How to get the workflows associated with a specific list using PowerShell in SharePoint 2010

In this article we will be seeing how to get the workflows associated with a specific list using PowerShell in SharePoint 2010.

In this article

• Get the workflows associated with a specific list using C#.

• Get the workflows associated with a specific list using PowerShell.

Get the workflows associated with a specific list using C#

a. Open Visual Studio 2010.

b. Create Console Application.

c. Add the following Reference. i) Microsoft.SharePoint.dll d. Add the following Namespaces. i) using Microsoft.SharePoint;

ii) using Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow;

e. Replace the code with the following.

1. class Program   

2. {

3. static void Main(string[] args)       

4. {

5. using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://servername:1111/"))           

6. {

7. using (SPWeb web = site.RootWeb)               

8. {

9. SPList list = web.Lists["Users"];                   

10. SPWorkflowManager manager = site.WorkflowManager;

11. SPWorkflowAssociationCollection associationColl = list.WorkflowAssociations;

12. foreach (SPWorkflowAssociation association in associationColl)                   

13. {

14. Console.WriteLine(association.Name.ToString());                   

15. }

16. Console.ReadLine();               

17. }           

18. }       

19. }   

20. }

Get the workflows associated with a specific list using PowerShell

1. $siteURL="http://serverName:1111/"

2. $listName="Users"

3. $site=Get-SPSite $siteURL

4. $web=$site.RootWeb

5. $list=$web.Lists[$listName]

6. $wfManager=$site.WorkflowManager

7. $associationColl=$list.WorkflowAssociations

8. foreach($association in $associationColl)

9. {

10. write-host $association.Name

11. }

12. $web.Dispose()

13. $site.Dispose()