Activate features in SharePoint

Nintex Workflow must be activated on both the site collection and relevant sites; Nintex Forms needs activation on the site collection only.

To activate features on each relevant site collection in your SharePoint environment

1. From your top site level home page, access Site Settings.

2. In the Site Collection Administration section, click Site collection features.

3. Nintex Workflow: For each feature listed, in the sequence listed, click Activate to activate.

   1. Activate Nintex Workflow 2016.

      This feature allows SharePoint lists and libraries in this site collection to utilize Nintex Workflow features.

      After a short delay, the page refreshes and the feature status becomes “Active.”

   2. Activate each additional feature desired.

      Feature (listed in alphabetical order)	Description
      Nintex Workflow 2016 InfoPath Forms	Allows Nintex Workflow to use start forms and task forms designed with Microsoft InfoPath.
      Nintex Workflow 2016 Reporting Web Parts Note: This feature is only available for the Enterprise edition of Nintex Workflow.	Allows the Nintex Workflow Enterprise reporting web parts to be added to sites in this site collection.
      Nintex Workflow 2016 Web Parts	Allows the Nintex Workflow web parts to be added to sites in this site collection.

4. Nintex Forms: For each feature listed, in the sequence listed, click Activate to activate.

   1. Activate Nintex Forms Prerequisites Feature.

      This feature allows SharePoint lists and libraries in this site collection to utilize Nintex Forms features.

      After a short delay, the page refreshes and the feature status becomes “Active.”

   2. Activate each additional feature desired.

      Feature (listed in alphabetical order)	Description
      Nintex Forms for Nintex Workflow	Allows Nintex Workflow in this site collection to utilize Nintex Forms features.
      Nintex Forms for SharePoint List Forms	Allows SharePoint lists and libraries in this site collection to utilize Nintex Forms features.
      Nintex Forms - External Forms	Allows Nintex Forms designers to publish the form to the Nintex external platform.

      Nintex Forms features are now ready to use on all sites in the site collection; Nintex Workflow features require activation in each relevant site in the site collection.

To activate features on each relevant site in your SharePoint environment (Nintex Workflow only)

This section applies to Nintex Workflow.

1. From your top site level home page, access Site Settings.

2. In the Site Actions section, click Manage site features.

3. On the Site Features page, for each desired feature, click Activate. 

   Feature (listed in alphabetical order)	Functionality
   Nintex Workflow 2016	Nintex Workflow
   Nintex Workflow 2016 Enterprise Reporting Note: This feature is only available for the Enterprise edition of Nintex Workflow.	Nintex Workflow Enterprise reporting

   After a short delay for each feature activation, the page refreshes and the feature status becomes “Active.”

   Nintex Workflow features are now ready to use on the site.