Retrieve List Item activity

An activity that gets list item field values to update your process variables.


Retrieve List Item activity

Configure the Retrieve List Item activity

To configure the Retrieve List Item activity, do the procedure in this topic.

Examples

Good to Know

How to Start

  1. Open Process Builder.

    For information about how to open this screen, refer to Process Builder.


    Open Process Builder
  2. In Process Builder, in the Activity Library, and open the SharePoint tab.

    Open SharePoint tab
  3. On the SharePoint tab, drag the Retrieve List Item activity onto your process.

    Drag Retrieve List Item activity

General Configuration

Specifies the basic settings for the Retrieve List Item activity.

Figure: General Configuration screen

General Configuration screen

Good to Know

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

Fields

Field NameDefinition

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

Retrieve List Item Configuration > Configuration tab

Specifies how to retrieve list item field values to update your process data variables.

Figure: Retrieve List Item Configuration > Configuration tab

Retrieve List Item Configuration Configuration tab

Fields

Field NameDefinition

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:

Create Add Token icon

Opens this Screen:
Access Token for SharePoint
Function of this Screen:
Configure an access token to connect to SharePoint.
Example:
Refer to:

Site

Description:
Specifies the URL for your SharePoint site.
Allowed Values:
A valid SharePoint site URL.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Variables:
Yes
Example:

List

Description:
Specifies the name of your SharePoint list.
Allowed Values:
The name of your SharePoint list.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Variables:
Yes
Example:
Refer to:

List Field Name

Description:
Specifies the name of a SharePoint list column.
Allowed Values:
Read only.

"ID", the list column that specifies the unique list item ID.

List Item Field Value

Description:
Specifies the SharePoint list column's value.

This value can be used as a filter to limit the scope of the action.

Allowed Values:
The list column's value.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Variables:
Yes
Limitations:

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Retrieve List Item Configuration > SharePoint List tab

Specifies how to update process data variables with values from a SharePoint list.

Figure: Retrieve List Item Configuration > SharePoint List tab

Retrieve List Item Configuration SharePoint List tab

Fields

Field NameDefinition

Display Name

Description:
Specifies the name of the SharePoint library column.
Allowed Values:
Read only.

Internal Value

Description:
Specifies the value of the SharePoint list column.
Allowed Values:
Read only.

Field Display Name

Description:
Specifies the SharePoint column names for your list or library.
Allowed Values:
Read only.

The values show when you select a list item.

Field Internal Value

Description:
Specifies the internal names of the SharePoint columns for your list or library.
Allowed Values:
Read only.

The values show when you select a list item

Meta Data Name

Description:
The name of the process data variable to store the list item field values. The values can be changed to a process attribute, an XML schema element, or SharePoint variable.
Allowed Values:
  • A process attribute.
  • An Xpath to a schema element.

    To add XML metadata associated with the process model, click the button in the MetaData Name field.

  • SharePoint metadata.
  • The URI for one or more files.

    You can attach one or more files separated by semicolons (;) using:

    • Local file path - c:\[path]\[file name]
    • URL - http://[URL]/[file name]
Default Value:
None.

When you add a field, the Meta Data Name column shows the internal name of the SharePoint column.

Accepts Variables:
Yes

Filter Filter icon

Function:
Shows the items in the list based on the values you enter.
To Open this Field:
  1. Click Filter Filter icon.
  2. On the filter screen, select your operator.
  3. Enter the values to show in your list.
Allowed Values:
  • Is equal to
  • Is not equal to
  • Starts with
  • Contains
  • Does not contain
  • Ends with
Default Value:
Is equal to