Well, a little more info would probably be good. I have an Infopath form
that is submitted to a Sharepoint library via a button action on the
form. When the form is created in the library I have several workflows
that kick off, one for each approver of the form. The form must be
approved in series, so the workflows wait for a certain field change in
the form before continuing. In this case they are waiting to see a
concurrence checkbox is checked.
All the workflows do really, is email the approvers that a submission is
waiting for their approval. The email uses the [absolute encoded URL] in
the body so that the approver can open the form directly from the email,
and then submit when they are done. Because of the army system I am
working in, the security settings for our network automatically block
embedded URLS in emails that are automatically generated. Evidentally
the system thinks that workflow created emails are not in the same
category, which has at least worked to my advantage.
What I am trying to do with the dates is display the time that an
approver finishes with the form and the next approver gets the
notification. Then I can use that data as metrics to see where things
might be bogging down in the process. They are digitally signing the
form.
So in essence, the date that a workflow is marked as complete is the
date that the email notification is sent to Appover B, and can also be
used as the date and time that Approver A completed their assignment....
Since there are no tasks generated with this process, I cant use task
info for tracking purposes. Now that said, I guess it would be possible
to have tasks created specifically to use for this metrics gathering, I
was just hoping for an easier solution.