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I had an issue where the Administration reports in Central admin didn't work for my Nintex Workflow environment. Thanks to Peter D on Nintex Connect I was able to fix this issue. Here is what had to be done: You have to add the following lines in you Web.Config file under "Safecontrols": <SafeControl Assembly="Nintex.Workflow.ServerControls, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=913f6bae0ca5ae12" Namespace="Nintex.Workflow.ServerControls" TypeName="*" Safe="True" />       <SafeControl Assembly="Nintex.Workflow.ServerControls, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=913f6bae0ca5ae12" Namespace="Nintex.Workflow.ServerControls.WebParts" TypeName="*" Safe="True" /> Now the Administration Reports will work in Central Admin.

To see if the XOML file is created by Nintex for a workflow you can use the following URL: http[s]://[servername]/[pathToSite]/[siteName]/NintexWorkflows For more info check: http://mmman.itgroove.net/2012/05/nintex-workflow-2010-server-was-unable-to-process-request-the-file-filename-xoml-is-not-checked-out/

Nintex has a step to step manual on how to upgrade your Nintex Workflow 2013 environment. See link below: http://nintexdownload.com/sl/supportfiles/NW2013_version_history.pdf

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In college (HBO) I did a project with a few classmates where we had to build a machine that could let a ball float at a certain height. We used different electronics to measure how high the ball was floating in the tube, but never did it really work. Then we discovered Lego Mindstormers, a great set of tools. Lego mindstormers has a lot of great tools which we normally use in school to build some robot. This time we used the camera to register the height of the ball. This worked really well especially because you can hook it up directly to the computer. With the information we got from the camera we could adjust the speed of the fan to make sure the ball was at the right height. Why i'm telling this story you might ask, well today I came across a project where they also use Lego Mindstormers. This time it's not to regulate the height of a ball but to copy a DRM protected E-book from amazon. See the video below. The first time I laughed I thought who has so much spare t...

You want to know if your workflow succeeded? Just add Workflow%20History at the end of your list or library URL. For example: http://[servername]/[sitename]/lists/Workflow%20History. You will then be able to see: The status of the workflow The logging of the workflow Date Time it took User-Id It can be very useful when trying to find out what is going wrong with the workflow. 

I have a dutch version of SharePoint designer 2013 and it seems that they made a mistake: They inserted the same text twice but the function behind the checkbox does work correct. I find this really strange, it says: Start Workflow automatically as soon as an item is made Start Workflow automatically as soon as an item is made (when item has changed)