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Creating shortcuts with workflow

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Updated October 14, 2019
asked on March 11, 2014

Hi, 

 

When creating shortcuts with either "Route Entry to Folder" or "Move Entry" activities, should I verify if the shortcut I am creating already exists or should I just let the workflow activity find the shortcut already exists, would the latter cause the workflow to Terminate?

 

Thanks,

JS

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replied on March 11, 2014

The 2 activities just create the shortcut, they don't check if another shortcut to the entry in question already exists in the target destination.

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replied on March 13, 2014

Would it be good practice to verify the existence of a shortcut to the same entry in the target destination or I can simply ignore this step?

 

Thanks,

JS

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replied on March 14, 2014

Having 2 shortcuts to the same entry in the same place is not causing any problems, so it is more a matter of personal preference. Some users consider the shortcuts their To-Do list and don't like seeing duplicates.

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replied on March 15, 2014

Ok, I will test this out, so I assume from your answer that LF will treat shortcuts the same way it does for document entries and add (#) at the end.

 

Thanks,

JS

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replied on March 18, 2014

Yes, all name conflicts are handled the same way, regardless of the entry type.

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replied on April 4, 2017

Is there a recommendation if you don't want the extra shortcuts created?

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replied on October 14, 2019

Was there a solution to this?  I have a workflow creating shortcuts but want a new shortcut to replace and old one... for renaming purposes...

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