I have a list of document types with expiration policies. I have a seperate document library with a lookup column for doc types with an additional column added for the expiration policy. I need to calculate when it expires based on the date it was created. You can't use lookup columns in formulas for some god-forsaken reason.
I need a workflow to copy the lookup column data to a number column for use in a formula. I actually got it to work one time with the "Update list item" action in a workflow, but it happened only once. How can I get this list workflow to happen every time I add a document?
My columns need to be like this:
- Document Type (Lookup)
- Doc Type:Expiration (Additional lookup)
- Date Created (Date column)
- Expiration (Workflow to copy [Doc Type:Exp] to number
- Expires (Calculated from Date created + Expiration (number)
I don't know much about workflows, so a step by step to create the workflow would be amazing.