Creating a Workflow-Based Application in SharePoint Designer 2010

Although Chapter 28 provides an introduction to the basic types of workflows available in SharePoint 2010 and covers some of the capabilities of SharePoint Designer 2010 when working with workflows, this section takes the process further and covers the creation of a basic application that involves multiple lists and a customized workflow that creates a new item in a new list and leverages lookup columns.

The following instructions describe the process of creating a workflow that interacts with multiple SharePoint lists when items are created and modified. The workflow is based on three lists: a Region list, a Sales Lead list, and a Customer list. When a user marks a sales lead ...

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