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Participant Resolvers

Resolver	Description	Workflow version
ADGroup	The ADGroup resolver is similar to the Select From Role resolver, except that it selects users from an Active Directory group instead of a SharePoint group.	10.7 and later
ADO Net Query	Uses an ADO.NET query to select a task participant.	10.5+
Custom	Create a custom participant resolver configuration to set the participants in a workflow Swim Lane.	10.5+
Dynamic SharePoint List	Uses a SharePoint List to dynamically select a user for an assignment. Only applies to documents (not forms).	10.5+
GetFromUserProfile	Assigns users to a task within a workflow based on a column that exists within the user's SharePoint User Profile Settings.	10.5+
LDAP Query	Queries your Active Directory structure to select task participants.	10.5+
ODBC Query	Uses an ODBC query to select a task participant.	10.5+
Select From Role	The default setting for selecting workflow participants when a process is started. This setting provides a user interface control for each Swim Lane and allows you to select the workflow participants for each Swim Lane.	10.5+
SharePoint List Query	Queries a SharePoint list to select workflow participants.	10.5+
SharePointColumn	Use a SharePoint Column to select a workflow participant.	10.5+
Site Group Driven	Assigns members of a group as task participants.	10.5+
Web Service	Uses a Web service to select a workflow participant.	10.5+

Winshuttle Designer goes through several steps when it assigns participants in a workflow. See below for an overview of how different resolvers provided in Winshuttle Designer. Click a link in the menu (right) for more information about a specific resolver.

The Resolver process

Before an assignment page is displayed, Winshuttle Designer examines each swimlane to see if it has been resolved (has at least one person assigned to it).
The Participant Resolver feature in the Swimlane Collection Editor allows you to configure how participants in a workflow are assigned.
For each unresolved (unassigned) swimlane, Winshuttle Designer invokes the Process method in the Workflow Participant Resolver to attempt to assign a person to the swimlane.
If no resolution was possible, Winshuttle Designer asks the Workflow Participant Resolver if it would like to present markup to the End User. If so, the program includes the markup in the Workflow Participants section of the form. If not, nothing is displayed.
After an assignment has been completed, Winshuttle Designer evaluates each swimlane again, as in step 2.

Participant Resolver Variant List

Deployment variants enable you to specify values for parameters that depend upon the deployment profile. Variants can have different values for different profiles.

Example: A solution using the Add Attachment plug-in could have a different value for the file parameter depending upon which profile is used. A Development profile could use a value of D:\ (for the drive location), whereas the Publishing profile could use a value of C: drive.

The following table lists available variants associated with certain participant resolvers.

Resolver	Variants
AdoNetQuery	connectionstring
DynamicSharePointList	site \| list
LdapQuery	path \| username \| password \| domain \| userdomain
OdbcQuery	connectionstring
SharePointListQuery	list \| poollist \| poolsite \| site
WebService	wsdl \| username \| password \| domain