Please Help - Custom Workflow (SP Designer 2013) - Not Working

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I am really hoping someone can help me, I followed the instructions on the site below to create a custom workflow that creates a subsite whenever an item is added to a specified list.

https://www.dmcinfo.com/latest-thinking/blog/id/8661/create-site-from-template-using-sharepoint-2013-workflow

The workflow works GREAT but WILL NOT create the sub site with the custom template. The guy in the article above does not touch on this very much but from what I've gathered you need the site template GUID. I've tried EVERY possible way to generate this site with the template ID and it isn't working, the site is still created but it's your basic teams site.

Side Note - I'm able to create a subsite with the custom template with no issues if it's done manually.

Please help if you can :(

Thank you!

Ashley

john aage andersen · Answer

Sorry, I am not going to import those into any environment. Please provide the screenshots instead :) Kind regards, John

john aage andersen · Answer

Please provide more details!In the workflow, what is the definition of the variable SiteTemplate and what is the value you are setting it to? Screenshots appreciated :)Kind regards, John

ashley davis · Answer

I've attached a zip file containing both the Custom Project Site .wsp and the Workflow .wsp file, will that help?&nbsp;

ashley davis · Answer

Hi John,&nbsp;Screenshots are attached, please let me know if you need any others.&nbsp;The SiteTemplate variable is setup as a String with the GUID as the Value. This is what my GUID looks like:&nbsp;{C7FEA85D-0E0B-4B65-A0AB-1C079D37D707}#PMOTemplate&nbsp;I followed the instructions provided in the article I referenced in my original post. I don't know what I'm doing wrong because everything works perfectly and a site is created, but it isn't created with the template. The article doesn't touch on using a custom template and I'm guessing I'm doing something wrong but am just starting to use SharePoint so I'm not as savy as I'd like to be.&nbsp;I appreciate your help so far, John!&nbsp;Ashley&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

karine brousse · Answer

Hi Ashley,&nbsp;I&nbsp;created a workflow similar to yours. I'm using a variable to set the guid of the site template (to make it easier to manage updates) but I believe you need to set it as {C7FEA85D-0E0B-4B65-A0AB-1C079D37D707} rather than {C7FEA85D-0E0B-4B65-A0AB-1C079D37D707}#PMOTemplate.&nbsp;-Karine

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