Re-assign the assign to property

Hi Guys,

I'm curious if there is a simple solution to reassign the assigned to property.

The scenario is, we are not using separate assignments within the workflow, and when an object is "assigned to" someone, that user may be away, we can change that user on the metadata card, however we need a way to re-trigger the object entering the workflow state again. At the moment we manually move to the state that checks for the approver. We would love a simple way to re-assign, has anyone come up with one.

For context, we are using the document sign-off approval workflow that is designed as part of the ISB solutions.

Cheers

Daniel

  • We went for a VAF solution; we had employees fill up leave forms with leave date and time and back to work date and time. We also had them fill who is the substitute for them. VAF would run on every object with "assigned to" exists and not empty condition met, check the assigned user if there is any leave form in a valid period and change that user with his/her substitute from the form.

    I suppose you could do it with property calculator as well... At least, it looks like you can set up the search conditions for it.