Microsoft® SharePoint® Designer 2010 Unleashed

Testing the Workflow Management List

Now that you’ve created and published the reusable workflow, you validate the workflow by associating it with a list, or library, containing one of the content types defined in the WF Management list. If you recall, the list referred to at the beginning of the previous exercise included three out-of-the-box content types: Document, Announcement, and Item. In the following test, I created a new list based on the out-of-the-box Announcements list template that, by default, uses the Announcement content type.

Note

Ensure that outgoing email settings are configured in SharePoint Central Administration and that the user accounts you are using throughout the workflow are configured with email addresses.

To associate ...