SP 2013 Workflow - Find Max ID of List

Question

I am creating an SP 2013 Workflow with a "Loop" step to delete other list items. This works as I would expect.

Multiple items will be created at the same time (created from submitting a form from another library) so I only want the "Loop" step to run on the item with the Max ID. So, I was going to create an IF Condition of - IF Current Item ID = Max ID in List - then run the Loop otherwise go to next Stage.

I'm struggling with a way to identify in the Workflow what is the current Max ID? Any ideas?

Answer 1

Hi @Allen Xu_MSFT - I did look at that post and I know Laura does some pretty good stuff. For what I was after I thought it just looked like too much work.

What I did do in the end was in InfoPath form that submits the list items, I added an Action Rule to the Submit button to "Set Field Value" of a Text Column to "max(ID)+1 and Queried this Data Connection of the List.

Then in the workflow, I added an Action of "IF Current Item ID=MaxID (from above), run the Loop on this item. Seemed to the trick.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction though!

Answer 2

Hi @Kelly Taggart ,

To loop through multiple SharePoint list items in the workflow, you can use Call HTTP Web Servcie action. Below article covers how to loop through list items, please take a refernence to it: WORKFLOW LOOP THROUGH MULTIPLE SHAREPOINT ITEMS.

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