Hey,
I've created a list which has 2 workflows running off it.
The 2nd workflow I have placed an action on it saying to wait until 1st workflow is equal to completed. and then to start.
However, when the first workflow finishes and status says 'completed' the 2nd workflow won't start. The Workflow History report tells me that its still waiting for the first workflow.
Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong
Thanks.
Hi Alana,
Is your second workflow reading a column in your list to determine that the first workflow has completed If it's a column you are reading, check to make sure you have the actual column name that SharePoint gives it. You can see it by doing a view source on the list page.
Did you write this with Sharepoint designer or in Visual Studio
Good Luck,
Hi,
Thanks. yep - my second workflow is reading off a column in the list and yep, the name I have given it is correct (well actually - I'm using designer and it gives me a drop down list of columns to choose from, and I have chosen the right column).
Got any other ideas
Thanks.
Alana replied that this was not the problem - do you have any other ideas
I have a similar issue where a workflow is put in wait and never picks up when the condition it is waiting for is satisfied. This is a workflow generated in SharePoint Designer.
May be using the "InvokeWorkflow" activity at the end of the first workflow will help
cheers.
I don't see an Invoke workflow activity - how did you get it
Hi,
You will see one at the MS IDE "Toolbox" when you switch to desinger mode. If you dont see it, then you have to add it into the toolbox by seleting "System.Workflow.Activities.InvokeWorkflow".
cheers.
Hi Phylis,
Why don't you create an extra column, let's say "WorkflowsState", default empty value.
When 1st workflow starts, you set this value to "Workflow 1 running"
When 1st workflow starts, you set this value to "Workflow 1 done"
Then, as the first step of Workflow 2, you check
" If WorkflowsState=Workflow 1 done", you set the WorkflowsState value to Workflow 2 running.
This should allow your workflows to cascade....
My case was slightly different - I wanted to wait for a field to change and then continue - I want it all in the same workflow. If I split it up, I will have too many reports to look at to put back together what happened.
Since then, I used the Collect data to get the workflow to pause - that works
but I did want the ability to invloke a workflow from a workflow - and I don't have that option in the SharePoint Designer
Sorry, I was answering Alana.
To start a second workflow without using Visual studio, have you tried the procedure I described
If you set WF2 to start automaticaly on modification, you just have to test for a "WFsLink" column in the item that would be updated by WF1, which would give
WF1 Starts
WF1 goes through steps
WF1 set WFsLink
WF1 goes through steps WF2 checks WFsLink
WF1 Ends WF2 goes through steps
WF2 ends
That, way you can start WFs from other Wfs and have run them in parallel.
I had a workflow that ran simliar to this situation. I was trying to have all the other flows be finished before an audit flow began. It was set to check that all the other flows were "Completed". This was not functioning and it took a little to discover the issue. When I went to the document library and looked at the item in Datasheet View, the Completed line became a 5, and In Progress was a 2. You may want to look and see if SharePoint is translating the text to a value it understands in the datasheet.
Thanks