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gopalakrig310061
December 7, 2021
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Unzipping a zip file

  • December 7, 2021
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Hey Guys,

I have requirement to get the zip file from UI and unzip and then process further, Here we tried using two different plugins,

  • Extract Zip --- this plugin doesn't work as expected, some of the subfolder in our zip doesn't unzipped.
  • ZIP Content Extractor -- This works as expected but it's taking much time to extract (eg: - for a 5 MB file, approximately it took more than 5 minutes)

is there any possible option to extract Zip file which will be uploaded from Interface?

Thanks in advance.

7 replies

stewart.burchell
stewart.burchell
December 7, 2021

Hi - I've had exactly the same experience - the first plug-in seems to just stop processing the zip file after either a pre-defined time or a pre-defined size but either way fails to complete the unzip process correctly.

I resorted to using the second plug-in and also have had the same experience - taking a very long time to unzip a package. Taking a long time isn't a problem in its own right, but if there is a need to provide the correct User Experience you'll have to provide something that communicates to the User that the unzip is "In Progress" and a method to refresh the interface periodically so that when the unzip is complete the User is made aware.

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gopalakrig310061Author
December 7, 2021

yes, now we have the same design where user will have to refresh in interface to check whether unzip has completed or not.

Another ques ---  If we upload a zip file into any folder using Appian designer, it's auto-extracting properly (performance also not that bad), by any chance, can we do the same from interface?

stewart.burchell
stewart.burchell
December 7, 2021

Whilst you can upload a zip file to Appian you cannot unzip directly from a User Interface. 

Note: you can auto-refresh an Appian SAIL interface so you don't have to rely on a User hitting a refresh icon.

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