workflows in sharepoint 2013. about me we love workflows
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Workflows in SharePoint 2013
Peter Plessers
About me• Peter Plessers• SharePoint Architect• Spikes
• [email protected]• @SpikesNV
www.spikestogether.com
We love workflows
What has changed?
Agenda• Workflow Architecture
• Workflow Features
• Workflow Development
• Workflows & Apps
Workflow Architecture
Architecture SP2010
SharePoint 2010
Tools
Visual Studio 2010 SP Designer
SharePoint 2010 Workflow
Architecture SP2010
Declarative
.rules
.xoml
.WF 3.5
Code
.dll
.WF 3.5
Architecture SP2013
SharePoint 2013
Tools
Workflow Manager
Visual Studio 2012 SP Designer
Solutions
Contents
Apps Events
SharePoint 2010
Workflow
Workflow Services Manager
DeploymentSubscriptio
n
Instances Interop
Workflow Service Application proxy
Workflow
Service Bus
ACS
Architecture SP2013
Architecture SP2013
Declarative
.xaml
.WF 4.5
Architecture SP2013
Benefits• Move load from SharePoint to workflow farm• Fully declarative workflows• Scalability• Reliability• SharePoint Online (SP Designer + VS)
DEMO
Workflow Manager Installation
Register Workflow Service
Register-SPWorkflowService –SPSite “http://portal.dev.com/” –WorkflowHostUri “http://localhost:12291″ –AllowOAuthHttp
Workflow Features
New Features
New Workflow Activities
Building Blocks• Stage• Loop• App Step• Parallel Block
New Workflow Activities
Workflow Activities• Call Web Service (HttpSend)• Go to stage
New Workflow Activities
Dynamic Value• Nested sets of key-value pairs• Used in combination with ‘HttpSend’
activity• Activities to manipulate DynamicValues
SharePoint Designer 2013
SharePoint Designer• Visual Designer (Visio Add-in)• Copy paste of configurations• Package list / site workflows
DEMO
Removed Workflow Features
No InfoPath forms• Auto-generated ASPX forms
• Task Forms• Initiation Forms• Association Forms
Removed Workflow Features
Missing Workflow Activities• Document Set Activities• Permission Activities• Declare Record• Lookup manager of user
Removed Workflow Features
No Visio Visualization of WF Status• Only available for SP2010 workflows
Removed Workflow Features
Workflow Associations• No longer possible to associate workflows with content types
Built-in workflows• No 2013 workflow version of approval workflow, review workflow, …
Development
Custom Development
• Custom WF activity• Custom Task Form
Custom WF Activity
Custom WF activity• Lookup Assistant activity
DEMO
Custom WF Activity
Problems you might encounter• SharePoint ignores new version of WF
activityRestart VS + check DB
• SharePoint designer breaksClear SP Designer cache
Custom Task Form
Custom task form• Custom application page
DEMO
Workflow & Apps
SharePoint Apps
App Web (from WSP)
HostwebSharePoint-hosted
AppReuse (lists, out-of-box web
parts)Client side technologies and
declarative workflows
Provider-hosted App
“Bring your own server hosting infrastructure”
Get remote events from SharePoint Use CSOM/REST + OAuth
Cloud-hosted apps
Your Hosted
Site
Auto-hosted AppWindows Azure + SQL
Azure provisioned automatically as apps
are installed
Azure SharePoint Web
SharePoint
Web
SharePoint Apps
SharePoint Web
App Web
SharePoint Web
App Web
Azure
Your Hosted Site
SharePointhosted
Cloudhosted
Workflows are deployed to the App Web
How to deploy WFs to host web?Deploy workflows• Deploy workflow to app web• On App Installed Event• Use CSOM to publish your workflow
from app web to host web
From App Web to Host Web• Read workflow definition from app web
WorkflowDeploymentService.GetDefinition(id)
• Publish workflow definition to host web WorkflowDeploymentService.PublishDefinition(def)
• Create task + workflow history list
• Publish subscription WorkflowSubscriptionService.PublishSubscription(s)
Questions?
THANK YOU
