Create Site Collection

This workflow action will provision a new site collection in the farm. All of the options available in the SharePoint Central Administration page 'Create site collection' are available.

For more information on any option, see the SharePoint documentation.

To use the workflow action:

Locate the action in Workflow Actions Toolbox (located on the left hand-side);

Click on the Category listings to reveal the actions; OR
Search for the action using a keyword.

Select the action, drag it onto the design canvas and drop it onto a design pearl.

Alternatively

Left-clicking the pearl, mouse-over Insert Action and then the Categories to reveal the actions, click the required action from the list.

To change the settings used by the action:

On the action’s title click the down arrow to activate a drop-down
Select Configure; OR
Double-click the action's icon.

For more information on the other options in the drop-down, please refer to the Getting started with the Nintex Workflow designer.

Options within the action

Credentials

The username and password to use when creating the site collection.

New Site Collection details

Title

The name of the new site collection.

Description

The description of the new site collection.

Primary administrator

The administrator of the new site collection.

Secondary administrator

The secondary administrator of the new site collection.

Web application

The SharePoint web application that will contain the new site collection.

URL name

The URL name for the new site collection. The managed path and top level site URL are specified.

Template

The site template to use to create the site collection.

Quota template

The quota template to limit the resources used by the new site collection.

Store URL in

The variable in which to store the complete URL of the new site collection.