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Using the Regular Expression action in Nintex Workflow, you can extract the first part of a URL and store it in a workflow variable to use in the rest of the workflow. Follow these steps to build out this functionality: Add a Regular Expression action to the workflow.Configure the action with the following options:Pattern =... Continue Reading →
In this video, I show you how to show and hide Group controls using a Choice - Multiple control in a Nintex Workflow Cloud (NWC) form. As part of this solution, I will also show you how to configure Form Rules to accomplish this dynamic functionality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_5FuUU7Dg4 Show and Hide Group Controls Using a Choice... Continue Reading →
In this video, I walk you through you how to show and hide a Group control using a Checkbox control in a Nintex Workflow Cloud (NWC) form. As part of this solution, I will also show you how to configure a Form Rule to accomplish this dynamic functionality. https://youtu.be/w-8YnWdWWRo
You can easily configure a form field to only accept a certain number of digits as input. This configuration also will not allow text or special characters to be entered in the form field. This post will show you how configure this in a Nintex Workflow Cloud form. This solution can be useful to validate... Continue Reading →
In this scenario, we need to verify that a user is older than a certain age (i.e. 18 or 21) based upon a date of birth entered in a Date/Time form field. This can be accomplished by creating a Submit Rule to validate the date field. Follow these steps to build out this functionality: Add... Continue Reading →
I recently built a Nintex Form that included a field where the user was asked to fill in their email address. The form needed to verify that the user was entering a valid email address. This can be accomplished using a Regular Expression in the settings of the form control. Below are the steps and Regular... Continue Reading →
Recently had a need to extract a parameter from within a URL string using Nintex Workflow. Specifically, I needed to get the ID parameter from a URL. In the example URL below, I needed to extract the number 987: //mysite/mypage.aspx?ID=987&User=654 Follow these steps to get the ID number: Open the Nintex Workflow designer and add a Regular... Continue Reading →
You can remove line breaks in a text string using the Regular Expression action in Nintex Workflow. Here are the steps to follow: Insert a Regular Expression action into your Nintex Workflow. Configure it with the following settings: Pattern = [\r\n] Replacement text = Keep this empty (or use a replacement character) Input text = Insert your text string (you can insert... Continue Reading →
I encountered an issue recently where a few Nintex Workflow 2013 workflows that had been running successfully for some time suddenly started stalling. The workflows still showed a status of "In Progress" but were not moving forward. Checking the Workflow Progress and Workflow Details pages showed no error messages or issues. I finally noticed that these workflows were freezing when trying to... Continue Reading →
Using the Regular Expression action in Nintex Workflow, you can get the digits before a decimal point. Here are the steps to follow: Insert a Regular Expression action into your Nintex Workflow. Configure it with the following settings: String = Your number from a column or workflow variable. String Operation = Replace Pattern = \.[0-9]+... Continue Reading →
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