Nintex FAQ

Note: A ShareGate Desktop Nintex license is required for any feature to work on your Nintex workflows and forms.

• What is currently supported?
  • Full support for Nintex Workflows and Nintex Forms, from On Premises to On Premises - Version 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, and 2019  - (On-Premises Nintex workflows (2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, and 2019 - sites, lists, content types and reusable workflows), Default and InfoPath forms, User-defined actions, Workflow constants, Nintex Live actions) 
  • Full support for the migration of Nintex Workflows and Nintex forms, from Microsoft 365 to Microsoft 365 for all actions that are available.
  • Migration of 30 On Premises actions to Microsoft 365 (see table below).
  • Support for the Migration of Nintex Workflows and Nintex Forms, from On Premises to Microsoft 365 and from Microsoft 365 to On Premises.
  • Full support for the migration of Nintex history Workflow from On Premises to On Premises.
  • Reporting on Nintex Workflows (look for Platform type in your workflow reports).
• What is not supported?
  • Workflow status. For more on viewing your workflow, see here.
  • Workflow scheduler.
  • Start conditions are not supported when going to SharePoint Online.

• When migrating Nintex workflows, will any task content types migrate?
  • Yes. We migrate site, reusable, content type and list Workflows.
• Does ShareGate Desktop migrate unpublished workflows?
  • No. ShareGate Desktop assume drafts or unpublished workflows are unused, and will not migrate them.

• When migrating from On-prem to the cloud, will we need to republish when changing to claims auth - or will ShareGate Desktop do that magic for us?
  • ShareGate Desktop takes care of the publishing of the workflow under your name.

• Can ShareGate Desktop migrate the Nintex history Workflow?
  • Yes. ShareGate Desktop can migrate the Nintex history Workflow from OnPremises to OnPremises. (You need the server extension in order to do that) However, this feature is not supported in Microsoft 365 at the moment.
    • Note: If the workflow is updated, you will lose the history. 

• Will ShareGate Desktop migrate Nintex history lists?
  • Yes. ShareGate Desktop will migrate the history lists from OnPremises to OnPremises. (You need the server extension in order to do that) However, this feature is not supported in Microsoft 365 at the moment.

• Will the migrated Nintex workflows include task forms custom with either InfoPath or Nintex forms?
  • Yes. ShareGate Desktop will include them when migrating to on-premises. However, this feature is not supported in Microsoft 365 at the moment.

• Is it possible to migrate the User Defined Actions?
  • Yes. All levels will be migrated. (Note: You need the correct level of permissions. User Defined Actions do not exist in Microsoft 365 so you cannot migrate them when your destination is Microsoft 365)

• After Nintex workflow migration, do we have to reconfigure some tasks or it will be automatic if we migrate the list involved?
  • The Task list associated with the workflow will be migrated automatically.

• When we manually do exporting/importing Nintex workflows, we have to reconfigure some actions, in the site where workflow was imported, ShareGate Desktop will do that for us?
  • Yes. ShareGate Desktop doesn't simply migrate the workflow, it also migrates all the dependencies of the workflow and corrects any values to point to the new locations

• Can ShareGate Desktop also support site and/or list/library template mapping?
  
  • Only site template mapping is supported at the moment.

• Will ShareGate Desktop migrate Nintex databases - either on-premise or 0365-Dedicated?
  • ShareGate Desktop is a client-side software, which means we only use the SharePoint and Nintex public APIs to perform the migration. At no time will we interact directly with the database.

• Nintex Workflows for M365 has a different feature set than what's on-premise. How will it handle migrating workflows from on-prem to M365?
  • Indeed, the feature set between on-premises and M365 are a bit different. At the moment, we are working closely with the Nintex team to make sure there's a migration path for all features. We'll support them on further releases this year.

• Does it migrate running workflows too?
  • Unfortunately, migrating running workflows is not supported. The behavior of a workflow is determined by the sequence of its actions, but some actions may be available at the source that aren't available at the destination. Even when an action has an equivalent at the destination, the parameters may have different names or not contain the same information.
• Since this is a client-side install only, does all the migration data need to flow through the client machine?
  
  • You can install ShareGate Desktop on the SharePoint server so that it will not go through the client machine.
• Some users don't have access to my Nintex Live Forms after the migration, why does this happen?
  
  • When publishing a form to Nintex Live, access to the form becomes restricted based on the users' email address. If you have added SharePoint users in the form's Live Settings to give them access to the form, they must have an email address set in their profile in the destination SharePoint environment in order for Nintex to allow them access to the form. The easiest way to verify this is to click on the on the address book button and search for a user that you're adding, then see if it shows a value under the email column.
• What are the current limitations?
  • For the moment we do not support Globally reusable workflows, Custom ASPX forms, Workflow error notification settings, Allowed workflow actions, Allowed workflow designers, Message Template settings, Lazy Approval settings, Workflow change approval settings, Workflow templates, Workflow statistics and snippets, Nintex web parts (for workflows and forms), Custom workflow actions (for example, built with Visual Studio). 
• What are the supported actions for the migration to SharePoint Online

Action Name On PremisesMapped Action in Microsoft 365