You can chain multiple conditions together to create an if/then or if/then/else…or even a case statement type of condition where you can say, well, if the user chose…one, we'll do this, if they chose two, we'll do the second action, if they chose…three or four, let's do the third action, and if they made no choice at all, let's do something else yet.…I want to take a look at a very small portion of a workflow that we'll be creating.…This is a new position request, and in this case, we got this diagram from the…Information Technology Department so they use a swim lane to show it to us, it's…not quite as cuddly as some of the other diagrams we've looked at, but it's a…great diagram that you want to get used to using.…
So we have a start, somebody's completed a form, and they've dropped it off.…And this form is to request a new hire in a department, a position that…doesn't exist already.…And so the vice president for that area needs to review the request, and they…have two possibilities, one is they're going to say yes, and if they do it'll be…
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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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