GridPlus Helper

Advanced Plug-ins provide exclusive features that extend and enhance Appian platform capabilities. Available for customers with Advanced and Premium licenses, these plug-ins can be deployed through the Admin Console for Cloud environments or via MyAppian for Self-Managed installations.

Overview

GridPlus is an advanced grid component designed to facilitate efficient, high-volume data entry and interaction directly within the Appian Data Fabric. GridPlus integrates spreadsheet-like capabilities, providing an intuitive and highly customizable user experience. It streamlines the interaction with structured data, simplifying complex tasks such as bulk editing, data validation, and dynamic sorting, all while maintaining robust security and enterprise-level stability. End users can quickly edit individual cells or make bulk changes using multicell selection, and can execute related actions on their selected data. Theming and styling options are also included, enabling users to customize the component’s appearance to match their organization's branding.

Note:

GridPlus Component Plug-In must be downloaded separately and is required for full functionality of this plug-in.
Users of the deprecated AppMarket GridPlus plug-in can find instructions for migrating to the new version here.

Key Features & Functionality

Data Interaction and Management:

Supports extensive data types including text, numeric, checkbox, currency, date, links, and percentages.
Spreadsheet-like capabilities, enabling drag-and-drop operations and direct data paste from external sources.
Embedded record and related action functionalities enabling traditional form-based editing within the grid interface.
Advanced validation for real-time data integrity and format compliance.
Multiselect editing, keyboard navigation, copy-paste functionality, and context menus for efficient data management.

Customization and Usability:

Dynamic sorting, column resizing, and rearrangement capabilities with minimal configuration.
Enhanced record link support, allowing seamless navigation to related site pages.
Extensive configurability options for data presentation, including customizable dark and light modes, adjustable accent, validation, and background colors, and styling preferences.
Automatic localization, dynamically adjusting language settings according to the locale configured in Appian’s internationalization settings. Supported locales include Arabic (arAR), Chinese Simplified (zhCN), Dutch (nlNL), English (enUS), French (frFR), German (deDE), Italian (itIT), Japanese (jaJP), Korean (koKR), Polish (plPL), Brazilian Portuguese (ptBR), Russian (ruRU), and Mexican Spanish (esMX).
Export capability, enabling users to easily download the current page of data as a CSV file.

Security and Scalability:

Comprehensive security based on your record type configurations of record-level, field-level, and column-level permissioning.
Granular control over end-user access to edit, delete, create, and trigger record or related actions.
Robust pagination capabilities optimized for high-volume data sets.