Manage workflows (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

Published: May 12, 2010

You can modify the configuration settings for existing workflow associations, cancel running workflows, remove workflow associations, and uninstall or delete workflows from your site.

In this section:

• Activate or deactivate a workflow (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

  Workflows that are deployed as a feature package must be activated to be available to use on lists, libraries, content types, or sites. This article describes how to activate or deactivate a workflow that has been deployed as a feature package.

• Add a workflow association (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

  Before a workflow can be run, it must be associated with a list, library, content type, or site. This article describes how to associate a workflow template with a list, library, content type, or site.

• Modify a workflow association (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

  This article describes how to modify the configurable options that are available for most for workflow associations.

• Remove a workflow association (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

  Workflow templates must be associated with a list, library, content type, or site before it can be run. This article describes how to disassociate a workflow template from a list, library, content type, or site.

• Start a workflow instance (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

  Workflows can be configured to start when a particular event occurs or can be started manually by a user. This article describes how to start a workflow manually.

• Cancel or terminate a workflow instance (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

  If you do not want an instance of a workflow to complete you can cancel the workflow. You can terminate a workflow that cannot be cancelled either because it does not support cancellation or because the workflow has stopped responding. This article describes how to cancel or terminate a workflow.

• Uninstall a workflow (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

  This article describes how to uninstall a workflow that is deployed as a feature.

• Delete a SharePoint Designer workflow (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

  This article describes how to delete a workflow that was deployed using SharePoint Designer.