Two of the core workflow actions involve waiting, pausing for something to happen.…One is to pause for a specific period of time, and the other is to Pause until a…specific time, or time and date.…I'll be honest, that I don't use the Pause until very often, I use Pause for…a few all the time.…So if we're going to choose to Pause for a few, here, I can right-click and…choose Pause for Duration, and the default duration is 5 minutes, and let me…tell you why I use this.…
There are lots of actions that if you take a step and then try to take the next…step, SharePoint needs to catch up with you, it needs to update list, it needs…to send an email, and if you jump right from one thing to the next, SharePoint…actually isn't ready for you.…A prime example of that is when you want to copy an item to another list and…then delete the current item.…If you don't leave room for a pause that item will never actually be deleted…because the Copy operation is still going on, and the next microsecond…SharePoint gets ready to do the Delete, and it can't, because the item is in…
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8/9/2012- Understanding workflows
- Documenting workflows with Excel, Visio, and the Office Drawing Tools
- Running the built-in workflows in SharePoint
- Understanding actions and conditions
- Working with if-then and if-then-else conditions
- Managing workflow messages with Outlook rules
- Pausing and stopping workflows with core actions
- Maintaining workflows with email aliases, workflow logs, and error traps
- Creating custom content types
- Creating a site workflow
- Exporting and publishing workflows
Skill Level Intermediate
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Welcome
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Welcome58s
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What you need to know5m 35s
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1. Understanding Workflows
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What's a workflow?2m 58s
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2. Documenting Workflows for Automation
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3. Running SharePoint Built-In Workflows
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Setting workflow options6m 1s
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4. Getting Started with SharePoint Designer
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5. Using Workflow Actions and Conditions
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Understanding workflow steps2m 19s
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Using parallel blocks3m 41s
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6. Creating a Simple Form for Your Workflow
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7. Using Email Notifications
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8. Using Core Actions in Workflows
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Pausing a workflow2m 30s
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Creating workflow variables2m 40s
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Using Do Calculation2m 20s
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Setting workflow status2m 6s
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Stopping a workflow2m 4s
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9. Using List and Utility Actions in Workflows
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Creating a new list item6m 51s
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Checking items in and out3m 47s
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Setting field values5m 44s
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Finding an interval6m 41s
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Updating list items3m 5s
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Extracting substrings7m 51s
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10. Getting Data from Users
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11. Creating Easy-to-Maintain Workflows
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Adding a comment2m 20s
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Writing to the workflow log3m 28s
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Checking workflow logs3m 37s
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Removing workflow instances4m 30s
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12. Creating Reusable Workflows
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Creating a reusable workflow3m 29s
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Creating a site workflow7m 37s
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13. Using Visio Premium 2010 for Visual Workflow Design
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Conclusion
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What's next?2m 39s
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