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We have a Workflow on a list in SharePoint 2013. When a user creates an item, the workflow is supposed to trigger and update the item with a reference code based on the users name and date. It then goes off and does other stuff.
When a new item is added to a list – copy the list item to another list (or excel or one drive) Basically I want to autimatically collate new list items from multiple Sharepoint lists
Why does my workflow not trigger the first step?
However, this is intermittently failing to trigger the first step so the list items site there in an incomplete state. Can’t find any rhyme or reason for why it triggers sometimes but not others.
Is there way to copy multiple SharePoint lists into one list?
If you want to copy the new list items from multiple SharePoint lists into another list within one flow, I afraid that there is no way to achieve your needs in Microsoft Flow currently. Within one flow, the “When a new item is created” trigger only could monitor one specific list currently.
Why do 2013 workflows do not trigger automatically?
They will not trigger automatically now that we are under 2013. This is the only thing stopping our implementation. (No errors or error messages, just won’t start !) https://cloudsites.vzbi.com/sites/pcimage I have checked “Allow Workflow to manually Start” and also checked “Start workflow automatically when item is created”
If you use System Account then workflow will not auto start on Item Create etc. SharePoint Designer workflows run as System Account but with their permissions trimmed down to impersonate those of the user that initiated the workflow.
How can I get around the failing workflows?
To get around this, we created an administrative account in our environment called ‘DOMAIN\\SP_Workflow’ and opened/re-saved/published the failing workflows while logged in under this new account. After making this change, the previously failing workflows started as expected.