Default.aspxhttp://plumsail.com/workflow-actions-pack/
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WhatwillhappentomyworkflowswhenweupgradefromSharePoint2010to2013to2016?
Theywillgettransferredwithoutaproblem
Youcanmodifythemwithalmost*thesametypeofenvironmentasin2010
*Withtheaddedabilitytousecopy/pastefunctions
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CopyingaworkflowtoanotherListorSite
Saveasworkflowtemplate
ExporttoVisio
Copy/Pastestages
Packagingaworkflow
SharePointDesigner2010:Onlyreusableworkflowscanbepackaged
SharePointDesigner2013:Listworkflows,ReusableworkflowsandSiteworkflowscanallbe
packagedasawsp
Exampleoffairlyadvancedworkflow
https://www.visualsp.com/pull-info-from-a-blogs-rss-feed-using-sharepoint-designer-2013-workflow/
Exampleofusing:
• Stage
• Loop
• Webservice
• Workflowvariables
• Dictionaryvariable
• XMLtoJSON
• Calculation
• Creatingitems
MicrosoftFlowinsideSharePoint
HowdoIpracticemyideasandconcepts?
Watchfreevideosat:https://www.visualsp.com/video-categories/all-free-videos/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cgs-7APLJ0&list=UUGLppoZbffV8SpxrGV8TYZA&index=1
Getasandboxenvironmentforpracticing:Buildyourowndev VM
OrTrythetemplatesavailableatCloudShare –http://www.cloudshare.com
OrOffice365Trial 28
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