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Route Entry to Folder / Assign Field Values applies values to original when Copying not Moving

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Updated June 1, 2018

asked on May 31, 2018

I'm using a workflow created in Workflow Designer 10.0.0.249 to move multiple copies of a document to various users' folders.

Within a 'for each entry' loop iterating over these user's names, I'm creating a copy of the document for them with their name and other info specific to them in the document's metadata. When the workflow "Route Entry to Folder / Assign Field Values" activity applies the values, it seems to apply the changes to the original first, even when choosing Copy rather than Move. Those values do then come across with the copy that is created, but it leaves the original document with the metadata of the last person in the iteration. Is this the intended behaviour?

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replied on June 1, 2018

Yes, this is expected behavior for Route to Folder. It sets the template on the entry, then it makes a copy of it.

If you would rather make the copy first, then set a template on the copy, use Move Entry (to make the copy) and then Assign Field Values on the resulting entry.

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replied on June 1, 2018

You could create the copy before the For Each and use that as the document, then at the end delete that document leaving your original document intact.

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