Introduction
In this article you will see how to create a site using NINTEX workflow in SharePoint. I have created a custom list named "Site Provisioning" in which I have the following columns:
The Title column is used to specify the site Title and Description columns to be used to specify the site description.
Create site creation workflow
- Navigate to the Site Provisioning list.
- Click on the List tab and then click on Workflow Settings.
- Click on Create a Workflow in Nintex Workflow.
- Click on Cancel.
- Drag and drop the Create site action from the Provisioning section.
- You will be able to see the warning symbol in the workflow action, click on that; you will see the following warning message.
- Click on Configure from the drop down list in the Create site action.
- Click on the Insert Reference button for the Title column and then click on Item Properties tab. Select Title and then click on Ok.
- Similarly select the Description item property for the Description column.
- Click on the Select a parent site link to select the parent site where the sites should be created.
- In the URL column select the Title item property as mentioned in Step 8.
- Select the site template and other options as you require.
- Click on Save.
- Click on Workflow Settings in the ribbon interface.
- Enter the Name and select Yes for Start when items are created.
- Click on Save.
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