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490 Appendix A SharePoint Designer Workflow Conditions and Actions
Utility Actions
A new category in SharePoint 2010. It is available on sites created using SharePoint
Server and SharePoint Foundation. The extract substring actions replace the SharePoint
Designer 2007 Build Dynamic String core action. The default utility actions are listed in
Table A-8.
Table A-8 Utility Actions
Action
* New in SharePoint 2010.
Extract Substring from End
of String*
Extract Substring from Index
of String*
Extract Substring from Start
of String*
Extract Substring of String
from Index with Length*
Description
Allows you to retrieve a part of a string, starting at the end.
Allows you to retrieve a part of a string, starting at a specific
position.
Allows you to retrieve a part of a string, starting at the
beginning.
Allows you to retrieve a part of a string of limited length,
starting at a specific position.
Find Interval Between Dates* Allows you to find an interval consisting of minutes, hours, or
days between two dates.