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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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
You can get all the characters after a specific character in a string using Nintex Workflow. Here are the steps to follow: Insert a Regular Expression action into your Nintex Workflow. Configure it with the following settings: Pattern = (^.*?(?=-)-) where the "-" is the character (replace both "-" with your desired character) Replacement text = Keep this empty Input... Continue Reading →
I recently had a need to remove a forward slash ("/") from the end of a URL text string using Nintex Workflow. Here are the steps to follow: Insert a Regular Expression action into your Nintex Workflow. Configure it with the following settings: Pattern = /[^/]*$ Replacement text = Keep this empty Input text = Insert your URL text... Continue Reading →
You can easily remove all spaces in text strings in Nintex Workflows. Follow these steps: Insert a Regular Expression action into the workflow. Configure it with the following settings: Pattern = \s Replacement text = Keep this empty Input text = Insert your text string Store result in = Text workflow variable You can then... Continue Reading →
Ran across an issue with a Nintex Workflow 2013 when using the "Create an item" action. The workflow runs when a list item is created and creates a document set in another list with metadata from the original item. One of the fields in the original item is a Person/Group field, which the workflow action... Continue Reading →
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