Conditional BPF Switching in Dynamics 365 with JavaScript

Need different Business-Process-Flows (BPFs) for the same entity record depending on a field value?  The article below shows how to switch flows dynamically whenever the Appeal Type option-set changes—without hard-coding GUIDs. Drop this into your Blogger post and publish.

Reactivate a Business Process Flow and Jump to a Target Stage with a Pre-Operation Plug-in

1 · Scenario

Problem statement ↴
Records previously flagged as Ineligible (statecode = Inactive) are later re-activated by users. Their associated Business Process Flow rows remain inactive and stuck on an early stage.

Automatically Advance a Business Process Flow Stage with an Asynchronous Workflow in Dynamics 365

Objective — Automatically reopen a record’s Business Process Flow (BPF) and set it to a specific stage as soon as a flag on the parent record changes, using only a background workflow (no code, no ribbon commands).

Use two-option type of field in Business Process Flow to force user choose specified value to advance to next stage

 Requirement:

Force users to choose the specified value of a field in certain stage of Business Process Flow to be able to advance to next stage.

Solution:

1. Set the filed type to "Two Options", and don't set the value which you hope users to choose as the default value.

2. Click the “required” box of the filed on the process flow step, rather than set the requirement on the field definition in customization.