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
Smart Services
Functions
Try something like this:
findcontentbyattribute( true, "document", "name", "*FINAL Grade")
And last - using the new function, how do we find objects (files/folders) with a partial name match? My initial testing is suggesting that results are only returned when they are an exact match. This is useful for some use cases but at other times I believe I will need to find file(s) or folder(s) matching a pattern, or at least a partial string, and if there's no actual way to do that then it would potentially be severely limiting.
Also - I think there's a misprint in the "live help" text for the new function:
I'm assuming the highlighted text should actually read "document or folder".
Thanks, I didn't know that it had been functionally replaced. I might suggest that you still list the older function in the plug-in description above, if only to add the note that it's been deprecated and has a replacement available.
Hi Mike Schmitt, please refer to the PDF documentation of this plugin (available upon download). You will check that this function has been deprecated and hidden from the palette. Existing implementations will still continue to function but future use cases should be handled with the new FindContentByAttribute function.
What is the status of the "Find Folders by Name" function? It's listed in the plug-in deployment description, but doesn't seem to be available as a rule within the expression editor, and now it isn't listed in the description here.