Item: Lightning Tools Actions
Rating: 10
Author: steve patterson

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We run our business on SharePoint online and Office 365. Creating forms and actions with the out-of-the-box SharePoint tools left a lot to be desired. After migrating all my InfoPath forms I needed a better solution. Lightning Tools List Actions allows us to carry out workflow at the list level rather than drilling down into each list item. We like the way the list actions can be tailored to only certain user groups and/or limited to one item or many. This is a very handy tool and we are always finding new ways to use this in our busy SharePoint environment. The folks at Lightning Tools are always very responsive to any support issues my team may have. I appreciate that these days.

Pros and Cons

Allow for workflow actions to be executed at the view level.
Has a full range of available tools. It's not just email for an approval.
Super easy to use and configure.

Return on Investment

I have looked at every competitor out there and this tool plus the Forms designer is very affordable. It has become an integral part of our business.

Alternatives Considered

Lightning Tools Lightning Forms

Key Insights

Do you think Lightning Tools Actions delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Lightning Tools Actions's feature set?

Yes

Did Lightning Tools Actions live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Lightning Tools Actions go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Lightning Tools Actions again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365), Azure SQL Database, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, OpenText Fax2Mail, Adobe Acrobat DC, Nintex Promapp®

Likelihood to Recommend

We use SharePoint to manage over 100 legal litigation cases. We also use SharePoint for all of our internal billing and time keeping. There is great need for different SharePoint sites to be able to have access to other lists and data sources. List Actions provides an easy-to-use interface that we use to implement file copies between sites, workflow tracking of medical records through our medical collections department, send out medical record requests using the enhanced SendMail options. We have automated many tasks that used to take up considerable time and were error-prone. Having the logic of a workflow with all the steps carried out with a click of a button is great. Plus it is very fast.

Lightning Tools strikes again with a great new product offering.

Overall Satisfaction with Lightning Tools List Actions