Has fit our needs for many years, though it is a pain to have to manage.
August 29, 2019
Has fit our needs for many years, though it is a pain to have to manage.
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
Nintex Workflow for Sharepoint
Overall Satisfaction with Nintex Platform
The output of Nintex-powered workflows is being used by our whole organization, but only a small handful of people actually use the Nintex administration interface. It is primarily used to orchestrate workflows from SharePoint lists and inform department reps of internal changes and staff onboarding.
Pros
- Visual Visio-like workflow designs.
- Dynamic email generation.
- SharePoint list integration.
Cons
- The web-based interface for designing workflows is extremely slow, and often unresponsive.
- Formatting of emails in the WYSIWYG GUI is very difficult. Copy/pasting doesn't work as one would expect, and I often find myself having to edit the raw HTML in order to suss out why certain objects are formatted the way they are.
- Error reporting on why a particular workflow has failed is incredibly difficult to decipher.
- Once our process is in place, it has allowed our workflows to automate a large portion of our daily activities.
- If we ever need to edit our workflows, the act of using Nintex is just cumbersome.
SharePoint Online/O365. Its relevance is becoming less and less important. With newer enterprise-wide tools becoming available, our current workflow processes will likely be redesigned and moved elsewhere.
Users interact with SharePoint lists, which then kick off a series of emails and/or tickets to other non-IT users. Non-IT staff does not administer the Nintex interface.
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