Form Approval Process: Best Practices Q&A

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sos Posted: 07-05-2011 9:05 AM

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Q: Where do you find the User Profile serivce?
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Q: Where can we download the Infopath used in this demo?
A: Best to email Laura at laura@sharepoint911.com
Q: Where can we download the InfoPath form used for the Webcast
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Q: Can SPD2010 workflow use hidden list fields?
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Q: When will InfoPath support managed metadata?
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Q: whats one reason where form load in infopath does not work
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Q: What was the address I can email to in order to request a copy of this check request form?
A: laura@sharepoint911.com
Q: I'm still on 2007 so are these things you're doing right now in 2010, are they still pretty similar to 2007?
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Q: what the best practice using infopath and  security? example , if the email send to manager1 to approve, what happen if some other user open up the form by going to the form library
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Q: What is the limti of the InfoPath forms and when we have to switch to Visual Studio for further customization
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Q: What if the user does not meet the deadline?  Do they just get harassing emails until it is finishd or does the workflow fail?
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Q: what has changed in SharePoint 2010 as far as out of the box workflows are concerned (compare to MOSS).  I know MOSS was very limited with out of the box workflows
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Q: What are some best practices for changing InfoPathforms that are in production without breaking existing forms?
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Q: wat would happen if one day has passed by ?
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Q: using infopath option for approval process, how to avoid the first user downloads the xml and get access to all information in the form?
Q: Two question. 1. can i generate a list of all site owners inside a web app? 2. can i generate a list of different types of documents we store in a web app? for example .DOC - 2200, .PPT - 3000 etc
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Q: can i download the deck from somewhere? thanks.
A: It'll be available on our site later and we will email you the archive link tomorrow or Friday as well!
Q: the info path approval form how is that accessed?  In SharePoint?
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Q: I just joined (very late), will this webinar be aviailble on Idear's site?
A: Yes - we will email you with the link when it's ready
Q: Question regards infopath browser form.
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Q: Can one populate a dropdown list based on user input without using a webservice?
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Q: Q for Laura: There is usually some delay involved when firing a workflow until the email is received by approvers. Any suggestion on tuning up SP Server to accelerate this process?
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Q: limitations with OFFICE 365 and workflow - infopath forms??
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Q: Laura are you teaching an Infopath 2010 or SharePoint Designer 2010 class
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Q: well how to change the approval task on hourly basis?
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Q: Is there a workaround for an approver to receive an email if the initial workflow was re-delegated to another user?
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Q: Is there a way to check whether there are validation errors before submitting the form? I would like to disable the submit button if there are validation errors, but the only way I know how to do it is to copy all validation errors (tons of them) into a submit button's formatting rules. This is not only annoying to create, but if one validation rule changes it must be changed in two places...any ideas (especially without code)?
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Q: In the Duraton for task field in the workflow, what happens if the person doesn't complete the task in the specified time frame?
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Q: If I want to build an OffBoard and OnBoard application using sharepoint, do you recommend to use InfoPath Forms since it has a great controls over the forms etc...?
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Q: I thought that in SharePoint Designer 2007 you could customize the emails - how is this different than that?
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Q: looking at the workflow settings, it showed 0 workflows for collecting signatures, even after it was submitted
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Q: might be worthwhile to mention that infopath 2010 is now only available in office plus if i understand the web site properly
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Q: I think I missed this answer, if you assign a workflow to a group, does each member of the group have to respond, or does one response answer for the whole group?
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Q: i am using a windows form, and when opening the infopath form it shows lot of warning messages.. how can turn these off
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Q: this is not a browser based form
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Q: I am new to sharepoint and using 2007. I need to create a new hire checklist worklfow, can out of the box be used for this? I created a document library but where do I go from there?
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Q: How can you add the signatures to infopath?
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Q: you mentioned that the form was read-only. what if the original submitter needed to submit a modified request?
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Q: For infopath forms, does every user need an infopath license or just the form creator?
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Q: does this track who has acccessed a site and what they accessed?
A: Hi - I'll get back to you on this post-webcast
Q: Does the InfoPath approver function work with Sharepoint groups?
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Q: Does the extra bar show up in older versions of Word?
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Q: Does the Collect Signature functionality work with Office 2007 as well?
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Q: Does Collect Signatires work  with office 2003 client. I hav SP2010 enterpise, but some of my users are on office 2003... MOST users are on office 2007
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Q: If i configure a  shareopoint designer reusablle workflow in my QA environment, What are the specific  steps to get a copy of it deployed to production?
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Q: did something happen to the sound again
Q: is SP Enterprise required to render the infopath form in the browser as done in them?
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Q: can you talk a little bit about SP Infopath form libraries and Access databases in 2007? 
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Q: Can you set approval for a SharePoint list at the individual record level? 
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Q: Can you display certain parts of the approved item's metadata in an approval form?
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Q: yeah, i was asking about the task's form
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Q: can this be done in Sharepoint online? WSS?
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Q: can emails be customized for alerts as well
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Q: can document, library, page, list, or other permissions be changed as part of a task process or workflow in 2010?
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Q: I asked earlier but had a BSOD on my laptop so didn't see the answer (if one was given): is it possible in an out-of-the-box workflow or task process or via infopath to change permissions on a document, item, list, library, page, etc.? apologies if this has already been answered but i missed it.
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Q: Can approvals from an infopath form be based on AD manager...For example an employee files out timeoff form and it is set to auto route to manager then to payroll?
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Q: are the signature already stored on the SP server?
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Q: ""InfoPath is Enterprise version only"" - that's if you're doing forms services, right? otherwise, can use the client?
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