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Understanding SharePoint workflows

Understanding SharePoint workflows

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Understanding SharePoint workflows

In SharePoint 2007 there was really only one type of workflow that you could create with SharePoint Designer, and that type of workflow was called list. A list workflow is tied to a particular list or library, and it acts on documents or items that have been dropped in those libraries or lists. This type of workflow is the standard bread and butter workflow. But in SharePoint 2010 we have two new types of workflows. The first new type is called a reusable workflow. Imagine that you create a list workflow or library workflow, and you say, you know, I have a lot of libraries of this type. I might want to use this in other places. So in older versions of SharePoint, if I wanted to reuse a list, I really need Visual Studio to make that happen. In 2010, I can create reusable workflows and tie them to different lists or libraries. The third type of workflow is totally different. A site workflow isn't tied to anything except a site. So a site workflow could look at three different libraries…

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