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Can Sharepoint Designer 2007 Workflows kick off or start Sharepoint Server 2007 workflow

I completed my workflow in Sharepoint Designer 2007.  I have the workflow to kick off certain actions base on the status of a Sharepoint Server 2007 workflow.

Example: Program Manager Approval workflow is In Progress.  Wait until status changes from In Progress.  If the status goes to Approved, then it suppose to kick off another Sharepoint server workflow.

The workflow created in Sharepoint Designer is not giving me any errors except it goes directly into completed status.  I have added a pause at the beginning until the Sharepoint server workflow gives a status, then the Sharepoint Designer goes to work.

 

 

2 Answers Found

 

Answer 1

 

Hi a2024047777a,

 

In my opinion, the OOB sharepoint  designer workflow  doesn’t provide this kind of function. However, I found a workaround for your reference:

 

You can use the Custom Workflow Activities on CodePlex to move items from one list to another, after that, trigger off the SharePoint server  workflow. . Basically one list becomes your collector and the other one stores everything, so you can have permissions setup differently. Check out the extended copy activity and see what you can do with it.

 

If the workaround can’t meet your goal, you may need to develop your own workflow action. For more information about this, please refer to the following articles:

 

Building Custom Activities for Use in SharePoint designer  2007

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb629922(office.12).aspx

 

http://www.endusersharepoint.com/2009/01/07/extending-sharepoint-designer-workflow-with-custom-actions/

 

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sharepointdesigner/archive/2007/03/15/adding-activities-to-spd.aspx

 

 

Answer 2

I have reviewed some of the options stated in CodePlex, but none of the options are to Start Another Workflow and works.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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