{"id":1031,"date":"2013-10-29T22:15:04","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T05:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/?p=1031"},"modified":"2023-02-24T21:48:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T21:48:37","slug":"publishing-sharepoint-workflow-with-error-unexpected-error-on-server-associating-the-workflow-in-sp-designer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/2013\/10\/29\/publishing-sharepoint-workflow-with-error-unexpected-error-on-server-associating-the-workflow-in-sp-designer\/","title":{"rendered":"Publishing SharePoint Workflow with Error: &#8220;Unexpected error on server associating the workflow&#8221; in SP designer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, I worked on project where I created a workflow in SharePoint designer 2013, when I published the workflow I got the error message: \u201cUnexpected error on server associating the workflow\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>After many dead ends with the Google, and other solutions which weren\u2019t solving things for me, I came across the simple solution that <strong>restarting IIS<\/strong> will do the trick.&nbsp; Go figure. <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m aware this isn\u2019t a great solution for a production environment, but if all else fails, this may very well be your next best option. <\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to Louis Liang and his post <a href=\"https:\/\/louisliang.wordpress.com\/2013\/07\/01\/publishing-sharepoint-workflow-with-error%EF%BC%9Aunexpected-error-on-server-associating-the-workflow-in-sp-designer\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, I worked on project where I created a workflow in SharePoint designer 2013, when I published the workflow I got the error message: \u201cUnexpected error on server associating the workflow\u201c. 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