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SharePoint 2013 SPD workflow - Update statement

Sherazad Ahmed 51 Reputation points
2024-11-07T16:08:32.4166667+00:00

Hello,

I have a SharePoint 2013 SPD workflow which is tied to a requests list. At some point a task gets assigned to an approver. I am trying to use the update statement right after to update the "country" field on the task list from the value in the requests list. However, it's not working. Would someone be able to tell me what I am doing wrong? I have included an image of my update statement.

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  1. Sherazad Ahmed 51 Reputation points
    2024-11-13T14:04:15.76+00:00

    Hi Raytheon,

    It looks like I won't be able to update the task on the workflow as the workflow will await a response for the task before it continues. By then it'll be too late for the information I require. So I am pursuing another avenue of updating the country field via the server side code.

    Thank you for responding.

    regards,

    Sherazad.

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  2. RaytheonXie_MSFT 37,151 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2024-11-19T01:20:03.33+00:00

    Hi @Sherazad Ahmed,

    I would recommend you to use event receivers to update the the "country" field when assaign the task.

    Here is the document for more details

    https://zcusa.951200.xyz/en-us/sharepoint/dev/solution-guidance/event-receiver-and-list-event-receiver-sharepoint-add-in

    https://zcusa.951200.xyz/en-us/visualstudio/sharepoint/how-to-create-an-event-receiver?view=vs-2022&tabs=csharp

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