A workflow creates an item but doesn't start another list workflow on that new vreated item

Question

Scenario is as follows: I have a Workflow A (starts manually) and a Worklow B (starts when item is created). First I create an item in the list after that I start worklow A manually on that item and of course workflow B is already running on that item. Workflow
A creates a new item in the same list. Unfortunately workflow B doesn't start on the newly created item.
What I've found out so far is, the problem is connected to the actions you use in workflow B. If I'm not using actions like 'Update List Item' or 'Set Field In Current Item' the worklflow starts.
Any suggestions?
best
Matthias

Answer 1

Hi Matthias,
According to your post, my understanding is that you wanted to start the Workflow B to perform some actions like ”Update List item” or “Set Field in Current Item” on the newly created item which is created
by Workflow A in the same list.
The reason of the problem which you have found is that the automatically started Workflow B executed faster than the manually started Workflow A.
Therefore, the Workflow B can’t be triggered automatically because the action
“Update List Item” or
“Set Field in Current Item”
cannot be executed when the new item hasn’t been created completely.
So, I recommend that you can add the “Pause for Duration” action to pause for
one minute before the actions of “Update List Item” and “Set Field in Current Item” in the Workflow B.
The Workflow B is shown as below:
Best Regards,
Victoria
Victoria Xia
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