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Workflow Starting Rule for Field Group field

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Updated January 25, 2019

asked on January 24, 2019

Hello! I am trying to figure out if its possible to create a starting rule that will only start a workflow if ALL field1's in a Field Group are NOT Blank. Is this possible?

If not, is it better to just have the starting rule watch that field to change and then in the workflow run a For Each to see if any of them are blank and it ends the workflow if they are?

For example, field group consists of field1 and field2. User has entered 3 field groups but only field group3/field2 is Blank. So this should NOT kick off the workflow. But if someone comes in later and enters a value for group3/field2 then it SHOULD kick off the workflow.

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replied on January 24, 2019

All conditional starting rules need some type of action to trigger them. So yes, you will need to monitor the entry for a change.

If I am understanding what you are trying to create, it would basically start a workflow when all the fields in the group are not empty. But that would create a nasty loop. Once all the fields are not empty it would just keep running the rule over and over.

Yes, I would say your best option is to have the first couple of activities in the workflow check to see if the fields are empty and end the workflow if they are.

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replied on January 25, 2019

Thanks Jennifer! I set the starting rule to just check that entry/field for changes and start the workflow. The workflow then checks to see if any of the specific field in the groups are empty and ends the workflow if it is. If they're all filled it moves the starting entries (a folder) documents to another location and then deletes the starting entry folder so we don't get that loop you mentioned.

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