Trigger second workflow on change of First workflow

Question

I have a list where i have created two workflow first worfklow will start manually and on change the status to complete after that i want to start second workflow on same list

Answer 1

There are two possible solutions to your scenario:

In both cases, You need to:

1. Create one Status column.
2. Update its value to Complete at the end of first workflow.
3. Run your 2nd workflow with the trigger as start the workflow automatically when an item is changed.

Solution 1:

You can use Wait for Field Change in Current Item action to check if status is equal to complete.

Then you can run rest of the action in your workflow.

Solution 2:

You can use IF Condition action to check if status is equal to complete.

Then you can run rest of the action in If condition block else you can End/Terminate workflow.

References:

1. How to start a workflow when a value in specific column is changed?

Note: If you want to run SharePoint 2013 workflow from another SharePoint 2013 workflow then it is not possible. However you can run SharePoint 2010 workflow from another SharePoint 2013 workflow.

Answer 2

Currently it's not possible to check status of another workflow in SharePoint Designer 2013.

• For a workaround you can create a field in your List/Library and assign some default value to it.
• Now, when 1st workflow is about to complete, change this column value.
• Run your 2nd workflow when an item is changed and check if that field is changed.
• If it satisfies your condition(field value changed), perform the actions.

I hope this helps.