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Copper Contributor

Oct 31, 2017

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

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...

John Aage Andersen

Iron Contributor

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

Copper Contributor

Nov 01, 2017

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

John Aage Andersen
Iron Contributor
Nov 02, 2017
Sorry, I am not going to import those into any environment. Please provide the screenshots instead :) Kind regards, John
- Ashley Davis
  Copper Contributor
  Nov 02, 2017
  Hi John,
  
  Screenshots are attached, please let me know if you need any others.
  
  The SiteTemplate variable is setup as a String with the GUID as the Value. This is what my GUID looks like:
  {C7FEA85D-0E0B-4B65-A0AB-1C079D37D707}#PMOTemplate
  
  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.
  
  I appreciate your help so far, John!
  
  Ashley
  
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  - Karine Brousse
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 07, 2017
    Hi Ashley,
    
    I 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.
    
    -Karine

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