Question

Dynamic hyperlink in SharePoint Designer workflow llokup

Asked by: N03L

I'm trying to do some custom formatting to an e-mail sent from a SPD workflow and I can't get the current item:ID to be presented as a hyperlink to the item in question.
Any thoughts?
I've managed to use a simple anchor tag to show some static text for the hyperlink but I want the item:ID as used in the workflow lookup to be the text in the link and I can't seem to do it.

HELP!!!

<html xmlns:mso="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:msdt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882">
 
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<mso:CustomDocumentProperties>
<mso:PublishingContactPicture msdt:dt="string">, </mso:PublishingContactPicture><mso:PublishingContact msdt:dt="string"></mso:PublishingContact></mso:CustomDocumentProperties></xml><![endif]-->
<body style="position: relative; height: 0px; width: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: large; font-weight: 400; font-family: Calibri; margin: 10px 10px">
 
Thank you for you enquiry. <br>
Your request (<a href="http://servername/sitename/Lists/listname/DispForm.aspx?ID=%listname:ID%">%listname:ID%</a>) has been received and will be logged in the
<a href="http://servername/sitename/Lists/listname/allitems.aspx">
IT ServiceDesk</a> for a technician to asses before you are contacted. <br>
If you have any questions about this process please feel free to contact us. <br>
<br>
IT Services.

                                  
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2009-09-07 at 09:19:54ID24712946
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hyperlink

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Answers

 

by: PillalamarriVenkateswaraRaoPosted on 2009-09-08 at 01:03:22ID: 25279552

" <a href="http://servername/sitename/Lists/listname/DispForm.aspx?ID=%listname:ID%">%listname:ID%</a>) "

In the above tag you are using the List ID as your Hyperlink na !...

Don't mind, can you give me more clear idea on your problem.

Thanks.

 

by: N03LPosted on 2009-09-08 at 01:18:03ID: 25279643

I want to build some automated responses and skills based routing into a list that manages our ServiceDesk calls.
This one is an example of the notification to the end user that the call has been logged and what I'm trying to achieve is a nicely formatted HTML e-mail message with a link to the ServiceDesk list but also a link specifically to the issue that they've raised.
I can do it by adding a simple 'click here' type link but I'd rather get the list itemm ID and present that dynamically.

Hope that helps you to help me.

N03L.

 

by: PillalamarriVenkateswaraRaoPosted on 2009-09-08 at 02:58:36ID: 25280101

Please check the below two images and let me know, is that you are expecting ??

What I was done:

I created a custom list with Title and Description fields.

I started a workflow if a new item is created in the custom list.

I was taken the ID of the new item and redirected that item if we click on the ID in the mail. (First Image is having 3 as item id with hyperlink)

The second image is the item information, after clickin the link in the mail (First Image).

THanks.

 

by: PillalamarriVenkateswaraRaoPosted on 2009-09-08 at 03:00:02ID: 25280110

Possible send me the test message, what you are sending if a person creates a new call.

Thanks

 

by: PillalamarriVenkateswaraRaoPosted on 2009-09-08 at 03:00:50ID: 25280120

Possible send me the test message (screen shot of your mail), what you are sending if a person creates a new call.

Thanks

 

by: N03LPosted on 2009-09-08 at 03:48:23ID: 25280419

That's exactly what I'm hoping to create. But, not only can I not get the formatting of the URL right, but I can't get the HTML to be displayed by Outlook. I've attached a screenshot of what I get delivered to my mailbox.

 

by: PillalamarriVenkateswaraRaoPosted on 2009-09-08 at 03:59:43ID: 25280495

Add [ ] brackets to your look up column as I was done in the below for your URL. Let me the result

<a href=http://servername/sitename/Lists/listname/DispForm.aspx?ID=[%listname:ID%]>[%listname:ID%]</a>

THanks

 

by: PillalamarriVenkateswaraRaoPosted on 2009-09-08 at 04:24:54ID: 25280653

I checked in the outlook also. I attached the image. Please check it once.

THanks.

 

by: N03LPosted on 2009-09-21 at 04:02:59ID: 25381662

Thanks Pillalamarri.
Sorry about the delay in updating. I'm still having problems.
Would you be able to post an edited version of the html that you used to create the e-mail output for your workflow.
As I said, my e-mail is not formatted correctly and I can't get the URL of the list item to appear even with your advice. The [square brackets] made no difference.
I copied the URl structure exactly as you showed and replaced all the relevant aspects but still get [%Quote%20Register:ID%] as the text in the mail.

Thanks again for your help.

N03L.

 

by: N03LPosted on 2009-10-06 at 04:29:16ID: 31625746

Thanks. I took your suggestion and managed to resolve my issue.

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