How to Simplify Your Workflows: Form Creation and Filling in SharePoint Demystified Filling out and submitting forms in SharePoint is an everyday workflow for many businesses. PDF fillable forms offer a practical and efficient means of capturing, managing, and storing data, which is why they’re widely used in modern business operations. However, collecting data from… READ MORE
Efficiency in Power Automate Join Damien Bird for an insightful webinar that will show you how you can become more efficient in Power Automate. Webinar Description: Efficiency in Power Automate In the ever-evolving landscape of digital automation, efficiency is the key to staying ahead. Join Damien, a distinguished expert from Microsoft in the United Kingdom,… READ MORE
Power Automate, previously known as Microsoft Flow, is a cloud-based service that allows users to create automated workflows between different applications and services. It provides a low-code or no-code solution that enables users to automate repetitive tasks, integrate data and applications, and simplify business processes. Power Automate allows you to transform outdated processes into efficient,… READ MORE
Power Apps is another critical component of Microsoft Power Platform that enables individuals to build low-code solutions to business challenges. It enables you to build professional-grade apps, workflows, and embed dashboards into your apps while connecting to various data sources and other Microsoft products. Power Apps allows you to turn ideas into solutions by enabling… READ MORE
As the engineering and construction industries are changing at a rapid pace, they experience a significant digital transformation in several areas. Digitising business processes is one of the areas that is expected to support companies in enhancing their processes and decreasing costs. Mercury Engineering is one of the leading innovators in the progressive digitalization in the… READ MORE
From the book “Professional SharePoint 2013 Development” by Reza Alirezaei, Brendon Schwartz, Matt Ranlett,Scot Hillier, Brian Wilson, Jeff Fried and Paul Swider. This eBook is chapter fifteen, titled ‘Workflow Development in SharePoint 2013’. Topics in this chapter include; Learning about the core workflow concepts Understanding the workflow platform architecture Reviewing the key workflow development tools… READ MORE
Automating your business processes is obviously an essential part of SharePoint. SharePoint 2010 provides us with multiple ways in which we can implement this automation – using workflows. This beginner-level article is to help you get started with this functionality. Check out the resources cited at the end of the article to continue your journey.
The concept of workflows comes from the time when work was rather mechanical. People (and later machines) were supposed to repeat precisely defined steps in a fixed order (or sequence). Any deviation from prescribed path, any thinking and improvising was not welcome. Assembly lines or microprocessors – they were all realizing rigid sequences.
It is strange how many developers wince when they face SharePoint and become melancholy when talking about workflows. Workflows are not just like programming, or something very special or something very complicated or something very limited or something for documents. Some people tried to solve simple tasks with SharePoint workflows, but failed somewhere when it became clear that they cannot read the manual from the middle and they have no time to read it from the very beginning.
