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Hello All, I need an approach to save unstructured .doc file to .pdf extn. I know we have .docx to PDF. But I have .doc this to be converte to .pdf. Its great if anyone help in suggesting approach for this.

Hi, I have built some application in Appian and want to publish them in Appian App Market. But the Appian App Market Submission site is giving 401 Unauthorized error. I want to know the criteria to access the submission site? URL: https://forum.appian.com/suite/saml/AssertionConsumer Regards, Bornik 

Hi Team, We have a scenario where Process Model 1 calls Sub‑Process Model 2 in synchronous mode. Sub‑Process Model 2 contains Process 2.1 and Process 2.2.Normally, these complete within expected time, but if Process Model 2 runs longer than 15 minutes, we want to:- Terminate Sub‑Process Model 2.- Mark it as completed so it doesn’t remain in an in‑progress state. Essentially:- Process Model 1 (synchronous) → Process Model 2.1 & 2.2.- If execution exceeds 15 minutes, enforce a timeout, terminate, and mark complete. Question to the Community:- What is the recommended way to implement this timeout/termination logic in Appian?- Is there a best practice for handling long‑running synchronous sub‑processes (e.g., timers, escalation paths, or design patterns)?Error "The amount of time allocated for the completion of an unattended activity was insufficient to allow the activity to complete."

Hi Team, Currently we are reading excel but due to confidential file it is throwing below error. Expression evaluation error at function 'readexcelsheetpaging': org.apache.pol.openxml4j.exceptions.OLE2NotOfficexmlFileException. The supplied data appears to be in the OLE2 Format. You are calling the part of POI that deals with OOXML (Office Open XML) Documents. You need to call a different part of POI to process this data (eg HSSF Instead of XSSF) Can anyone help on this to which function help to check format in excel  Thanks  Divya 

Hey all, new Appian developer here! From what I have learned so far, Appian dev teams don't usually follow the branch->merge workflow, but rather work inside the single dev environment. I have no problems with this system and think it is the ideal approach for 99% of cases. However, in a situation like a refactor, where you are changing some of the architecture and breaking a few parts of the system as a side effect, I can see how branching off to make these changes would be safer, cleaner, and not prohibit other developers who need to use the parts that are being changed.Is there any version control (or hacky workaround) that could solve this in these rare situations? Thanks!

Hi all, I had just been researching on the different character limits for data types. So from my understanding of text data type, these are the following limits. Text - 255 characters Long Text - 4000 characters Extra Long Text - 64000 characters  To my knowledge these are the 3 available options for any VARCHAR in record types, I was just wondering if this information is correct, wanting clarification please.  Couldn't really find a clear answer on the limits. Note: I believe that for record types, there's a limitation for Extra Long Text, limited to only 3 fields within a record type that's allowed to have the Extra Long Text data type.

Hi, I'm following the exercise in the attached PDF, but I'm getting the following error: "Reply-To email did not resolve to a valid email address." I've repeated the steps several times but I can't figure out what might be causing it. Since I'm new to Appian, I'm also not very familiar yet with diagnosing or resolving these kinds of errors. Could someone please help me understand what might be wrong or what I should check? Thanks in advance! [View:/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/62/Exercise-2_5F00_-Examine-and-Configure-a-Process-Model.pdf:320:240]

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Hi Everyone, I am learning Appian and working on a simple interface form. While submitting the form, I am getting the following error: "A button component must not contain both a 'recaptchaSaveInto' and a 'saveInto' parameter." I tried removing some parameters but the error still appears. Can someone explain why we cannot use both saveInto and recaptchaSaveInto in the same button and what is the correct way to handle this? Any guidance would be helpful. Thank you.

Hi! Is it possible to use Databricks as a data source with Appian? I know it's not directly supported but maybe there's like a workaround possible? Any help would be great!

Hi, I'm new to the Appian. I'm unable to see the 'New Data table' option as mentioned in this documentation: Create-record-data-source.html  So, I Selected Database option and I'm unable to proceed after that. No options provided here to select. Help me resolve this and provide me the steps to create an database and make connection to the interface. Share any documentation URL or online course for this.

Hi, I am new to Appian-Locust, I have installed Appian Locust, executed a login script for Appian URL and I am getting this exception "Login unsuccessful, no multipart cookie found, only found <RequestsCookieJar[<Cookie JSESSIONID....". I checked my credentials and they are working fine when login manually. I have tried executing the same Appian URL via generic Locust and there is no such exception shown. Can anyone help here.

I have a process model that stops running without any apparent reason. When I click on the node where it stops, a pop‑up appears saying: "No errors were encountered at this node." Has anyone seen this behavior before? What could cause a process to halt without logging an error, and what steps should I take to troubleshoot it?

Hello everyone!I started the Learning Path recently and I'm having trouble in Step #3 (version: 25.4 Build an Application: Step-by-Step #3). When I try to create a New Group (W#SA Supervisors, W#SA Registrars and W#SA Mechanics), it always says "Name already exists", for all 3 of them. However in the objects I only have the groups W#SA Users and W#SA Administrators1.Did anyone have the same issue? How can I fix it?Thanks :)

In UI I have option to add data using addRowLink. Once I select one name consider h1, then I click on addRow then there I can write any alphanumeric code and I am storing that in backend. but if I am selecting multiple names(2) then if I click on addRowLink 2 new row boxes are being displayed. In UI even if I select multiple names only one row should be displayed and in backend the code should be updated for all selected names. no submit button is available in that interface saveInto: { a!localVariables( /* Build one new row per selected partyId (no duplicate prevention) */ local!newRows: if( a!isNullOrEmpty(local!selectedInsuredId), {}, a!forEach( items: local!selectedInsuredId, expression: a!localVariables( /* Find the index of this party to resolve its applicationId */ local!idx: index(fv!item, wherecontains(fv!item, local!insuredParty['recordType!{f953bbb6-0363-40ce-afe7-4fd0315e1fc0}UWG Party.fields.{19291ea5-16a7-4ddb-9fc9-dbd77b0f9b3e}id']), null() ), /* Construct a new UWG MIB

I have a multiselect dropdown with names h1, h2 and there respective ids are 123,456. the interface is to update the codes in site.But when I am selecting both values from dropdown and adding the code, code is not getting added for both the values. It is only getting added for the first value(h1) which I selected initially in the dropdown(h1)

We have an a!documentViewerField component to display a PDF document, but the problem is that it shows editing options to download and print it, and we have been asked to disable these options.  Is there another component that allows PDF documents to be viewed in read-only mode, i.e., only displaying the document without allowing it to be downloaded or printed? Or is there a way to configure this from Appian?

Hi, I am using Community Edition and  following the Appian Developer path. In for Step-By-Step # 10 I am getting expression error while adding the reusable component on a interface/form.  I followed all the steps till this section and all works good. As per Step by Step #10, Guide I am trying to complete the following steps. as soon as I click ok, above expression error message displayed.  Any suggestions to fix this ? 

i am getting the above error when i am trying to edit "display value" in "addedBy". below expression i have used- rule!W0866aa_FormatDisplayName(user:fv!row[recordType!W0866aaVehicle.fields.addedBy]) given in guide -

Hello,  I have a text field who's value is linked to a dropdown field. If the dropdown value changes, the text field automatically changes as well. The text field is disabled as the user should not be able to change the value. The problem I have is that the value of this text field should be saved into a rule input but since I do not interact with the text field, the save into parameter does not trigger. I have no buttons on the interface so I could not add an a!save there. The user does not have to interact with any other field if they don't want so I couldn't put the a!save in another field as well.  Is there a way for the text field to refresh without interacting with it to trigger the save into? 

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Hi, 1)I want to Implement pagination in Editable Grid please guide me. 2)Add sorting arrows in Editable Grid header columns for sorting purpose. Appreciate your help!! Regards Nishtha Bhatnagar

Hi, I am using Appian Version 25.4, I have created an Interface with Grid in it. Grid is just expected to read data from Record Type and display it on the Grid. But I only see headers on Interface when I am previewing it. What am I doing wrong here? I am including code here and the output of the Preview. I am new to Appian and appreciate your help here. { a!localVariables( local!pagingInfo: a!pagingInfo( startIndex: 1, batchSize: 20 ), a!gridField( label: "Portfolio", labelPosition: "ABOVE", data: a!queryRecordType( recordType: 'recordType!{730d5dd7-5828-443c-89cf-89b097b856cb}TV Record Type loan..static_info_updated', fields:{ 'recordType!{730d5dd7-5828-443c-89cf-89b097b856cb}TV Record Type loan..static_info_updated.fields.{85555feb-8c36-4fce-9eff-2ef66aaab755}loanId', 'recordType!{730d5dd7-5828-443c-89cf-89b097b856cb}TV Record Type loan..static_info_updated.fields.{c4b7627c-131b-475a-8901-54d34623f0

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I have two different screen where one screen has summary and other screen has details of each task. now both screens has same view and details screen should check wether the task is primary or not if the task is primary then it should display the name associated with that task. If the task is secondary the it should display the names associated with that record. how to do it