Start a SharePoint 2010 Workflow from SharePoint 2013 Workflow

Since a number of "Actions" have been deprecated in the SharePoint 2013 Workflow platform.To accommodate legacy workflows you can use Coordination Actions.

Coordination Actions can be used to start a List workflow or a Site workflow that has been built by using the SharePoint 2010 Workflow platform.

There are two Coordination Actions added:

• Start a List Workflow: Used to start a workflow developed for a specific list in SharePoint 2010 Workflow platform.
• Start a Site Workflow: Used to start a workflow developed for the site in SharePoint 2010 Workflow platform.

Figure: Start a List Workflow coordination action

The three editable regions are:

• SharePoint 2010 list workflow Select the 2010 workflow to start.
• parameters Parameters to send to the 2010 workflow.
• this item The item which the 2010 workflow should be run on.

Please Note - The coordination actions only support starting a workflow based on the SharePoint 2010 Workflow platform from a workflow based on the SharePoint 2013 Workflow platform. Starting a workflow built on the SharePoint 2013 Workflow platform from within a workflow built on the same platform is not supported.