Wait for Field Change in Current Item
- Quick SPD Workflow Creation question for a novie dabbling in Sharepoint.Can the action "Wait for Field Change in Current Item" occur at the very end of a Step 1 (for example), prior to Step 2?Example:Step 1ConditionNilActionSend Emailthen Set content apporval status to Pending with commentthen Wait for Approval Status to not equal PendingStep 2Condition
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- Yes, that should work. Have you run into issues trying it?
Blessings,
Jim Bob The article How to wait for a change in any list, wait for multiple field changes the current item for a different take on waiting for field changes in the current item.
The article explains how to configure a workflow which uses Standard (OOB) workflow actions and is developed using SharePoint Designer. Instead of using the "Wait for field change in the current item" action, the components of the workflow which are completed after waiting is finished are added to a separate "On Change" workflow, which uses standard conditions in the first step to determine if it can continue. If the conditions are not met for the field in the current item, the workflow will stop. If another instance of the workflow is running, new instances will also stop by setting a "Workflow_running" field to yes while an instance is running.
Using this technique gives you more control when waiting for specific criteria to be met. This includes being able to wait until a field in another list item is updated, or waiting for multiple fields in the current item.
See How to wait for a change in any list, wait for multiple field changes the current item (SharePoint Workflow) for more details.
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