We’ve covered creating workflows using Visio 2010
with SharePoint Designer and Visual Studio 2010. For this simple
workflow, we’ll make use of SharePoint Designer on its own and then
export the workflow to Visual Studio to add some custom code.
In SharePoint Designer, select Workflows from the Site Objects pane.
From the Workflows ribbon, select Reusable Workflow.
Name the new workflow Product Advertising and limit the workflow to the Product content type.
Add three Wait for Field Change in Current Item actions to the workflow. Configure them as illustrated:
Since
these activities can be completed in parallel, we can add them to a
parallel block. From the Workflow ribbon, in the Insert section, select
Parallel Block.
Using the Move Up and Move Down buttons in the Workflow ribbon, move the three actions into the Parallel Block.
Set the status to Available for Advertising. Add a Set Workflow Status action after the Parallel Block.
In the status combo box, type Available for Advertising, as illustrated:
Publish the workflow using the Publish button in the Save section of the Workflow ribbon.
To
attach the workflow to the Product content type, select Workflow
Settings from the Workflow ribbon. This will close the workflow editor
and display the Workflow Settings page instead.
From the Workflow Settings ribbon, select Associate to Content Type | Product.
On
the Add a Workflow page, set the Start Options to Start This Workflow
When A New Item Is Created. Click OK to complete the process.
We can now create a new product and, using the
workflows that we’ve implemented, complete the process defined in our
demonstration scenario. When a new item is added to the Products list,
our workflows are started automatically. The Product Publishing
workflow creates tasks for the capture of additional information, while
the Environmental Compliance workflow submits a calculation request to
our sample calculation engine. When both of these workflows are
complete, the Product Advertising workflow completes with a status of
Available for Advertising.
