How do I restart a workflow in Sharepoint 2013?

How do I restart a workflow in Sharepoint 2013?

To manually restart a workflow

1. In the workflow status report, select the activity to be restarted.
2. Click Restart Workflow.
3. Click OK at the alert message.
4. The old workflow instance status changes to “Restarted” and a new workflow instance is created.

How do I restart a Cancelled workflow in Sharepoint?

Currently I select the document workflow> Name of the workflow >End this workflow> OK> then navigate back to the library > select the document workflow again> Start a new workflow (name of the workflow) manually> Start.

How do I turn off workflow in Sharepoint 2013?

You can go to Settings>List Settings>workflow settings>remove a workflow. Here, you can make the workflow which you want disable to “No New Instance”. If you want switch it on, you can set it to “Allow”.

How do I restore a Sharepoint workflow?

To restore previous version of a workflow, we can directly access Workflow Settings page for the list/library.

1. Open the list/library.
2. Under the List/Library tab, click the Workflow Settings.
3. Click “Remove, Block, or Restore a Workflow”.
4. Check “Allow” for the workflow which you want to restore.

What to do if workflow has stopped working in SharePoint?

Open the Workflow URI in the browser and make sure it return the correct xml. from SharePoint central admin, Manager Services application, click on Workflow Proxy and make sure its status say connected. If issue only happened when adding new item , you can try to delete the issued workflow and re-create a new one or test in other list or library .

Why does my workflow do not auto start?

(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.

When do I select the checkbox start workflow?

While publishing the workflow, u need to select the checkbox Start workflow automatically when an item is created or changed for the workflow to start automatically or else whatsoever the WF will not start automatically. Workflow will never start automatically with system account.

When do I uncheck’start this workflow’?

I came across a situation where I had to uncheck ‘Start this workflow when an item is changed.’ to at least have the workflow continue operation when a new item is created. This is a mutually exclusive situation which might not be applied to your requirements but it’s a start as to the behavior of the workflow itself.