Nintex workflows:
Nintex is more user-friendly with its graphical
drag-and-drop components, and it can be accessed and edited directly from a
SharePoint list or library.
Pros:
·
Drag and Drop Browser
Based Designer: - Simple and intuitive drag and drop interface directly within
the browser, no need to install additional desktop products or acquire
additional licenses (Visio for SPD Drag & Drop).
·
Available actions: –
additional PS actions (Query PSI, Publish, Update Properties, Change EPT) and
over a hundred other actions including list manipulation, external integration,
provisioning, logic and flow, tasks etc. All of which are simple to configure
and to design
·
Core features: – Things
like Lazy Approval (reply to approvals via email), Workflow visualizations,
scheduled workflows, constants, and delegation etc., all out of the box.
·
Versioning:- Nintex
handles versioning of workflow definitions very well
·
Social:- supports
(yammer, twitter, facebook) and other LOB integration capabilities
·
Nintex Workflow provides
greater efficiency and lower administrative costs.
Cons:
·
Nintex is fully
integrated with SharePoint. This means that Nintex is tied to the limitations
of windows workflow
·
No
debugging in development environment.
·
Larger workflows will
take longer when publishing or running for the first time.
·
Exported Nintex workflows
whose file size is larger than 500-600KB may start to cause performance issues
Nintex Features:
1. Design, Deploy, and Manage
Everything from within SharePoint
Ø Start in SharePoint, stay in
SharePoint while designing
Ø Draw and configure at the same time
2. Easy to Learn, Master, and Use
Ø Easy drag-and-drop graphical
designer
Ø One ribbon to set everything in an
action
Ø Lazy Approval™ lets you complete a
task with an email reply (even via mobile email)
3. Track and Analyze Everything
Ø Workflow progress & performance
statistics
Ø Step-by-step profiling
Ø Complete audit trail - Audit
completions & cancellations
4. Easy Work Reuse
Ø Can easily import/export workflows
and parts of workflows (easily migrate from Dev to QA to Production)
5.
Real-World
Workflow Logic
Ø
Loops
Ø
ForEach
Iterations
Ø
State
Machines
Ø
Switches
Ø
Conditional
start rules
Ø
Scheduled
workflows
6.
Reach
More SharePoint Functions, External Applications (Most are Enterprise only)
Ø
Word
& Excel Services
Ø
User
Profiles
Ø
Business
Connectivity Services
Ø
Exchange
Server
Ø
Windows
Server Active Directory
Ø
Microsoft
CRM
Ø
And
Many More
7.
What Nintex Adds to SharePoint Workflow
Ø Graphical designer
Ø 100+ actions
Ø Management tools
Ø 20 Pre-built WF Templates
Ø Makes it truly easy and powerful
Ø Lets it model “real” work
This tool
can be used by anyone from an admin assistant, to an experienced developer (and
anyone in-between)
Workflow Interaction with
SharePoint:
Ø Lazy Approval
Ø Approving, Rejecting and Reviewing
Items
Ø Configuring Chart Viewer Webpart and
Report Viewer Webpart
Ø Delegating Approval tasks
Ø InfoPath forms
Ø Manage workflow change approval and
workflow history
Ø Reusable workflows
Ø Scheduling workflows
Ø Viewing workflow status
In (Brief) Summary…
Nintex Can:
v Implement “real” workflow logic
without code
v Save and reuse pieces of one
workflow in another
v Change a workflow without returning
to one or more extra apps
v Start
workflows based on conditions
v See
all workflow activity across multiple sites
v See
which users have the heaviest workloads
v Put
workflow changes though an approval process
v Approve
requests/complete tasks while offline
v Complete
tasks from a mobile device without development
v Change
a workflow without returning to one or more extra apps
v Keep
your workflow from looking like a code flowchart
v Save
and reuse pieces of one workflow in another
v Schedule
workflows
v Reach
out to external data or SharePoint service apps
v Design
workflows quickly and easily
v Offer
workflow to everyone
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