{"id":223,"date":"2020-11-16T07:03:42","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T07:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ivantomic.com.hr\/wp\/?p=223"},"modified":"2022-10-18T10:42:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T10:42:23","slug":"sharepoint-duplicate-list-item-workflow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ivantomic.com.hr\/wp\/2020\/11\/16\/sharepoint-duplicate-list-item-workflow\/","title":{"rendered":"SharePoint \u2013 Duplicate list item workflow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>You have a list in which you want to enable item duplication for faster input of recurring entries? In the instructions below, I will show you how to create SharePoint workflow for duplicating existing list item.<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>For creating workflows on your SharePoint site, you need do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=35491\">download and install SharePoint Designer<\/a>. Use SharePoint Designer for creating workflows and other customizations for SharePoint 2010, 2013, 2016 and SharePoint Online. After installing the SharePoint Designer, run the application and connect to your SharePoint site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"457\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/ivantomic.com.hr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/spd_sites.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ivantomic.com.hr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/spd_sites.jpg 457w, https:\/\/ivantomic.com.hr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/spd_sites-300x121.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Paste the URL from your on-premises SharePoint site and click Open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"818\" height=\"82\" src=\"https:\/\/ivantomic.com.hr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/spd_url.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ivantomic.com.hr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/spd_url.jpg 818w, https:\/\/ivantomic.com.hr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/spd_url-300x30.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ivantomic.com.hr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/spd_url-768x77.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1637758639371371\" data-ad-slot=\"9952022197\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>After connecting to desired SP site, choose <strong>List Workflows, <\/strong>and select the list on which you want to create a workflow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/ivantomic.com.hr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/list_workflows-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-227\" width=\"540\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ivantomic.com.hr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/list_workflows-1.jpg 540w, https:\/\/ivantomic.com.hr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/list_workflows-1-300x271.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Give your workflow a name and description. Be aware that Workflow description will be visible to users under the workflow name in the SP list. Do not write nonsense in the description \ud83d\ude0b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"619\" height=\"454\" src=\"https:\/\/ivantomic.com.hr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/create_listworkflow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ivantomic.com.hr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/create_listworkflow.jpg 619w, https:\/\/ivantomic.com.hr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/create_listworkflow-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Workflow editor, choose Action -&gt; Create List item<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To create a workflow:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol type=\"1\"><li>Choose <strong>this list<\/strong> in Step 1<\/li><li>Choose the field in list item that you want to be duplicated<\/li><li>Click on Add\u2026, <em>Set Field <\/em>menu should be set to selected field.<\/li><li>Click on Fx<\/li><li>Data Source should be set to <em>Current item. <\/em>You choose the selected field in <em>Field from source<\/em>, to be the field you want to duplicate.<\/li><li>Confirm last two windows with OK.<\/li><li>Repeat steps 2 to 6 for every required field in the list item, and the non-required fields from the list item that you want to be duplicated.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/ivantomic.com.hr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/step1-1024x521.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ivantomic.com.hr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/step1-1024x521.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ivantomic.com.hr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/step1-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ivantomic.com.hr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/step1-768x391.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ivantomic.com.hr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/step1.jpg 1189w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>That is it, you have created your workflow for duplicating list item.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1637758639371371\" data-ad-slot=\"9952022197\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>To run created workflow on SharePoint list, open the item you want to duplicate, choose Workflows for View tab in the Actions group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"369\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/ivantomic.com.hr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/start_workflow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ivantomic.com.hr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/start_workflow.jpg 369w, https:\/\/ivantomic.com.hr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/start_workflow-300x153.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose your workflow from Start a New Workflow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"385\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/ivantomic.com.hr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/start_new_workflow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ivantomic.com.hr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/start_new_workflow.jpg 385w, https:\/\/ivantomic.com.hr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/start_new_workflow-300x283.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Confirm the workflow with Start<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"290\" height=\"124\" src=\"https:\/\/ivantomic.com.hr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/start.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-232\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope these instructions helped you to create a simple duplicate workflow in SharePoint. \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1637758639371371\" data-ad-slot=\"9952022197\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You have a list in which you want to enable item duplication for faster input of recurring entries? In the instructions below, I will show you how to create SharePoint workflow for duplicating existing list item. For creating workflows on your SharePoint site, you need do download and install SharePoint Designer. 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