The following guide shows You how to get “User Manager” Properties from AD with a Nintex Workflow, without using webservice call or LDAP query.

Requirements:

• SharePoint Farm with “User Profile Service Application”
• User in AD with Manager property
• Nintex Workflow

In Nintex Workflow Designer, create a new Variable of type “Person or Group”

Then use the “Set Variable” Action as follows:

That’s it, you can now use the variable where you want in the workflow.

Enjoy