Workflow activity classes in SharePoint
Provides a summary of the SharePoint workflow activity classes that are available in SharePoint.
The palette of activity classes has been revised for SharePoint. Table 1 lists the current catalog of 49 available activities grouped by their respective activity categories.
Note
SharePoint 2010 workflows have been retired since August 1, 2020 for new tenants and removed from existing tenants on November 1, 2020. If you’re using SharePoint 2010 workflows, we recommend migrating to Power Automate or other supported solutions. For more info, see SharePoint 2010 workflow retirement.
Workflow activity classes available in SharePoint
Table 1. Workflow activity classes
| Activity | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CreatedBy | Condition | Returns whether current item was created by specified user. |
| CreatedInRange | Condition | Returns whether current item was created in specified date range. |
| ModifiedBy | Condition | Returns whether current item was modified by specified user. |
| ModifiedInRange | Condition | Returns whether current item was modified in specified date range. |
| WordsInTitle | Condition | Returns whether specified keywords are present in the title of the current item. |
| WorkflowInterop | Coordination | Starts a SharePoint 2010 workflow (Windows Workflow Foundation 3.5). |
| WaitForCustomEvent | Event | Waits for a custom event to be sent in to the workflow. |
| WaitForFieldChange | Event | Waits for specified field to change to specified value on the specified list item. |
| WaitForItemEvent | Event | Waits for specified event to happen on specified list item. |
| CheckInItem | List | Checks in the specified list item. |
| CheckOutItem | List | Checks out the specified list item. |
| CopyItem | List | Copies the specified file item to the specified document library. Does not apply to non-file-list items. |
| CreateListItem | List | Creates a list item. |
| DeleteListItem | List | Deletes a list item. |
| LookupSPList | List | Returns information about the list that corresponds to the specified list ID. |
| LookupSPListItem | List | Returns properties of the specified list item. |
| LookupSPListItemBooleanProperty | List | Returns value of specified list item property as Boolean. |
| LookupSPListItemDateTimeProperty | List | Returns value of specified list item property as DateTime. |
| LookupSPListItemDoubleProperty | List | Returns value of specified list item property as Double. |
| LookupSPListItemDynamicValueProperty | List | Returns value of specified list item property as DynamicValue. |
| LookupSPListItemGuid | List | Returns GUID property of the first list item that matches specified filter criteria of property name and property value. |
| LookupSPListItemInt32Property | List | Returns value of specified list item property as Int32. |
| LookupSPListItemProperty | List | Returns value of specified list item property as Object. |
| LookupSPListItemStringProperty | List | Returns value of specified list item property as String. |
| LookupSPListProperty | List | Returns list properties as DynamicValue. |
| UndoCheckOutItem | List | Undoes checkout of the specified list item. |
| UpdateListItem | List | Updates a list item. |
| CompositeTask | Task | Runs a task process - assigns multiple tasks to multiple people in series or parallel, waits for tasks to complete, and calculates aggregate outcome. |
| SingleTask | Task | Runs a simple task process - assigns a single task to a single person or a group, waits for the task to complete. |
| ExpandGroupToUsers | User | Returns a collection of LoginNames of users who are members of a specified SharePoint group principal. |
| IsValidUser | User | Checks whether specified User Principal ID represents a valid SharePoint user. |
| LookupSPGroup | User | Returns information about an SP group that corresponds to the specified principal id. |
| LookupSPGroupMembers | User | Returns collection of information about each member of a group. |
| LookupSPPrincipal | User | Returns information about an SP Principal (Principal represents a user or a group in SharePoint that can be assigned permissions). |
| LookupSPPrincipalId | User | Returns Principal ID that corresponds to a specified user name. |
| LookupSPPrincipalProperty | User | Returns value of a specified property of a specified SP Principal. |
| LookupSPUser | User | Returns information about a user that corresponds to the specified principal ID. |
| LookupSPUserProperty | User | Returns value of a specified property of the user that corresponds to specified SP Principal. |
| Utility | Sends an email message to SharePoint site users. | |
| GetCurrentItemGuid | Utility | Returns GUID property of SharePoint List Item on which the workflow instance is running. |
| GetCurrentListId | Utility | Returns ID property of SharePoint list on which the workflow instance is running. |
| GetHistoryListId | Utility | Returns ID of the history list of a workflow instance, if a history list is specified for the workflow association. |
| GetTaskListId | Utility | Returns ID of the task list of a workflow instance, if a history list is specified for the workflow association. |
| LookupWorkflowContextProperty | Utility | Returns value of specified workflow context property. |
| SetField | Utility | Sets a field on current item. |
| SetWorkflowStatus | Utility | Sets specified text as status on specified field on current list item. Allows the workflow to set the value of any string field of a list item as "workflow status." |
| TranslateDocument | Utility | Creates a translated copy of specified document in a specified document library using SharePoint Translation Services. |
| WebUri | Utility | Returns absolute URI of the SP web that contains the workflow. |
| WriteToHistory | Utility | Writes specified comment to history list. |