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Kevin Peto Bostick's avatar
Kevin Peto Bostick
Copper Contributor
Oct 10, 2016

New List Experience and Workflows

We have recently seen the new list experience roll out in our tenant. The problem is that I can see no way of initiating a workflow on a list item. We have a number of lists which have basic Approval...
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Mahesh Sinha's avatar
Mahesh Sinha
Copper Contributor
Oct 10, 2016

First of all check what'ss workflow triggering setting ?

If workflow if set on new item creation or item modificaiton then you won't get option to start workflow manually.

If workflow is set to start on Manually then go to the Item > Click on Elipsis (Three dots) > Select Workflow > and you'll get the list of workflow's which you can start the workflow manually.

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    Kevin Peto Bostick
    Copper Contributor
    Oct 10, 2016

    Mahesh,

    The workflows are all triggered manually (by design);

    As noted in my original post, the Ellipses (...) don't show in the New Experience.

     

    Thanks,

    Kevin

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        Kevin Peto Bostick
        Copper Contributor
        Oct 10, 2016

        Pieter,

        Thanks for the reply;

        It took me a moment to figure out that you made the contect menu appear by 'right-click' on the entry -- and the Workflow option was there.

        So, in designing the new experience, Microsoft has removed an obvious point of interaction (the three ellipses) and reverted to a right-click context menu. Just wish that had been mentioned somewhere!

         

        Issue solved.