SharePoint create workflow by SharePoint Designer 2013

This article is based primarily on the previous article http://www.cnblogs.com/qindy/p/6242714.html, create a sample workflow by SharePoint Designer 2013.

Here's a brief description of what we need to do to apply workflow: Automatically triggers workflow to update the title value when the Add item is added to the list.

First create a Custom list named ' MyList ' Site contents-->add an app-->custom List

Run SharePoint Designer 2013,associate specify SPSite as an administrator, select Workflow,click list Workflow dropDown list, select the mylist you just created

Fill in Workflow Name and description, select Platform Type, here we use SharePoint Workflow, Workflow named "Myworkflow".

Create a workflow temporary variable that stores the title value that needs to be updated, Click Variables tab --Local varables , fill in the TEMP variable name: Updatedvalue, Type String---> Click Ok.

Assign a value to a temporary variable, Add a Set Workflow Variable action to the SharePoint Workflow, and configure it, the changed item Title:this was Updated by Workflow-[%current Item:title%]

Update item Title value, add set field in current item action, set Title, value Select the value of the temporary variable we previously configured,Add or change Lookup --Data source: Workflow Variables and Parameters, Field from source: Variable:updatedv Alue-->click OK.

Transition to stage -->add action Go to stage -->end of Workflow

Next we set up workflow's start options, where we have 3 options:

Allow this workflow to be manually started

Start workflow automatically when a item is created

Start workflow automatically when a item is changed

Start options mainly according to customer needs to choose, you can manually execute the workflow, can be triggered when the new item, but also when the update item triggered, here we are test workflow, so we chose the top 2 items.

Then click Publish in the upper left corner.

Finally we can create a new item under MyList, title named "Test123", click Save, Wait a moment, refresh the page again, we will find that workflow is complete. Title becomes: This is Updated by workflow-test123

The above is a simple workflow example that is used with the title value of the new item.

SharePoint create workflow by SharePoint Designer 2013