Sharepoint 2013 email workflow all but one field change

Question

I’m attempting to set up a workflow in sharepoint 2013 or 2010 that will allow an automatic email to be sent when any of the fields except one on the list/form is updated.

Answer 1

Hi @Lenea Deshields ,
We are unable to set up a workflow directly in sharepoint 2013 or 2010 that will allow an automatic email to be sent when any of the fields except one on the list/form is updated. But I have researched another workaround that can achieve your needs.
The field I don't want to trigger the email(Called column1 during my test).
Here are steps:
1.Create a column (called column2 in my test) with the same content as column1 using powershell, as a workflow trigger condition.
Powershell code:

$web = Get-SPWeb http://sp16:22074/sites/xyza   
$listName = "list1"   

#Get the Contacts List  
$List = $web.Lists[$listName]  

#Get All Items by update its title  
$ListItems = $List.items  

#Iterate through each item  
foreach($Item in $ListItems)  
{  
    $update=$item["column1"]   
    $item["column2"] = $update  

    #Update the item  
    $item.Update()  
}  

2.Create a workflow in SharePoint Designer 2013.

My test environment is finally realized: when I update the value of column1, the email will not be triggered, and the email will be sent in other cases.
After the setting is complete, column2 can be hidden to prevent others from updating it by mistake.

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