Allow variables in Workflows

[Adam_W (Adam Wilson)]

When creating a workflow, you need to specify the exact item you want it to involve. This is pretty restrictive when setting up the workflow alone, however, the notifications option also doesn’t allow you to specify the wildcard of whomever is in a People column, just specific individuals.

This came up as I was looking for a variable for the “Time period” automation:

Controlling when an update is sent?

Thanks, George! This would work well if the if the workflow supported similar variables to the automations. Unless I’m missing something (definitely possible!), we can’t set this to monitor all items, nor have it notify the {owner} of an item. You have to configure each item and person individually. I might have to file a feature request.