Earlier in this chapter we created a holiday request InfoPath form and configured it to post into an InfoPath from library. In this recipe, we will learn how to attach a custom workflow to that library to custom approval on each holiday request when it is received.
SharePoint 2010 Standard Edition (standard lists and libraries only)
SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Edition
Office 365 (SharePoint Online)
You will need the Design or Full Control permission level to run this recipe.
You will need SharePoint Designer 2010 installed on your client machine.
This recipe uses the holiday request InfoPath form library created earlier in this chapter for illustration. However, the same approach can be used to add a custom workflow to any SharePoint list or library. The earlier form has been slightly modified to include a Number Of Days field in the form itself and a Request Status field in the form's data structure. When...