Popup alert with workflows or processes ?

Question

Hi,

is it possible to create a popup alert (javascript type) when a workflow or process definition is triggered ? Instead of sending an email...

Example, a user create a meeting on a saturday. I want to alert him that we can't create meetings on saturdays.

Thanks,

Jonathan

Jonathan Houle · Accepted Answer

You should do that through a custom validation task. Bear in mind that Workflow and Processes are primarily server based, meaning they run in the background and don't typically provide feedback to the user (other than through an email sent in the background).

A validation task, however, could be triggered the moment that the user clicks the Save button. Thus, in your example, the user would click the Save button and immediately receive the warning. It could even prevent the Save from occurring. If you wanted to, you could also make it such that the check is performed the moment that the user changes the date value.