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  • Author: Appian Corporation
  • Type: Plug-in (Function & Smart Service)
  • Support: This plug-in or utility is not supported by the author. The content is free to use with a licensed product, but it is made available as-is and Community supported.
  • Industry: All Industries
  • Compatible Version(s): 23.2
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  • Cost: Free
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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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Parents

  • Having the same issue described in this unsolved post - https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/user-interface/19110/error-document-does-not-exist-or-has-been-deleted-however-the-database-record-does-not-show-the-same 

    A document has suddenly 'disappeared' from our environment causing an error in the interface calling the document ID (taken from the DB) in the document() function:

    Expression evaluation error at function 'document' [line 112]: Document Does Not Exist or has been Deleted (APNX-1-4198-000)

    I can no longer find the document object anywhere in Appian Designer even after searching by it's UUID. However, the getcontentobjectdetailsbyid() function is still returning the following content. Note: deleted documents usually return 'No object with this ID has been found'.

    Content Object [Name: 20220427_141126.jpg, UUID: _a-0000e849-afa9-8000-9be1-011c48011c48_4780488, Parent: Temporary Documents Knowledge Center, Parent Id: 7, Type: Document, Created by: G01386130, Created on: 2022-06-29 16:16:16.0, Last updated by: G01386130, Last updated on: 2022-06-29 16:16:17.0, Latest version: 1, State: Invactive Published, Internal file name: N/A]

    The odd thing is the document can't be located in our environment, having seemingly been deleted but the function is returning content with the state 'Inactive Published' and in the 'Temporary Documents KC' which is not where the document was originally saved to.

    Any suggestions/advice on what happened to this document and how/why it was made inactive?

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  • Having the same issue described in this unsolved post - https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/user-interface/19110/error-document-does-not-exist-or-has-been-deleted-however-the-database-record-does-not-show-the-same 

    A document has suddenly 'disappeared' from our environment causing an error in the interface calling the document ID (taken from the DB) in the document() function:

    Expression evaluation error at function 'document' [line 112]: Document Does Not Exist or has been Deleted (APNX-1-4198-000)

    I can no longer find the document object anywhere in Appian Designer even after searching by it's UUID. However, the getcontentobjectdetailsbyid() function is still returning the following content. Note: deleted documents usually return 'No object with this ID has been found'.

    Content Object [Name: 20220427_141126.jpg, UUID: _a-0000e849-afa9-8000-9be1-011c48011c48_4780488, Parent: Temporary Documents Knowledge Center, Parent Id: 7, Type: Document, Created by: G01386130, Created on: 2022-06-29 16:16:16.0, Last updated by: G01386130, Last updated on: 2022-06-29 16:16:17.0, Latest version: 1, State: Invactive Published, Internal file name: N/A]

    The odd thing is the document can't be located in our environment, having seemingly been deleted but the function is returning content with the state 'Inactive Published' and in the 'Temporary Documents KC' which is not where the document was originally saved to.

    Any suggestions/advice on what happened to this document and how/why it was made inactive?

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