Deleting SharePoint survey results on daily bases

Question

I have created a survey where users can indicate which sandwich they want to eat for lunch. Now I want the results to be deleted on a daily bases. Is this possible? I can't seem to find any options to set a workflow to delete every option at a certain time. I am using SharePoint server 2013.

Thanks !

Kevin

Answer 1

If you create a site workflow then this can be scheduled to run at a certain time and can delete the items in your list.

A list based workflow would probably have to pause until a certain time and then delete the items when it wakes up.

Alternatively you could possibly set a policy on the list to delete items older than a certain age?

Answer 2

No, I think that is not possible OOTB.

Possible options:

• You could create a timerjob to delete the old files
• A scheduled console tool that deletes old entry by a daily basis
• A CSOM script in the survey webpart that deletes old entries
• A endless running workflow
• ...

Answer 3

Hi if you use SharePoint 2013 workflows, I would suggest:

• To schedule site level SharePoint workflow using SharePoint Workflow Scheduler
• Then get all questions using Get items by query custom workflow action from Workflow Actions Pack
• Then iterate through them using loop and delete them one by one.

SharePoint Workflow Scheduler and Workflow Actions Pack are paid tools developed by my team.