Zip Utility

Overview

Smart Services

  • Create Zip File - Zips document from Appian. Also encrypts the zip file using a password.
  • Zip Extractor - Unzips the contents of a given Appian zip document into a destination Appian folder. The new documents will be returned in the extracted folder. The unzipping process will maintain the folder structure in Appian.
  • Zip Content Extractor Unzips the contents of a given Appian zip document into a destination Appian folder. The new documents will be returned in the extracted folder.

Key Features & Functionality

Create Zip File

Inputs

  • Documents (Document) - The documents to be zipped
  • Save In Folder (Folder) - Folder to which the output zipped document will be saved
  • File Name (Text) - Name for the newly created zipped document
  • Password (Text) - Password of the zip file

Outputs

  • Error Message (Text)
  • Error Occurred (Boolean)
  • Zip File Id (Document)

Zip Extractor / Zip Content Extractor

Inputs

  • Zip Document (Document) - Zip file to be extracted
  • Extracted Folder (Folder) - Folder to which the output extracted document(s) will be saved
  • Password (Text) - Password of the zip file

Outputs

  • Error Message (Text)
  • Error Occurred (Boolean)
  • Folder Id (Document)

 

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  • Hi, I noticed that 'Create ZIP File' smartservice zips the documents passed to it but replaces the document names with some random 8digit number. Could somebody please let me know if there is a way that document names doesn't change after the zipping?

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  • Hi, I noticed that 'Create ZIP File' smartservice zips the documents passed to it but replaces the document names with some random 8digit number. Could somebody please let me know if there is a way that document names doesn't change after the zipping?

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