Workflow Custom Activity / Set

Hi,
I followed the guidelines from "Create a Logging Custom Activity and Deploy it to the FIM Portal"
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff859524.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
and it worked fine with a workflow MPR. I can see the type of the operation performed and the resource attributes that changed.
Now, when I use it on a Set MPR I don´t have the same information. Should I use a workflow MPR for that? I mean to know if a resource in that set had an attribute value change?
Many, many thanks,
DD

The custom logging activity uses a request MPR to fire the logging workflow upon an attribute update. You can use a set transition MPR to fire workflows when a resource transitions into or out of a set.
Cheers,
Tom Houston, UK Identity Management Practice

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CurrentRequestActivity Class has a property called
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Hi,
Here is a workaround for your reference:
We can develop a custom WCF service instead of the Custom Activity in SharePoint. And then use the service from workflow. It use a separate dedicated server for workflow without having any reference to SharePoint DLLs from inside workflow.
Here is a similar thread for your reference:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/systemcenter/en-US/d462ca07-9861-4133-948a-fc9771306cb1/custom-workflow-how-to-go-from-single-server-to-multiple?forum=sharepointdevelopment
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Best regards Lars Kohsel

Hi,
As the error still occur when you create a simple workflow in the original project, maybe some configurations have been changed in the project.
You can check with the new created project whether there are some difference configurations in the project.
There is a similar article for your reference.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cliffgreen/archive/2013/03/11/sharepoint-2013-workflow-deployment-errors.aspx
What’s more, you can also copy your original project code to the new project, then check whether it works.
If it works, the we can use the new project instead of the original project.
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Does anybody know sharepoint 2013 designer workflow custom sendemail activity. Current OOB sendemail action from designer workflow cancels the entire workflow when sendemail fails.
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Hi Amit,
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http://www.sharepoint-reference.com/Blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=37
I hope this helps.
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Hi experts,
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Hi,
I have just checked my SICF settings and found that we have not actually activated those services at all and our NWBC sessions work fine now.
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Simon
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2. You may need to add root cert of your SSL certificate to Central Admin->Security->Manage Trusts.
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http://blog.brainlitter.com/2010/08/02/resolution-for-sharepoint-designer-2010-data-source-non-specific-error/.
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If above does not help resolved your issue, you may consider to open a support ticket with Microsoft -
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?id=fh;en-us;offerprophone
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db\wf\java;C:\PROGRA~1\Oracle\jre\1.1.8\lib\rt.jar;e:\Ora9idb\wf\java;e:\Ora9i
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i.jar;e:\Ora9idb\jdbc\lib\classes111.zip;e:\Ora9idb\jlib\share.jar;e:\Ora9idb\
ib\ewt3.jar;e:\Ora9idb\jlib\ewt3-nls.jar;e:\Ora9idb\jlib\swingall-1_1_1.jar;"
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T
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on
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at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.WFFALsnr.main(WFFALsnr.java)
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