Symptoms
When copying Nintex Workflows from SharePoint on-premises to Microsoft 365, the app displays an error message that says the action is not possible. For example:
Some on-premises Nintex Workflow actions cannot be migrated to Microsoft 365
Index
Details
This article lists Nintex Workflow actions that are supported when migrating from on-premises, if you are looking for the list of supported actions when migrating from Microsoft 365, see this article.
Supported actions
The following on-premises actions are supported by the app when migrating to Microsoft 365.
Libraries and lists
Create item
Check in item
Check out item
Discard check out
Set field value
Set item permissions
Update item
Delete item
Logic and flow
Action Set
Commit pending changes
For each
Change state
Filter
Loop
Run if
Run parallel actions
State machine
Switch
Set a condition
Operations
Build string
Convert value
Calculate date
End workflow
Log in history list
Math operation
Regular expression
Set variable
Set workflow status
Pause until ...
Pause for ...
User interaction
Assign Flexi task
Send notification
Nintex Live
Yammer Message
Tweeter Tweet
Integration
Query User Profile
Not supported
The following on-premises actions are not yet supported:
Integration
Call web service
Create CRM record
Delete/Disable CRM record
Execute SQL
Find user by status
Get user status
Query BCS
Query CRM
Query Excel Services
Query LDAP
Query XML
Search query
Send / Receive BizTalk
Update CRM record
Update XML
Web Request
Libraries and lists
Convert document
Copy item
Create item in another site
Create list
Delete multiple items
Read document
Update document
Update multiple items
Logic and flow
N/A
Operations
Collection operation
Retrieve data
Start workflow
Store data
Provisioning
Add user to AD group
Compile audience
Create AD group
Create AD user
Create audience
Create site
Create site collection
Decommission AD user
Decommission site collection
Delete AD group
Delete audience
Delete site
Enable Lunc / OCS
Provision user in Exchange
Remove user from AD group
Update AD user
Update user profile
User interaction
Assign to-do task
Complete workflow task
Create appointment
Create task
Delegate workflow task
Get meeting suggestions
Request approval
Request data
Request review
Task reminder
Solution
There are 3 scenarios that would explain why the action is not supported:
There is no equivalent Nintex action in Microsoft 365.
There is no appropriate conversion for the action. That is, there is no way to convert the action while preserving the business logic.
Migration of the action is not yet supported by ShareGate.
The app will replace the unsupported actions with a placeholder action. This placeholder is an empty action with the name of the original action. You will be able to migrate the structure of your workflow and simply replace these actions with their corresponding Microsoft 365 counterparts.
For more information, see Nintex placeholder action.