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SharePoint create list item

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

Creates a new item in a SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013, or Office 365 SharePoint site.

Note: Not compatible with SharePoint 2007.

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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 Destination site URL

The URL of the destination site where the item will be created.

 

 List name

The name of the list where the item will be created.

 

Folder

Folder.
  Fields

Choose whether or not to use the Builder or XML to create the item.

  • Builder: Create the item fields using the UI builder or view created fields in UI builder mode.

    To add a field, click Add field and specify field, type, and value.

    • Field
    • Type

    • Value

    To delete a field, click Delete ().

    To view the XML, click XML.

  • XML: Create the item fields using XML encoding or view created fields in XML mode.

Credentials

Authentication mode The mode to authenticate against the destination site.

 

 Username

Specify a username with permissions to create an item in the destination site.

 

 Password

Specify the password for the above username.

 

Domain or SharePoint Online website domain

Specify the domain for the username if using Windows authentication mode, or specify the SharePoint Online domain URL if connecting to an Office 365 SharePoint Online site.

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 Output

Store output for this action using the following selections.

  • Item creation successful: Specify a Yes/No workflow variable that will store whether or not the creation of the item was successful. Returns "Yes" if the item was successfully created.
  • List item ID: Specify a workflow variable to store the list item ID of the item created.
  • List item URL: Specify a workflow variable to store the list item URL to the item created.
ClosedHow to add and remove output variables

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.