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I am new to Appian and I'm creating a form interface to save data to the database. I've gone through several of the tutorials and I created an Interface and a Process Model that will save data to the database. However, it only works when I launch it from the Process Model. How do I launch it from the Interface by clicking on the Submit button?  I want to click Submit after filling out the Interface and have it fire up the process model to save to the database. 

i am Doing the Application Building Blocks Course and i cant finish the Hands on Practice because the PDF "cannot be viewed in this browser" and when i click on it when i try with different Browsers it also not work (chrome, opera, firefox) same issueI think it happens with all those pdfs but this time it was with Step 4

Hello, I’m currently using the free Appian Community Edition. After being inactive for ~1 month, I logged back in and my environment has been stuck on “Workspace Pending” for the past 24 hours. Is this normal, and how much longer should I expect before I can access my workspace again? Any guidance would be appreciated.

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I'm currently doing step 5 of build an Application exercise, specifically in "Configure the Record list" sectionThere is no delete, move icon, or add column button. 

Hi,   I am new to Appian and trying to go through the trainings before I have an in person training next week.  I just went through the Appian Essentials and Customer Stories and starting the hands-on Activity.    I signed into Appian Community Edition and navigated to W#AA Registrar and get below error.  Any ideas on how I can fix this so I can continue with the trainings?The Requested Record Type Is Not Available Expression evaluation error [evaluation ID = E5PRT] at function a!recordList: An error occurred while retrieving the data for "W0309AA Vehicle". Details: Record type is marked as synced, but its data has not yet been synced or its existing synced data has been invalidated. Contact your system administrator. (APNX-1-4198-000)I did try to find an answer in Appian Community, but most of what I found, that even closely resembled this error, advised to send to 'communityedition@appian.com', which I did, but also posting here to see

Hi All, I need to hide some related actions from specific groups. Can anyone please help me, how to achieve this?

I have an appian web api with Oauth 2.0 cliet enabled.But when i am trying to get the token by hitting the token request end point by passing the  grant_type, client_id, client_secret  as queryparams and content_type as application/x-www-form-urlencoded.this I am trying from java micro-service, while doing so,I have tried multiple ways like sending them in body , as paramsi am getting the following error : INFO com.appiancorp.connectedsystems.http.oauth.HttpOAuthTokenRetriever - Error while retrieving token: invalid_client attempting to pass Authentication in body INFO com.appiancorp.connectedsystems.http.oauth.HttpOAuthTokenRetriever - Error while retrieving token using auth in body: invalid_client ERROR com.appiancorp.connectedsystems.http.execution.AppianHttpRequestExecutor - ConnectorRuntimeException [title=Unsupported authentication, This request requires authentication but does not specify the type of authentication expected] Any leads would be appreciated,Thanks

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I'm trying to install an instance of Appian on Kubernetes into my cloud infrastructure.  I am runninging into an issue where the Zookeeper pod is running but the Kafka Pod is not. The only logs I can find are a single line that give no information: 2025-10-22T13:35:18.683285411Z main ERROR Reconfiguration failed: No configuration found for '67424e82' at 'null' in 'null' Any help understanding what this error means and how to resolve it to get the Kafka Pod running for AoK would be helpful.

Hi there Appian community, I am on step 6 of updating the layout and configuring components on the step by step #8. For this step we must select correct values under display value (ex: for Make, select ri!record.make.) however, as highlighted in the picture, there is no option for that and when I type it manually, nothing populates. Any advice?/resized-image/__size/640x480/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/62/Screenshot-2025_2D00_09_2D00_30-at-11.10.55_2F20_AM.png 

I passed this exam today. How do I prove it? I don't see it anywhere in my appian account. Also, it was proctored by ProctorU and all their site says is that I took the test. No indication of the result. I passes with an 83.3% score

Hi everyone, I’m following a Step by Step #10 tutorial to create a related action for my record type. I configured the Create New Related Action dialog as shown in the attached screenshot, but when I test it, I get this error: Expression evaluation error: Syntax error. Details: Cannot create an identifier with zero length key I’ve already added a Key value, but the error still appears. I suspect it may be related to the Context expression, but I’m not sure what exactly is wrong. Has anyone faced this issue before or can point out what I might be missing? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance [emoticon:4baf9c67c1b843c6b4ddedea33023652] TRANSLATE with x English Arabic Hebrew Polish Bulgarian Hindi Portuguese Catalan Hmong Daw Romanian Chinese Simplified Hungarian Russian Chinese Traditional Indonesian Slovak Czech Italian Slovenian Danish Japanese Spanish Dutch Klingon Swedish English Korean Thai Estonian Latvia

Hi Appian Community, I am planning to register for an upcoming Appian certification exam. Before proceeding, I wanted to confirm if a name format difference would cause any issues during ID verification. My government-issued ID shows my name as K Jaiganesh, but I intend to register using Jaiganesh Kamaraj, which I commonly use in professional settings. Could you please confirm if this would be acceptable, or advise on how I should proceed to avoid any discrepancies during the exam? Thank you for your support. Thanks & Regards, Jaiganesh

Hi All, I basically created a custom between date for my users. The purpose of it is basically to mimic the start date of a month to the end date of the month for my data. Shown below is basically what it does: My question here is this. From my understanding, Appian's database stores any datetimes column as UTC, before converting it back to whatever timezone the user is from during the interface display. However, what exactly should I set as my between date during the process of filtering? I'm unsure of how exactly the query filter will communicate with my cloud database (my record type) to retrieve data. My worry is that the values are inaccurate and data is wrongly displayed and calculated due to the some edge cases, e.g. on the last day of the month. Here is my code for the between: As you can see from the "Chosen From Date" and "Chosen To Date", I initially attempted to custom fit it to my timezone. During this process, I returned the value create

Hi there Appian community. I basically completed the step by step #5 however, when clicking view record list I have been receiving this pop-up error message. Any advice on how I can fix the filter expression so it is able to evaluate properly?/resized-image/__size/640x480/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/62/Screenshot-2025_2D00_09_2D00_30-at-9.31.38_2F20_AM.png

Hello all! I've just started an internship as a dev and am still picking up on Appian. Currently, as part of a feature I'm developing, I've implemented an algorithm to produce a list of dates, each with consistent interval. To simplify things, I first made a helper function that produces next date based on inputs, and iterate n number of times through reduce() in the wrapper, producing following dates by feeding in previous results. This algorithm properly populates a list of dates in the expression rule test, however, there is a bit of nuance when using the algorithm to display the dates on the interface.  The problem is that the refresh condition of local variables in the helper (which is the iterated function in reduce()) is not compatible with reduce(), and the only work around is to declare each local variable as a refreshVariable() with "refreshAlways: true". The error message states that all looping functions, with the exceptio

Hi there! I am working on the step by step #5 and I am at the part where I design record types, specifically creating the W#SA maintenance record type. I ran into the issue of not having editing access in order to GENERATE EVENT RECORD TYPES, and when I tried editing my access to be an admin/editor, I believe I removed the admin group somehow, because now it is appearing as "[Group Name Restricted]." Any thoughts on how I switch this back to W#SA Admin?

I am working on step-b y-step #5 ( "Exercise 5: Design Record Types") and I am stuck on the configuring vehicle record events steps. Once I go to the Events page, I am unable to click GENERATE EVENT RECORD TYPES because I keep receiving a pop-up stating, "you must have edit access to at least one of the applications this record type is in to generate event record types." How do I manage and edit my access so that I am able to proceed with this exercise.

We're excited to announce the release of a new online course on Academy Online: Configure Case Management Studio. The course is the latest addition to the Appian Case Management Studio Learning Path. This new course reflects the major updates in Case Management Studio 2.0. You’ll learn how to: Configure the control panel object Extend the Case Management Studio data model Manage groups and configure security Create custom task types and automations Prepare for smooth upgrades, and more! Click here to enroll in Configure Case Management Studio on Academy Online! /resized-image/__size/1498x1050/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/76/Screenshot-2025_2D00_09_2D00_25-at-1.41.04_2F20_PM.png

Hello everyone, I’m new with Appian and I’m currently trying to work on a basic CRUD project. I’m currently struggling to create an “Update” related action for my List. 1.- I have created a query expression rule to retrieve only the values of a specific record based on the id, which is currently working properly. 2.-I have created a related action inside my main Record Type to Update my record which has the following context for the process model parameter: { TSM_TaskList: rule!TSM_queryTaskList(                 tasklistIdPk: rv!identifier ).data } 3.- I have edited the list to add a grid for the “Update” button next to the record, and I added the following display value: a!recordActionField(                 actions: a!recordActionItem(          &n

I have a requirement where i am calling external API to get a Binary file in return. Now the issue here is i am unable to convert this document into Base64 string which i need to use the Base64string to pass into another API. I have also build the logic of storing the Base64 string to Appian DB. Just stuck with the conversion part. I can also see that we might have few plug-in functions supported by Appian for this. {'toBase64()','ConvertDocumentToBase64()', 'a!toBase64()'}, unsure if these are accurate or not. However, if these are accurate i will raise this with Appian support team to get these installed, If not can i please have some suggestions on how to proceed with this requirement?

As of today, the SpaceX API to be used in the tutorials seems to be no longer available. When configuring the data source:"The Record Data Source returned an error. Title: Connection failed Detail: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Message: Could not authenticate with the connected system or connect to the external system at the specified URL" Calling https://api.spacexdata.com/v4 in a browser gives me “not found”. Calling https://spacexdata.com/ in a browser gives me “This site can’t be reached Check if there is a typo in spacexdata.com. DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN”.

I know we can create file upload web API to get files in Binary, but is it possible to get file using body of the api as formdata of json   

Hi Team, I am getting below error when submitting a form.Could you please let you know if you have any ideas error converting typed value TypedValue[it=1134,v={4cef5fb4-6aa9-499c-99e1-34fbb0d20616@6291,{TypedValue[it=5246,v={335,C-2025-0335,,,Efficacy and safety of liposomal amphotericin B(AmBisome® ) versus Isavuconazole in patients with invasive Aspergillosis in liver transplant recipients ,,,CRDRF,DRF,<null>,,jiaqi wei,2025-09-13,<null>,110000.0,0,,0,,<null>,1,15144486065@163.com,2025-09-13 01:56:30.0,<null>,15144486065@163.com,2025-09-13 02:28:22.48,,1,Shawn.xiao,,0,}]}}] to XML in order to convert it to java type com.appiancorp.common.EntityData Regards, Sireesha