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Enable external features (optional)

Connect and enable external features of the Nintex external platform. For information on additional features to enable, see the full detail installation guide.

To enable connector actions (to use connector actions in the workflow)

  1. Go to the External settings for Workflow page: On the Central Administration Home page, click Nintex Administration and then click External settings for Workflow under Licensing and setup.

  2. Under Enable prerequisite service, click Enable and then click OK.

  3. Click the link for the action settings page, select all desired connector actions, and then click Enable.

To enable Document Generation (to generate documents)

  1. Go to the External settings for Workflow page: On the Central Administration Home page, click Nintex Administration and then click External settings for Workflow under Licensing and setup.

  2. Under Enable prerequisite service, click Enable.

  3. Under Document Generation, click Activate and then click OK.

To enable External Start (to create endpoint URLs to initiate workflows)

  1. Go to the External settings for Workflow page: On the Central Administration Home page, click Nintex Administration and then click External settings for Workflow under Licensing and setup.,

  2. Under Enable prerequisite service, click Enable.

  3. Under External Start, click Activate and then click OK.

To enable external forms (to publish forms to the Nintex external platform)

  1. Go to the External forms settings page: On the Central Administration Home page, click Nintex Administration and then click External forms settings under Forms environment.

  2. Under Enable external forms, click Enable.

  3. To allow anonymous form submissions, select Yes under Allow anonymous form submissions.