Manage Workflow Associations For a Content Type in SharePoint

Workflows

Workflow allows a set of pre-defined activities to be executed. Workflows work using the Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0 engine in SharePoint 2013.

Associations

We can associate workflows against a list, library or content type. Here we are focusing on associating workflow with content types.

Procedure

Use the following procedure to associate a workflow with a content type.

Create a new site content type named Expense.



Then click the Workflow Settings and in the page that appears choose Add a workflow.



In the page that appears you can choose the workflow and enter the name and configuration settings.



Choose the start option to start a creation of a new item.



You will get the workflow created as below.



This concludes our workflow association. You can test the code by creating a content type item.

Note: Once the workflow is created, it will fire for all the items created based on the Expense content type.

References

Add a workflow association (SharePoint Server 2010).

Summary

In this article we explored how to associate Workflows with Content Types.