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Hi, I am very new to Appian and i am going through some of the courses, which i think are very helpful. I am reading and learning about CDT and Record Type. They look similar to me but i am sure there is something that i am missing. When would you use one vs another (example)? Appreciate your help and comments as i navigate and learn Appian. Thank you!

My question is: If I want to check whether a student has passed based on a minimum passing mark, should I store the passing mark in a constant and use that constant in an expression rule?

Can we add Hotjar, Microsoft Clarity, or any other behavioral analytics tool to our Appian instance? We'd like to know whether it's possible and, if so, what the recommended approach is.

Hi everyone, I am looking for some guidance on an Appian requirement and would appreciate hearing from anyone who has implemented something similar.We have ‘Extra Long Text(64000)/Long Text fields(4000)’ where users enter content through the Styled Text Editor component. The entered content is stored in the database with the corresponding HTML tags. We now have a requirement to export this data in a Word document while preserving the formatting exactly as entered by the user. This includes:Bold, italic, underline,.. Tables Paragraphs and other rich text formatting supported by the Styled Text Editor componentThe Word document should ideally retain the original formatting rather than displaying the underlying HTML tags.Current Approach:Currently, we are using [Advanced Document Templating - DOCX Document From Template] smart service plugin to generate the Word document by providing a template along with the data in XML format. However, we must strip the HTML tags from the styled text da

This article intends to provide details and a deeper understanding of what the InnoDB buffer pool is, how it works and how to address performance-related issues.Table of ContentsWhat is the InnoDB buffer pool? How does the InnoDB buffer pool affect query performance? What are the symptoms of an inefficient InnoDB buffer pool? How are initial InnoDB buffer pool sizes determined? How is InnoDB buffer pool inefficiency resolved? Affected VersionsWhat is the InnoDB buffer pool?InnoDB is the storage engine used by the database (MariaDB) in Appian. It can serve data from two locations: memory (buffer pool), or disk (physical storage space). The buffer pool is an in-memory storage area that caches frequently accessed database data and indexes (active working set). When a query is executed and the required data is already loaded in the buffer pool, the database engine is able to read this data directly from memory allowing for faster completion.When the buffer pool does not contain the data ne

Hi, I´m trying to pass my certification from my previous work email, I have been waiting from an answer and now my previous employer erase my account. How Can migrate the certification to my personal email. thanks. I have send various email asking support about this.Thanks

I want to have the gridcolumn header fixed while scrolling down. while scroling down grid header automatically goes up but want something like excel. I've suggested clients to restrict the paging to small number but they dont want that, they want excel like feature   An editable grid where you an scroll the columns but leave the first one frozen (like you can in Excel).   Please help, TIA

Fitness Testing : How to write test script to validate grid field level validation messages through fitness I wanted to test fitness required field validation for a grid row and grid validation message. Please guide me with the cheat sheet code. 

Hi everyone.I’m trying to create an interface to display my company's sales representatives' visits—filtered by date and person—in a pie chart (*PieChartField*). The problem is that the result can exceed 5,000 accumulated records (Visits), causing me to lose information. How can I do to solve this problem? 

Hi all,I’m building an internal application in Appian, which we’re calling “Wikipedia Page Maker.” It manages requests for drafting articles and getting them reviewed and approved before delivery. I’m fairly new to designing multi-stage approval flows and would appreciate guidance on the right architecture.What the process needs to do:A requester submits a content request through a form (subject, source links, deadline, priority). The request is stored and assigned to a writer. The writer submits a draft, which goes to a reviewer. The reviewer can approve it or send it back with comments for revision, and this can repeat. After approval, the request moves to final sign-off and is marked complete. If a review sits for more than 14 days, it should escalate or notify a manager.What I’m trying to figure out:Should the request be modelled as a record type with a process model driving the stages, or should the status live only in process variables? What is the cleanest way to handle the revi

Hello, as the title suggests, I'm currently stuck while setting up the OAuth JWT token.During deployment, I get the following pop-up. If anyone has even the slightest clue that might help me.Thank you in advance. StackAppian v25.3 (On-premises) OAuth JWT Token v3.1.2

Hello! I'm new to Appian, I've already completed the Appian Developer learning path exercises. Will there be other exercises that I can do or that they can share with me, and continue practicing with Appian?

SymptomsUsers cannot log in via the native Appian authentication page after SAML is enabled. Users are redirected to the native login page when navigating to the base environment URL instead of the SSO login page. The following error appears in application server logs: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "org.opensaml.saml.saml2.core.Assertion.getSubject()" because "assertion" is null com.appiancorp.security.auth.saml.SamlFailedLoginAuditLogger - Recipient in SAML assertion is not available com.appiancorp.security.auth.saml.SamlFailedLoginAuditLogger - NotOnOrAfter in SAML assertion is not available CauseUsers who are members of the SAML authentication group cannot authenticate via the native Appian login page. Once SAML is enabled and users are added to the SAML authentication group, they must authenticate through the SSO-specific URL or a configured default sign-in page that redirects to the SSO URL. Attempting to log in via the native authentication page for users in the S

SymptomsHealth Check execution fails during the data collection phase with error: "Unable to generate the data collection zip file (APNX-1-4520-203)" The following errors appear in health-check.log: Skipping record in <APPIAN_HOME>/logs/audit/removed_processes_db_PX###_YYYY-MM-DD_HHMM.csv: Text 'Timestamp' could not be parsed at index 0 java.io.UncheckedIOException: IOException reading next record: java.io.IOException: (line X) invalid char between encapsulated token and delimiter Log stack traces point to RemovedProcessesAggregatedDataProcessor.getInputStream() and org.apache.commons.csv.Lexer.parseEncapsulatedToken() Issue began occurring starting in Appian version 26.7 or laterCauseThe RemovedProcessesAggregatedDataProcessor, introduced in Appian 26.7, fails to handle certain exceptions when processing removed_processes_db_*.csv audit files.The processor only catches exceptions during record processing logic, but does not catch specific exceptions thrown when it encounters st

Hi Everyone, I’m hoping to get some advice from the community on how to learn Appian Custom Plugin development. I have 3.5 years of experience as an Appian developer and am familiar with standard Appian development (SAIL, records, process models, integrations, etc.). However, I have no experience with custom plugin development. I have reviewed the Appian documentation, but I feel like I’m missing a learning path. It’s difficult to figure out: How to start as a beginner What are the actual prerequisites are How to go from developing plugin code to testing in Appian What a good first plugin project should entail I would greatly appreciate any advice from anyone who has experience with: A learning path for plugins Examples or GitHub repos for beginners Advice on local Appian development for testing plugins Things you wish you had known when you started Any advice, links, or personal experience would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help.

This code does not allow to save input just because I initiate the locals as nulls ( I need them like that for it to be clean and tidy as an interface). a!localVariables( local!words_en:null, local!words_de:null, { a!boxLayout( label: "Add Words", contents: { a!sideBySideLayout( items: { a!sideBySideItem( a!tagField( tags: a!tagItem( text: "English", backgroundColor: "SECONDARY" ) ) ), a!sideBySideItem( a!tagField( tags: a!tagItem( text: "German", backgroundColor: "SECONDARY" ) ) ), a!sideBySideItem( item: a!richTextDisplayField( value: a!richTextIcon( icon: "window-close", color: "SECONDARY", size: "MEDIUM", ), marginAbove: "LESS" ), width: "MINIMIZE

Here is the scenario:1) We have 2 different Appian applications running on the same instance2) Our organization policy requires us to have a SAML configuration per application, so we have 23) Each of these SAML configurations is configured to "Create new users upon sign in"4) The SSO Team passes the application name in the SAML attributesAppian displays the sign-in page and prompts the user to select the SAML configuration to use. We created Authentication Group rules to put someone in the group associated with the SAML config according to the attribute described in #4 above, but it does not work. The user gets 401 Unauthorized.

Hi everyone, I’m facing an issue with transferring my Appian certifications, Academy Online achievements, and badges from my current organization account to my personal account. I have already reached out to multiple teams, including Appian Technical Support, Appian Community, Academy Online support, and the Certifications team. I was informed that the request would be resolved within two working days. However, it has been longer than that, and I have not received any proper response or update despite multiple follow-ups. Has anyone faced a similar issue before? If so, could you please guide me on how to get this resolved or whom to contact for faster support? Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!

Can other developers (Not Appian developers and partners) contribute to the Appian plugins ? If yes, how to submit it for forum prod review ?

Appian 24.1 My project receives a JSON document that is somewhere between 50 - 100 KB in size normally. We jamb it into a Record Type (as a json string), read it from a process model, convert this to a CDT (hierarchy), pass it to an interface (a hierarchy of them really). So far, all that we have built runs fine. Now we had a case where the JSON document was over 1 MB. This threw an error when we tried to write it to a record type. Apparently, there is a record size limit of 1 MB within Appian for tables that sync to record types. So, now we are looking at redesigning the data storage. Clearly, we need to break up/normalize the data into a set of relational tables (vs just 1 table as we have today). But from there I seem to have some options and I don't know what is best Option 1 - Read the record types within the process model and rebuild the JSON object so it may be passed to the interfaces.This moves the max size question from the table row to the process model variable. Can it

Hi Team, We are evaluating AI Skills/Generative AI usage in Appian and would like to monitor token consumption for optimization and cost governance purposes. I have a few questions: Is there a way to view the input tokens, output tokens, and total tokens consumed by an AI Skill execution? Does Appian expose token usage metrics at the AI Skill or process level? What is the recommended approach to track and analyze token usage for prompt optimization? Has anyone built a custom monitoring/dashboard solution to estimate token consumption for AI Skills and Agents? thanks in advance.

We are currently experiencing a delay between process initiation and the visibility of updated record data in the Portal. Is there a recommended approach to refresh or synchronize record data more quickly so that users can see the latest updates immediately after submitting an action or starting a process? This would help provide a more seamless and responsive user experience.

Hi Everyone,In my recent interview , Interviewer asked me that how can read the email from the user Inbox?At that time ,I wont be able to answer correctly.I want to know the how can we achieve it ?TIA

Hello community.I am currently working on the "Develop with AI: Get Started with Appian Composer" sub-course within the "Appian AI" course at the Appian Academy. As part of the hands-on exercise, I am instructed to create a request plan from the "Plan" tab and generate the application using Composer. Composer successfully creates all the objects, but when I access the "Build" section, I do not see the "Board" tab. I am using version 26.6 and am the application administrator. Does anyone know how to handle this? I need the "Board" tab to proceed with the exercise, as it opens the chat with Copilot AI, allowing me to interact with it.