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Overcome Document Library Item limit by moving documents
Im getting the error within the workflow which is running on the Document Library.
I already use indexing on the library and am able to view the library properly but only the workflow keeps on crashing with the error:
"The attempted operation is prohibited because it exceeds the list view threshold
enforced by the administrator."
We dont have possibilities to use Nintex Workflows here so im looking for a workaround which uses ootb solutions and moves older document sets to a different library so that the current one only contains recent document sets.
can you give an overview of the actions the workflow is running
if possible the exact action where it stops too
The workflow is pretty straightforward. it creates a new item with a specific content type (document set), and immediately stops with the given error.
Can you try to do the same steps in the different library and make sure you associate with new workflow history list to replicate the issue? You can always purge the workflow history data or create a new one as suggested.
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/marj/2015/08/07/sharepoint-2010-workflows-best-practice-purge-workflow-history-list-items/
As suggest above by jcgonzalezmartin and Brent Ellis, use Log to history action to analyze where workflows stop the execution and if possible can you post the screenshot of your workflow to suggest a better solution?
Can you screenshot what the workflow looks like, and paste it
- Also be sure to add some logging to the workflow adding Log To History list actions
