Creating Workflows Using SharePoint Designer

Workflows have their own section within SharePoint Designer as seen in Figure 27.8. When you open a site, by clicking on the Workflow site object you are able to see all the out-of-the-box and custom workflows associated with the current site. When you start creating workflows in SharePoint Designer you will notice there are quite a few options in the ribbon, including options to create List, Reusable, and Site workflows, which are also shown in Figure 27.8.

Figure 27.8 Workflows in SharePoint Designer.

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Workflow management was lacking in previous versions of SharePoint Designer. In SharePoint Designer ...

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