SPD: Get account details of workflow initiator

By default, SharePoint Designer (2007) doesn’t allow you to retrieve the
details of the user who started / initiated a workflow.  The only option
available using OOB workflow activities is to get the user who created the list
item or to retrieve the user who last modified the list item, which in most
cases will be the user who initiated the workflow, but not all.

To retrieve the account details of the user who triggered the workflow, you can
create or modify a separate list item, then retrieve the account details of the
item from either the Created By field or the Modified By field.  As the
workflow runs using the credentials of the user who initiated the workflow, when
an item is created or modified by the workflow it will be done using the account
of the workflow initiator.

For more information, see SPD Workflow: Get account details of the user who initiated the workflow.

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  3. gualetar says on March 22nd, 2010 at 10:04 am :

    The subject is fully clear but why does the text lack clarity? But in general your blog is great.

  4. Master-SharePoint says on March 26th, 2010 at 5:56 am :

    Hi gualetar,

    As there is no activity to get account details (domain\login) of the user who initiated a workflow created using SharePoint Designer, the article explains how to use the “Modified by” field of a separate list item modified by the workflow. As the worklfow runs as the user who initiated it, when the list item is modified, the “Modified By” field will contain the user who initiated the workflow.

    Hope this helps.