New Site Collection activity

An activity that creates a SharePoint site collection.

Configure the New Site Collection activity

To configure the New Site Collection activity, do the procedure in this topic.

Examples

(Example) Create a SharePoint Access Token

Good to Know

To send an email notification, click Advanced > Email Notifications .
For more information, refer to Email Notifications screen (Process Activities).
In most text fields, you can use process data variables as an alternative to literal data values.
You can configure whether this activity waits for other activities before it runs.
For more information, refer to How Do I Configure an Activity to Wait for Other Incoming Activities?
This section shows the configuration settings on the configuration screens for this activity. Other configuration settings apply to system activities. For more information, refer to:
Some information about third-party integrations is outside the scope of the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation. It is the responsibility of the vendors who create and maintain these technologies to provide this information. This includes specific business use cases and examples; explanations for third-party concepts; details about the data models and input and output data formats for third-party technologies; and various types of IDs, URL patterns, connection string formats, or other technical information that is specific to the third-party technologies. For more information, refer to Where Can I Find Information and Examples for Third-Party Integrations?

How to Start

Open Process Builder.
For information about how to open this screen, refer to Process Builder.
In Process Builder, in the Activity Library, and open the SharePoint tab.
On the SharePoint tab, drag the New Site Collection activity onto your process.

General Configuration

Specifies the basic settings for the New Site Collection activity.

Good to Know

Documentation for this screen is provided for completeness. The fields are mostly self-explanatory.

Fields

Field Name	Definition
Display Name	Description: Specifies the activity name that shows in your process. Allowed Values: One line of text (a string). Accepted: Letters Numbers Spaces Default Value: None Accepts Variables: No Example: This is a common configuration field that is used in many examples. Refer to: Examples - Step-by-step use case examples, information about what types of examples are provided in the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation, and other resources where you can find more examples.
Description	Description: Specifies an optional text description for your activity. Allowed Values: More than one line of text. Default Value: None Accepts Variables: No

Field Name

Definition

Display Name

Description:

Specifies the activity name that shows in your process.

Allowed Values:

One line of text (a string).

Accepted:

Letters
Numbers
Spaces

Default Value:

None

Accepts Variables:

Example:

This is a common configuration field that is used in many examples. Refer to:

Examples - Step-by-step use case examples, information about what types of examples are provided in the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation, and other resources where you can find more examples.

Description

Description:: Specifies an optional text description for your activity.
Allowed Values:: More than one line of text.
Default Value:: None
Accepts Variables:: No

New Site Collection Configuration

Specifies the details for your SharePoint site collection.

Fields

Field Name	Definition
Central Administration URL	Description: Specifies the URL of the SharePoint central administration site. Using this site, you can control and manage all SharePoint sites. Allowed Values: A valid SharePoint central administration site URL. Default Value: None Accepts Variables: No
Create	Opens this Screen: Access Token for SharePoint Function of this Screen: Configure an access token to connect to SharePoint. Example: Refer to: (Example) Create a SharePoint Access Token
SharePoint	Description: Specifies the access token that connects to your SharePoint site. Allowed Values: A list of access tokens configured for your environment. Default Value: None Accepts Variables: No Example: Refer to: (Example) Configure a Create List Item Activity to Put the Leave Information in the SharePoint List (External) Form Based Apps – SharePoint Data Source (Example) Create a SharePoint Access Token Limitations: OAuth 2.0 authentication is not supported for this activity.
Locale	Description: Specifies the locale for the new SharePoint site. A locale identifies the language used in a particular region or country . Allowed Values: A list of locales. Default Value: English (United States) Accepts Variables: No
Site Collection Template	Description: Specifies the name of the SharePoint site template that is used to create the new SharePoint site or site collection. Allowed Values: The name of a SharePoint site template. Default Value: Team Site Accepts Variables: No
Relative Site URL	Description: Specifies the URL for your SharePoint site. Allowed Values: A valid SharePoint site URL. Default Value: None Accepts Variables: Yes Example: http://[machine name]:[port]/sites/[site name] Note: You must include the /sites in the Site URL for the site to be created successfully. (External) Form Based Apps – SharePoint Data Source
Site Title	Description: Specifies the title for the new SharePoint site or site collection. Allowed Values: One line of text (a string). Not Accepted: Spaces Default Value: None Accepts Variables: Yes
Overwrite Site	Description: Specifies if the activity overwrites the site if it already exists at the location where the new site is to be created. Allowed Values: Deselected - The activity does not overwrite an existing SharePoint site. Note: If you specify False when a site or site collection already exists, then SharePoint does not change. The process stops the activity and updates the process variables specified in the SaveErrorMessageTo and SaveStatusTo properties. Selected - The activity overwrites an existing SharePoint site. Default Value: Deselected
Store Site Collection URL in Process Attribute	Description: Specifies the process data variable that stores the site collection URL. Allowed Values: A process data variable that accepts a URL. Default Value: None Accepts Variables: Yes

New Site Collection Owner Information Configuration

Specifies the owner details for your SharePoint site collection.

Fields

Field Name	Definition
Owner Login ID	Description: Specifies the user name of the owner of the SharePoint site collection. Allowed Values: A user name, with the domain name, in this format: [domain name]\[user name] Default Value: None Accepts Variables: Yes Example: MyDomain\Administrator
Owner Email ID	Description: Specifies the e-mail address of the owner of the SharePoint site collection. Allowed Values: One line of text (a string) in email address format. Default Value: None Accepts Variables: Yes
Owner Display Name	Description: Specifies the name to show for the owner of the SharePoint site collection. Allowed Values: One line of text (a string). Accepted: Letters Numbers Spaces Default Value: None Accepts Variables: Yes