CRM 4.0: Use JavaScript execute/call/launch CRM Workflow

Run a workflow through JavaScript

/* the function */

ExecuteWorkflow = function(entityId, workflowId)

{

var xml = “” +

“<?xml version=\”1.0\” encoding=\”utf-8\”?>” +

“<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap=\”http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\” xmlns:xsi=\”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\” xmlns:xsd=\”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\”>” +

GenerateAuthenticationHeader() +

” <soap:Body>” +

” <Execute xmlns=\”http://schemas.microsoft.com/crm/2007/WebServices\”>” +

” <Request xsi:type=\”ExecuteWorkflowRequest\”>” +

” <EntityId>” + entityId + “</EntityId>” +

” <WorkflowId>” + workflowId + “</WorkflowId>” +

” </Request>” +

” </Execute>” +

” </soap:Body>” +

“</soap:Envelope>” +

“”;

var xmlHttpRequest = new ActiveXObject(“Msxml2.XMLHTTP”);

xmlHttpRequest.Open(“POST”, “/mscrmservices/2007/CrmService.asmx”, false);

xmlHttpRequest.setRequestHeader(“SOAPAction”,”http://schemas.microsoft.com/crm/2007/WebServices/Execute”);

xmlHttpRequest.setRequestHeader(“Content-Type”, “text/xml; charset=utf-8”);

xmlHttpRequest.setRequestHeader(“Content-Length”, xml.length);

xmlHttpRequest.send(xml);

var resultXml = xmlHttpRequest.responseXML;

return(resultXml.xml);

}

/* call */

var theWorkflowId = “3FD2DD58-4708-43D7-A21B-F0F90A0AA9F2”;
//change to your workflow Id

ExecuteWorkflow(crmForm.ObjectId, theWorkflowId);