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254 Chapter 8 Understanding Workflows<br />

workflow editor, depending on your permission level and whether the SharePoint server<br />

administrator has enabled user-defined workflows through the SharePoint 2010 Central<br />

Administration site.<br />

See Also For a list of steps that a SharePoint administrator can use to create a site collection,<br />

see Appendix C on page 503.<br />

You create a workflow in Backstage view or on the site settings page. Click List Workflow<br />

or Reusable Workflow on the Site tab, or click Workflows in the Navigation pane, and<br />

then use the ribbon.<br />

The following type of workflows can be created by using SharePoint Designer:<br />

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List workflow Allows you to create a workflow process that is attached to a single<br />

list or library within the site. This is the only type of workflow you can create in<br />

SharePoint Designer 2007, and it will still probably be the most popular type in<br />

SharePoint Designer 2010.<br />

Reusable workflow Allows you to create a workflow template that can be attached<br />

to a content type. Workflows of this type can be used in different lists or libraries.<br />

Site workflow Allows you to create a workflow process that operates on the sitelevel<br />

context itself.<br />

Import Visio workflow Allows you to import and export workflow processes between<br />

Visio Premium 2010 and SharePoint Designer 2010.<br />

In this exercise, you create a list workflow in SharePoint Designer and associate it with a<br />

specific library.<br />

SET UP Using SharePoint Designer, open the site you created from the<br />

SBSSPDPracticeSite_Starter.wsp practice file.<br />

1. On the Site tab, click List Workflow in the New group, and then click a document<br />

library, such as JobApplication, where you’d like to create a list workflow.<br />

List Workflow<br />

Troubleshooting If you cannot see your list or library in the drop-down list, click the<br />

Refresh icon on the Quick Access Toolbar. If your list or library still does not appear,<br />

check that you have opened the correct site in SharePoint Designer.

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