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Hello,  A user has reported the following error in the attached screenshot.  I tried to open tomcat from the system logs to analyze the error but I could not. Can you please let me know how to resolve this error?  is it in the process model/instance or somewhere else? Thank you Raj

While moving our environments from the Linux VM to Kubernetes, (Initial we are on Appian 25.3 version and recently we are moved to 26.3 but this issue remains) we started facing some issues with Appian like,  or  Note: This is not related to code.  Does, anyone else also got these kind of issues and how you resolved this. 

I have process model which run subprocess.Both main and sub process already set alert to specific user. However, when error occur on sub process, alert email was sent to all admin in environment (admin@xxx.appiancloud.com) Are there any workaround for this issue? ----- Following is main and sub process configuration. Main Process Sub Process

Just curious if CE will upgrade to 26.7 soon or it waits for 26.9

Hi,Could you explain me why the mix of relationShips and fields in “index/value”, does not work in a a!update() function  please ?Do I have any other choice but to call 2 consecutive a!update()?/* Works fine: */a!update( data: local!data, index: { recordType!Project.fields.createdBy, recordType!Project.fields.createdOn } value: { "my.user", now() })/* Works too: */a!update( data: local!data, index: recordType!Project.relationships.Document, value: local!docs)/* Does not work: */a!update( data: local!data, index: { recordType!Project.relationships.Document, recordType!Project.fields.createdOn } value: { local!docs, now() })Regards

Currently, the videos only have subtitles in English, and as a Spanish speaker, having subtitles in Spanish would greatly facilitate my learning process.Is there a feature within the platform to enable subtitles in other languages, or do you have plans to offer this option in the future?I look forward to your response.Best regards,

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How do I express interest in a beta program?Check out the Current Beta Programs section of this site to learn more about the in-progress and upcoming beta programs. If none of these programs seem like the right fit but you want to receive information about future betas, please complete this form.How does the beta selection process work?If the Appian Product team believes your use case is a strong fit, we will reach out to you via email to schedule a 30-minute discovery call to learn more about your use case and share program details. If both parties determine the program is a good fit, you’ll be invited to participate.What prerequisites are needed for participating in a beta program?You must be a current Appian customer or partner. Additionally, a beta agreement must be signed by someone in your organization, which is separate from any existing agreements or contracts your organization already has in place with Appian. This agreement doesn’t come with any financial costs and it will be

Have questions or feedback on the Appian Dev MCP? This is a great place to ask them.  Appian’s Dev MCP plugin can be found on the Appian App Market here (https://appmarket.appian.com/listings/appian-dev-mcp), as well as a read-only version intended for production use or other environments where it’s important to avoid any design object changes (https://appmarket.appian.com/listings/appian-dev-mcp-read-only).  Documentation and installation guidance can be found here: https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/latest/devmcp.htmlAnd finally, our public repo of skills to install alongside the MCP can be found here. We welcome contributions if you’ve developed a skill or skill update you think would benefit other users. https://github.com/appian/dev-mcp-skills

We have requirement to automate Regression suit with end to end functionality testing of workflow.What could be the possibility with On premise version without having any Appian provided AI features etc.  

Unsure if there is a place to provide feedback on the DevAgent/MCP capabilities, but I am putting it here for lack of anything else.  I have been using this extensively the last week as I am trying to create a sales demo.  In this process i have found a few issues.1 - AI Skills.  DevAgent when it modifies them, actually messes them up and I need to re-create them.  It changed the input parameters and needless to say the AI skill does not work after that.  The visualization in the process model is also incorrect.  Unsure how/why it does that, but it is an issue2 - Given #1, I asked it to fix some json output from the AI Skill but do not modify the AI skill.  IT modified the AI skill anyway.  It also thought there was an error in the AI Skill so ti tried to fix it and back to #13 - Many times it tried to fix a process model and gets stuck trying to fix it.  It spent 7 hours tryiung to fix an issue.  It should stop or ask for some guidance.  But within Claude, using the DevMCP, it spent t

Hi, I have an URL of the format : https://www.google.com/<unique_id>_<fileName>_<remaining url> Now my requirement is I want to fetch the filename out of the URL ... the first part will always remain the same  i.e. first is https ... till .com/ then comes an unique identifier  then followed by '_' then followed by filename then followed by '_' and the remaining URL  Can anyone help me fetch the filename ? 

Hi, I am quite excited to finally use the AI Dev Agent in 26.6 which was installed for us yesterday. I asked the system to generate a simple expression rule as a test and was impressed with the plan, but it could not create and threw some errors on network connectivity.  My AI engines are enabled (several of those), I tried to access with InPrivate browser just in case, but keep getting several of these errors in the Tomcat log:   [Appian Timer - 2] WARN com.appiancorp.common.ObjectSynchronizer - 1 services were missing users Is there some configuration that remains (not sure where I would be specifying a service user)?  

Hello All, I’m currently using a View-based synchronized Record Type in Appian to display data on the front end(Dash Board). While the underlying data in the source has been updated and the latest information is visible in the database view, the changes are not being reflected in the Record Type as expected. Could anyone share suggestions or best practices for ensuring that modified data is refreshed and synchronized correctly within the Appian Record Type? Any guidance on how to retrieve the latest updates efficiently would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your support and insights.

Hello Appian Support Team,I am using the Appian Community Edition environment for learning.When I try to create a new Record Type using the “From Scratch” option, I receive the following error:“The data source cannot be reached or its configuration is invalid. Please contact your system administrator.”Could you please check whether there is an issue with the database/data source configuration in my environment?I would appreciate your help in resolving this issue so I can continue with the learning exercises.Thank you.

This document provides recommendations for generating UUIDs (Universally unique identifier), also known as GUID (globally unique identifier).UUID Expression DesignWhen the UUID to be generated should be used with interconnected systems (e.g. Integrations), there are some standards to follow. For details see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier. Even when using the UUID only internally (only one system produce it and consume it), the design is important, as every bit not used properly (rand() function for UUID V4) doubles the probability of generating duplicate UUID, the main purpose of why UUID exists.The de-facto industry standard today (2022) is UUID V4, Variant: 2 (ISO/IEC).The main characteristic of v4 UUID is that it should be able to generate billion unique UUIDs per second for about 85 years without collision (without generating the same UUID more than once).UUID v4 is 128 bits long, with 6 specific bits set to specific values to indicate the version/varia

This guide should be used as a quick diagnostic mechanism for solving common problems. It is not meant to be exhaustive and cover all possible things that could go wrong. When in doubt, do not hesitate to reach out to Appian Support for assistance.It is often helpful to utilize browser diagnostics tools when additional information on CSS, JavaScript, or HTML messages or errors is required. These tools allow the developer to see the structure of the page and the network traffic, which help in diagnosing problems related to the interface.Common issues that may require doing diagnostics from the browser include:Performance variability between different client sites, computers or browsers Dropped requests Authentication problems, i.e. lost cookies, session inconsistency Request or response timeouts HTTP errors (401, 403, 404, 502)Developer ToolsMost modern web browsers include a powerful suite of Developer Tools. This is accessible via the browser menu bar, or by pressing F12 on the keyboa

Appian Objects Security RolemapsApplication authorization defines what artifacts, features, and user interfaces users can access. In Appian, every object has a security rolemap that specifies the different roles and actions that apply to the object. Adding users to an object rolemap allow them to perform the different actions allowed by the specified role on this object.For example, adding a user to the viewer role of a datastore object will allow the user to read and write data from and to all the entities (and underlying database tables) declared in the datastore.For more information, refer to Object Security.Using Groups and Group MembershipsUsers should not directly be assigned to object security rolemaps because changing what a user can see would require modifying the object configuration. It is not a dynamic setup and it would require deploying a new version of the application for every change.Instead, users should be members of groups which in turn are assigned to the object sec

In my form there is radio button and a drop down list due to which the process model is stuck

Appian provides out of the box functionality to export Excel document representations of any data store entity in interfaces, processes, and Web APIs using the Export Data Store Entity to Excel Smart Service. The ability to export an entire record list to Excel is also easily configured with a single checkbox. These out of the box functionalities have several advantages over the existing Excel Tools plugin:Supported by Appian (you get fixes and enhancements with Appian version updates) Batching to reduce application server heap memory consumption Automated timezone conversion to that of the user executing the smart service Increased visibility into Data Store Entity dependencies Knowledge of SQL is not required Ability to more easily generate an Excel export download link in an interface Ability to export record lists to Excel with a single checkboxWe recommend reading the Transferring/Processing Large Data Sets (ETL) play to familiarize yourself with best practices for large data migr

There may be circumstances where the out-of-the-box functionality for consuming SOAP web services (Call Web Service) may not be possible due to how the service is defined.Rather than resorting to creating a Custom Smart Service or Custom Function to consume the service, first consider if the web service definition can be modified to allow it to be consumed natively in Appian. Integrating with an Integration Object should be attempted before considering customisation.Modifying the web service definition involves changing the services WSDL and hosting the modified version where Appian can consume it. This document details the benefits, considerations and how to modify the WSDL.Benefits and ConsiderationsA modified WSDL does not incur any extra risk that isn't already inherent to dealing with web services in general. Modifying a WSDL is the equivalent to using the Integration Object or creating a Custom Smart Service or Custom Function. All require a similar level of analysis and design t

How can I use email to connect Appian with external systems?InboundStart processes via email Using Process Model ID/UUID or Event ID Using a dedicated mailbox and a routing alias (Self-managed Only) Send emails to active processes Using Process ID or Event ID Using a dedicated mailbox and a routing alias (Self-managed Only) Read emails using IMAP with the plug-in Mail Poller (Single Mailbox Only) Read emails from MS Exchange using the MSGraph APIOutboundSend E-Mail Smart Service Configuring Custom Email Senders Error Handling Email Volume and Size ConsiderationsThere isn’t a strict limitation to the volume of emails or their size imposed by the Appian platform separate from those in the underlying hardware or software. Your Appian instance’s ability to handle emails will vary greatly depending on individual use cases. It’s important to assess the specific use and role of emails on each of your applications to properly account for the necessary hardware and design configurations to

IntroductionWhen generating documents in Appian, you’ll first want to decide which method to use, either Out-of-the-Box (OOB) functionality or the Advanced Document Templating (ADT) Smart Service. Factors you’ll want to consider when deciding which approach to take are the complexity of the document, how many inputs the document will have, and dynamism of inputs.Out-of-the-Box Functionality - MS Word 2007 Doc From TemplateAppian OOB functionality, using the MS Word 2007 Doc From Template node, is a good option for generating documents with: 10 or less inputs Static sections/tables Static content (unlikely to change format) Good use cases for the OOB node include documents that have hard-coded, static values as inputs, as well as documents that do not need to handle for dynamism.The benefit of using the OOB node is that it is less complex than the ADT node for documents that fit the criteria of the bullet points listed above. It also does not require any extra plugin to deploy to a

Hello, I am working on an automation process where I use Appian RPA to login to a website and download an excel file (XLS format).My initial plan was to use “Import Excel to Database” smart service (Excel Tools plugin) to import the data directly into the required table. Unfortunately, this is not working as this smart service only works on XLSX and not XLS.  I then tried converting XLS to CSV and then use “Import CSV to Database” smart service (Excel Tools plugin). But even here the file type allowed in XLSX.  Finally, since I have Appian RPA in the scene, I tried opening the excel using “Open Workbook” operation and use “Save Workbook As” operation to convert it into an XLSX file. But this was only changing the name of the file and not the type.Can anyone point me in the direction that I should be taking in Appian to get the data from the XLS file into the database table? Regards,Deepak 

Hi Everyone,I’m doing some hands on practice by myself, where I face some issues while mapping the record type into a PV. As per the documentation it says we can map record type as PV however when I’m searching my record type while configuring the pv, I’m not seeing my record type. Can someone clarify and guide me whether the action which I’m doing is correct or wrong. Please refer to the SS I have attached. 1st one is my record type.