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Copper Contributor

Jun 04, 2019

How to trigger SharePoint workflow with Like/Unlike clicks for Team Discussion

I created a workflow for a team discussion list, and enabled the rating system. I set the WF to be triggered when Item is changed. Since users could like Like/Unlike the items, it in turn changes the...

Unnie

Iron Contributor

Jun 04, 2019

Yihuan Liu SP designer List workflows (with automatic trigger on change) will be triggered when someone clicks Like on any discussion.Could you provide more details about your type of workflow? Is it a list workflow or a reusable workflow?

Yihuan Liu

Copper Contributor

Jun 06, 2019

Unnie Thank you for your reply, but I'm afraid it does not trigger it :(, I have confirmed this with some other people and tested myself. I was told it is a social feature and does not gets counted as an item change.

It is a list workflow, SharePoint 2013 on-premise.

Unnie
Iron Contributor
Jun 06, 2019
Yihuan Liu hmm that's strange. I have tested it on SharePoint online "Discussion List" and it works. I am surprised on-prem gives different behavior as Discussion lists are same in SPO & on-prem.
- Yihuan Liu
  Copper Contributor
  Jun 10, 2019
  Unnie May I know if you enabled SharePoint Classic Site Collection? As I try to test the function in SP online, I do not even see the like button in discussion board. It seems that the site has to be a non-modern site (reference: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_sharepoint-mso_win10-mso_o365b/missing-the-like-or-rating-buttons-of-sharepoint/93c81e04-797f-4583-90ba-7b3af9ff28ea)
  
  Either way it seems things did change a lot from on-prem to online, it is a shame if the feature only works for "online classic" sites.
  
  Y.