Comments on: SharePoint Workflow Status: how to use the workflow status in a workflow (or a view)? http://www.officeandbusiness.be/2010/05/17/sharepoint-workflow-status-how-to-use-the-workflow-status-in-a-workflow-or-a-view/ SharePoint, GTD and beyond Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:25:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bharat http://www.officeandbusiness.be/2010/05/17/sharepoint-workflow-status-how-to-use-the-workflow-status-in-a-workflow-or-a-view/comment-page-1/#comment-3242 Bharat Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:25:12 +0000 http://www.officeandbusiness.be/2010/05/17/sharepoint-workflow-status-how-to-use-the-workflow-status-in-a-workflow-or-a-view/#comment-3242 Hi, When I attempt to use the Approval Status in a workflow, using "If Approval Status equals 0;#Approved" it doesn't recognise the approval status change after a document has been approved - so status changes from Pending to Approved. I need to be able to determine when an item is approved so a task can be assigned to various people to review it. How can this be done? Cheers, Hi,
When I attempt to use the Approval Status in a workflow, using “If Approval Status equals 0;#Approved” it doesn’t recognise the approval status change after a document has been approved – so status changes from Pending to Approved.

I need to be able to determine when an item is approved so a task can be assigned to various people to review it.

How can this be done?
Cheers,

]]> By: Tom http://www.officeandbusiness.be/2010/05/17/sharepoint-workflow-status-how-to-use-the-workflow-status-in-a-workflow-or-a-view/comment-page-1/#comment-3209 Tom Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:52:58 +0000 http://www.officeandbusiness.be/2010/05/17/sharepoint-workflow-status-how-to-use-the-workflow-status-in-a-workflow-or-a-view/#comment-3209 That CAML query above didn't come out right because of the tags you have to use. I'll attempt to write it again here: string caml = @”<Where><Eq><FieldRef Name='ID' /><Value Type='Integer'>1</Value></Eq></Where>; That CAML query above didn’t come out right because of the tags you have to use. I’ll attempt to write it again here:
string caml = @”<Where><Eq><FieldRef Name=’ID’ /><Value Type=’Integer’>1</Value></Eq></Where>;

]]> By: Tom http://www.officeandbusiness.be/2010/05/17/sharepoint-workflow-status-how-to-use-the-workflow-status-in-a-workflow-or-a-view/comment-page-1/#comment-3208 Tom Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:48:17 +0000 http://www.officeandbusiness.be/2010/05/17/sharepoint-workflow-status-how-to-use-the-workflow-status-in-a-workflow-or-a-view/#comment-3208 You can check the field of your workflow status by getting your SPListItem and calling its field. using (SPWeb myWeb = SPContext.Current.Site.OpenWeb()) { SPList myList = myWeb.GetList("/Lists/MyList"); SPQuery qry = new SPQuery(); string caml = @"1; SPListItemCollection myItemColl = myList.GetItems(qry); SPListItem myItem = myItemColl[0]; object wfStatus = null; wfStatus = myItem["WorkflowOnNew"] != null ? myItem["WorkflowOnNew"] : null; if (wfStatus != null) { switch (wfStatus.ToString()) { case "0": wfStatus = "Not Started"; break; case "1": wfStatus = "Failed on Start"; break; case "5": wfStatus = "Completed"; break; } // Now do what you want with wfStatus, just remember you'll have to do ".ToString()" // on it because it's an object. P.S. I didn't do all the possible combinations of status numbers, this was just an example to get you started. Find those at http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointworkflow/thread/f5de7947-f49b-420a-b8d8-d44ad6b7769f/ and various other places around the 'net. } You can check the field of your workflow status by getting your SPListItem and calling its field.
using (SPWeb myWeb = SPContext.Current.Site.OpenWeb())
{

SPList myList = myWeb.GetList(“/Lists/MyList”);
SPQuery qry = new SPQuery();
string caml = @”1;
SPListItemCollection myItemColl = myList.GetItems(qry);
SPListItem myItem = myItemColl[0];
object wfStatus = null;
wfStatus = myItem["WorkflowOnNew"] != null ? myItem["WorkflowOnNew"] : null;
if (wfStatus != null)
{
switch (wfStatus.ToString())
{
case “0″:
wfStatus = “Not Started”;
break;
case “1″:
wfStatus = “Failed on Start”;
break;
case “5″:
wfStatus = “Completed”;
break;
}
// Now do what you want with wfStatus, just remember you’ll have to do “.ToString()”
// on it because it’s an object.

P.S. I didn’t do all the possible combinations of status numbers, this was just an
example to get you started. Find those at
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointworkflow/thread/f5de7947-f49b-420a-b8d8-d44ad6b7769f/
and various other places around the ‘net.

}

]]> By: Tyler http://www.officeandbusiness.be/2010/05/17/sharepoint-workflow-status-how-to-use-the-workflow-status-in-a-workflow-or-a-view/comment-page-1/#comment-3169 Tyler Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:13:52 +0000 http://www.officeandbusiness.be/2010/05/17/sharepoint-workflow-status-how-to-use-the-workflow-status-in-a-workflow-or-a-view/#comment-3169 What do you do if you use custom names for your workflow status? What do you do if you use custom names for your workflow status?

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