Content Tools

Overview

These functions extend Appian content and offer document/folder search, directory listing, and the ability to get/set the searchable attribute of a folder.

Functions are designed for and only work on Appian content, not the local filesystem. All search functions assume the root folder and all subfolders are searchable. Search functions will not return results contained within non-searchable objects.

All functions use the serviceContext of the user account executing the expression at runtime.

Key Features & Functionality

Data Types

  • contentSecurityRoleMap: CDT that backs the returnContentRoleMap function

Smart Services

  • Copy Document (Change Extension)
  • Delete Document Version
  • Delete Folder Contents
  • Delete Files Older Than
  • Delete Files Created Before
  • Delete Multiple Documents
  • Remove Member From Folder Security
  • Inherit Security From Parent for Folder
  • Inherit Security from Parent for Document
  • Remove Member From KC Security
  • Delete Rule/Constant Versions
  • Set Folder Security
  • Create Document Version
  • Create expression rule
  • Update expression rule expression
  • Update expression rule parameters

Functions

  • getfoldersrequiringchangesapproval
  • getsubfoldersfromfolder
  • getdocumentsfromfolder
  • getdocumentinternalidsfromfolder
  • getfilesolderthandate: Get files older than a particular date
  • getfileslargerthansize: Get files larger than a particular size
  • finddocumentsbyname
  • getconstantorruleuuidbyname
  • findcontentbyattribute
  • getcontentdetailsbyuuid
  • getcontentdetailsbyinternalname
  • getcontentobjectdetailsbyid
  • getcontentobjectswithnumofversions: function to find rules or constants with a given number of versions. Useful to find out objects that can increase memory usage in the collaboration engine. See https://forum.appian.com/suite/help/16.3/kb/kb-1226.html
  • getcontentobjectrevisionhistorydetails: Retrieves the revision history of a content object formatted as "[version id, date created, date updated, size, author]"
  • getconstantsfromfolder
  • getconstantsbyname
  • setfoldersearchability
  • getfoldersearchability
  • getdownloadersfromgroup
  • returncontentrolemap
  • getprocessmodeldetailsbyuuid
  • getrulereferencebyname
  • generateuuid
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  • Hi,   I was hoping someone could help explain why this error is occurring when calling getcontentdetailsbyuuid on a folder UUID which a user has view access to the folder or the folder has been deleted.

      'getcontentdetailsbyuuid' [line 5]: The user [ATM_Developer] does not have sufficient privileges to perform the requested action. (APNX-1-4205-003)

    The above error only occurs for users who are not members of the Design group. If the user is a member of the designers group, however,  then the function returns either of these two messages depending on current state: 

    No object with this UUID has been found: PrivilegeException
    No object with this UUID has been found


    Is  being a member of the Designers group a requirement to leverage this function to get the desired results?   Or have a run into an Appian bug/or plugin in function bug? 

    All my testing in in appian cloud instance on 19.4.

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  • Hi,   I was hoping someone could help explain why this error is occurring when calling getcontentdetailsbyuuid on a folder UUID which a user has view access to the folder or the folder has been deleted.

      'getcontentdetailsbyuuid' [line 5]: The user [ATM_Developer] does not have sufficient privileges to perform the requested action. (APNX-1-4205-003)

    The above error only occurs for users who are not members of the Design group. If the user is a member of the designers group, however,  then the function returns either of these two messages depending on current state: 

    No object with this UUID has been found: PrivilegeException
    No object with this UUID has been found


    Is  being a member of the Designers group a requirement to leverage this function to get the desired results?   Or have a run into an Appian bug/or plugin in function bug? 

    All my testing in in appian cloud instance on 19.4.

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  • Need to correct one point in my post .. Adding to Designers role corrects the issue were a folder no longer exists.   The use case where folder exists but user does not have access works as expected and we do get the PrivilegeException message returned.