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sharepoint 2013 workflow copy list item to another site - FULL TUTORIAL

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This also works for SP2016, and most likely 2019. There are quite a few tutorials out there, but each missing a step, so this is going to be a full one top to bottom. I will make a rich tutorial with pictures, but lets review the steps, and how its done. Workflows doesn't have a way to copy list items to another site, so you need to make an HTTP Request for that, with the Rest API. Also Workflows can't build really JSON objects, so we will need to create Workflow Dictionaries. 1. Have a source list on site A, and a destination list on site B, and open SharePoint Designer 2013 on site A. 2. Learn and test Rest request for adding an item. 3. Build our Workflow, and lets not forget to make the Request as an "App Step" 4. Enable site feature for app step 5. Give the app permissions on site B 6. Run on Item Created (for the example) 7. Error Handling So lets go! 1. Have a source list on site A, and a destination list on site B, and open SharePoint Desig