Office 365 new blog post

Nintex external platform is required for this feature. For details, see Enable Nintex external platform features.

Creates a new post in an SharePoint Online blog site.

Action settings

Following are the fields and options visible in the configuration settings dialog box for this action.

Section Field Description

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 Blog site URL

The URL of the blog site to post to.

 

 Post title

Title of the post.

 

 Post content

The content of the post.

 

 Publish date

The date to publish the blog.

 

 Publish

Select one of the following items.

  • Publish: Publishes the blog post. If Publish date is set in the future, the post is published on the specified date.
  • Save as draft: Saves the blog post as a draft.

Advanced

Categories

Specify the categories for the blog post.

Credentials

Username

A username with permissions to create a new post in the specified blog site.

 

 Password

The password for the above username.

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Output

Store output for this action using the following selections.

  • Link to blog post: Specify a workflow variable to store the URL to the blog post.
  • Permalink to blog post: Specify a workflow variable to store the Permalink URL to the blog post.
  • Post ID: Specify a workflow variable to store the post ID of the blog post.
  • Successful post: Specify a Yes/No variable to store whether or not the posting of the blog was successful. Returns "Yes" if the post was successfully posted.

Depending on action requirements, you may be able to add and remove output variables.

To add an output variable

  1. Select an option from the Select more drop-down list.
  2. Click Add to display a drop-down list for the selected option.
  3. Select a previously defined workflow variable from the drop-down list.

To remove an output variable

  • Click Delete ().

    Note: Some output variables cannot be deleted. For example, the output variable URL for the action Bing news search cannot be deleted.