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  • Monday, November 23, 2009 9:05 AMdoll teddy Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    i want to move an item from a discussion board/list to another. For that, i created a workflow in sharepoint designer, selected the action of "copy list item",and started the workflow! The result is , that the discussion item was moved to the destination list, but all the replies of the discussion were lost, only leaving an original topic. i opened the website using sharepoint designer, and found a strang file named "1_.000" in the content list of the destination borad/list...... can anyone answer my question, thank you!
    • Moved byMike Walsh MVPMVP, ModeratorMonday, November 23, 2009 9:13 AMworkflow q (in text) (From:SharePoint - General Question and Answers and Discussion)
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  • Wednesday, November 25, 2009 7:17 AMLu Zou-MSFTMSFT, ModeratorUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    Hi doll teddy,

     

    It’s true that when you use “copy list item” action in the workflow, only the topic can be moved to another list excluding the replies.

     

    The discussion list uses content types to group items in a discussion. It has a default type called “Discussion” which is inherited from the “folder” content type and another type called “Message” which is inherited from the “item” content type.

     

    SharePoint Designer workflows, by design limitation can only create “item” types; it only gives you that option if you have more than one item type enabled on it and that is why only top level items gets created. SharePoint Designer workflows cannot create “folder” content types specifically, but they can create items of different “item” content types.

     

    If you want to move the items in a discussion board, you may consider using save list as template and “SharePoint Content Deployment Wizard” here:

    http://www.codeplex.com/SPDeploymentWizard

     

    Hope this helps.

     

    Lu Zou

     

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  • Tuesday, November 24, 2009 1:10 AMdoll teddy Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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  • Wednesday, November 25, 2009 7:17 AMLu Zou-MSFTMSFT, ModeratorUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    Hi doll teddy,

     

    It’s true that when you use “copy list item” action in the workflow, only the topic can be moved to another list excluding the replies.

     

    The discussion list uses content types to group items in a discussion. It has a default type called “Discussion” which is inherited from the “folder” content type and another type called “Message” which is inherited from the “item” content type.

     

    SharePoint Designer workflows, by design limitation can only create “item” types; it only gives you that option if you have more than one item type enabled on it and that is why only top level items gets created. SharePoint Designer workflows cannot create “folder” content types specifically, but they can create items of different “item” content types.

     

    If you want to move the items in a discussion board, you may consider using save list as template and “SharePoint Content Deployment Wizard” here:

    http://www.codeplex.com/SPDeploymentWizard

     

    Hope this helps.

     

    Lu Zou