Reed Carr
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Without going into the technical detail; the previous value made available in conditional start is actually the current value just before any updates are made to the item. When the item is updated, we lose the ability to get the value prior to the update.
To restate the workaround as indicated in the idea; create an additional column in the list or library and update this with the current value of the column of interest. Then when the actual column is updated, the previous value is still available in the additional column. Of course one need not make this additional column visible in the view or Form so the users are not confused.
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One note, we got around this by having our users with design permissions go to Site Settings and use the Scheduled Workflows link in the Nintex Workflow section.
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Good suggestion Nicole. I will add this suggestion to the backlog as we are starting the List Lookup control for Universal Forms.
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Jon Hardy - This isn't making any sense. If the value is gone once the item is updates, and workflows that run when items are updated can detect the "previous value" even if the value changed during edit, then why are the values not available during workflow actions in addition to workflow initiation? Put another way. If the workflow initiation condition can evaluate after the value has changed, why can't conditions evaluate based on the same value(s) after workflow initiation? Many of the business processes I work on need this for not just 1 or two field, but dozens. It would be a huge value add to be able to access that data. Please add it to the path!