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Andrew Jones
Copper Contributor
May 25, 2017

Reusable Workflows and modern sites

Hi

 

I was wondering if anyone can help clarify workflow options with modern sites. We are wanting to implement re-usable workflows (for approvals) ideally with modern sites. The sites will be provisioned from Code and so there will be a lot of them (approx 10-20 created per day) so any manual configuration is not ideal.

 

Flow seems very promising but doesn't seem to support the enterprise level - lots of sites scenario. Each flow is assigned to a specific site and list and needs recreating for each one which isn't an option here.

 

Traditional reusable workflows might fit but it seems Sharepoint Designer support is no longer available on modern sites (although I seem to be able to connect it to some test modern sites i've created without any problems).

 

Am I missing anything here or is there another method that would work with Modern sites in this mass-site scenario?

 

It it confirmed that SP designer will no longer be available with modern - if so I assume the fact I can still connect to them it will stop working at some point in the future?

 

Many thanks

Andy

 

 

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7 Replies

  • jcgonzalezmartin's avatar
    jcgonzalezmartin
    MVP
    May 26, 2017
    Mmm...I recall also having problems when opening modern sites (Groups ones) with SPD, but I have not read any information / support article about modern team sites not being supported in SharePoint Designer
    • Andrew Jones's avatar
      Andrew Jones
      Copper Contributor
      May 26, 2017

      I meant I WAS able to connect to a modern team site with SPD and use workflow but i've seen it in mentioned in a few places that it isn't supported anymore. 

       

      https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/pnp_articles/modern-experience-customizations-customize-sites

       

      Trying to confirm that this is the case and see what the alternatives are. We don't want to invest in a solution for it later to stop working or the workflows to not be editable.

      • jcgonzalezmartin's avatar
        jcgonzalezmartin
        MVP
        Nov 18, 2017
        To be clear, SPD is not a tool to customize (Look & Feel) modern SPO Sites (what means Communication Sites and Modern SPO Team Sites)...but SPD is still supported for things such as workflows while it's true Microsoft is clearly pushing everybody to use Flow instead of SPD Workflows

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