Duplicate or split workflow.note

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works for the same site as well.

Steps 3, 4 and 5 are important else you will get this error: This workflow cannot be imported because it was

created in SharePoint Designer for a different site, or the original workflow has been moved or deleted…

Duplicate / split workflow

Open the site you want to copy the workflow from and click Workflows under Site Objects from the left

navigation

Select the workflow and click Export to Visio from the designer ribbon to save the file. Note that the

default file extension is .vwi

Locate the exported file and change its extension from .vwi to .zip

Open the .zip file and remove workflow.xoml.wfconfig.xml file

rename .zip file back to .vwi

Now open the new site (or same site) where you want to move the workflow and click Workflows under

Site Objects

Click Import from Visio; browse to select the file and click Next (The wizard will ask you to associate the

workflow with a new list of this site)

Select the list name from the drop down list and click Finish. Note that you can change the name of the

workflow at this step if you with. Also, you may have to update the workflow to associate previously used

field names if there were any used.

Click Save to complete the move.

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