Nintex Workflow - Get published workflows

Use the Nintex Workflow - Get published workflows action A tool for building the processes, logic, and direction within workflows. Actions are the steps the workflow performs to complete a process. to retrieve a list of published workflows in the tenancy configured in the connection.

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Configure the Nintex Workflow - Get published workflows action

  1. Add the action to the designer canvas and open the action configuration panel. For more information, see Add an action to the workflow.

  2. Select a Connection. If you do not have a connection, see Add a connection.

  1. Specify an item limit and sort order.
  2. Create or select a variable for the output.

For more information about the required and optional configuration files, see Nintex Workflow - Get published workflows action fields and settings.

Nintex Workflow - Get published workflows action fields and settings

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Field

Description

Variable types

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Connection Credentials and other settings that enables workflows to communicate with external systems, services, or applications. It's required to pass data between the workflow and the indicated service, which could be a cloud service, business application, or content store.

The Nintex Workflow connection to use to retrieve the list of published workflows.

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Item limit The maximum number of results to retrieve. You can choose to retrieve 10, 20, 50, or 100 results. Integer
  Sort by Sort the retrieved list of published workflows by either the date they were created or the date they were last modified. Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
  Sort order Sort the list either in ascending or descending order. Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
Output Workflows

Stores the result of the action as an object with the following variables:

  • Workflows: (Collection) The list of workflows that have been published, with details.
    • ID: (Text) The internal ID for the workflow.
    • Published: (Object) Information about the published version of the workflow.
      • ID: (Text) The ID for the published object, this differs from the workflow ID.
      • Author: (Object) The details of the person who published the workflow.
        • ID: (Text) The unique ID of the author.
        • Name: (Text) The name of the author.
        • Email: (Text) The author's email address.
      • Description: (Text) The description of the workflow.
      • Published type: (Text) Where this workflow is published to. For example, production.
      • Is active: (Boolean) Is this workflow active or not.
      • Created: (Date) The date the workflow was created.
      • Last published: (Date) The last time this workflow was published.
      • Event type: (Object) How the workflow is started. For example, by a form.
        • ID: (Text) The start event identifier. For example, "nintex:manualstart" or "nintex:form".
        • Name: (Text) The name of the start event. For example, "form".
        • Authenticated form: (Boolean) Is the form that starts this workflow authenticated or not.
      • URLs: (Object)
        • Designer URL: (Text) The URL to the published workflow.
    • Last modified: (Date) The last time this workflow was modified, this may be different to the last published date.
    • Name: (Text) The name of the workflow.
    • Tags: (Collection) Tags that have been assigned to the workflow.
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