I have a workflow that is working flawlessly on a ...
# suiteflow
n
I have a workflow that is working flawlessly on a custom record (mostly after field edit actions). Now I am getting asked if it is possible to edit from the List and get the same behavior. That doesnt seem like it is possible as nothing is firing on my After Field Edit actions. I've been digging through the help center and I'm concerned I may just be querying incorrectly. Can anyone confirm that it is not possible to fire these type of actions from the List?
k
No - after field edit is client and your list view won't fire off client workflows
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Wait. That might not be true now that I think about it
I don't think after field edit should work - but a before submit might.
Granted - that might have been a before record submit and not a before user submit.
The reason for my confusion there is I think I've done a show message workflow action from a list view
I wouldn't think after field edit would work because you are submitting after each edit as opposed to working with the whole record
Probably the simplest way to check is add a single action to show message after field edit and see if it fires off
n
Thanks for the tip. Sees to work on some fields. Doesnt like dates or time fields at the moment. Continuing to test.
Had to change the formulas to not use the nlapi.... but it works now on beforesubmit. UX is a little clunky as they wont see the results until refresh but there are pros and cons to everything I guess 🙂 🤷‍♂️
k
The context is Xedit - so you can always add an additional step with the different stuff on it so the UI experience is still the preferred method
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