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I’m quite new to Appian and noticed an alignment issue within one of my interfaces. I wanted to ask whether this can be fixed or if it’s a known issue with this function. The alignment between the text and the checkbox seems a little off (I’m seeing the same issue with a!toggleField() as well), and I haven’t been able to fix it myself. Does anyone know of a workaround for this, or is this a known bug?

Hello Community, I am facing a performance issue with an API‑triggered Process Model that writes data to a MySQL database using the Write to Data Store Entity smart service. [emoticon:e7b6666c6f9742b1b7b51dddab3bb696] Scenario An external system invokes an Appian Web API. The API starts a Process Model. The Process Model creates a case by inserting ~25+ rows into a single database table. Inserts are done using Write to Data Store Entity (CDT‑based). The API response is sent only after the Process Model completes. [emoticon:e7b6666c6f9742b1b7b51dddab3bb696] Issue Total API response time is 90+ seconds. The process completes successfully and returns "Successful", but the latency is too high for synchronous API calls. Since all records are inserted into one table, this delay seems unexpected. [emoticon:e7b6666c6f9742b1b7b51dddab3bb696] Current Design  API → Process Model Multiple Write to Data Store Entity executions (likely one per record / loop)

I have two tabs with insured 1 and insured 2 and if I am updating anything in insured 2 tab and clicking on save it is always coming to insured 1 tab since while updating we are using start process link and in the process model user input task is configured, so everytime it refreshes the page after the user input task was triggered, any way to solve this?The below higlighted are the 2 insured tabs and I am updating risk factor for insured 2 tab as soon as I update it is coming to insured 1 tab.

How do you decide between using subprocesses and keeping everything in a single process model?

Hi, When I call a web API from another web API within the same server, the external url parameter value of the final web API iin the httppost request doesn't seem to work but I have to give the localhost url -  like this :localhost:8080/.../webapiname. Why is that and will this work in all environments? I understand it is not ideal to call this way, but I a little confused as to why the direct url is not working. 

Hi Appian Community, I am working on a large-scale decommissioning project for a legacy system that has been active for over 15 years. We are currently on Appian 25.4 and are facing significant disk space consumption (approx. 12GB in Process Model definitions and 11GB in Engine KDBs). A major challenge is that these legacy assets do not follow any standard naming conventions or abbreviations and are scattered across multiple applications. We are currently trying to define the best criteria to categorize which objects are "Dead" and safe to delete versus which are still "Active." I am seeking best practices and recommended utilities for the following: 1. Categorization & Filtering Strategies Since naming conventions are unreliable, what parameters are most effective for identifying legacy artifacts? Are there ways to bulk-query metadata (like Last Run Date, Last Modified Date, or Total Instance Count) to distinguish between legacy and active objects? Is there

Hello, I am currently evaluating the HTML To PDF Conversion plug-in for generating PDF documents in Appian. The basic conversion flow works correctly: I can pass an HTML file as the source document. The Smart Service generates a PDF document. The generated PDF can be saved in Appian. However, I am having an issue with Japanese text. The HTML file displays Japanese characters correctly when opened as HTML, but after converting it to PDF, the Japanese characters are rendered as #### in the PDF. English text and numbers are displayed correctly. I have already tried the following, but the result did not change: Added <meta charset="UTF-8"/> Specified Japanese fonts in CSS, such as: Noto Sans CJK JP Noto Sans JP Meiryo Yu Gothic Arial Unicode MS Specified Open Sans, which is used in the Appian UI Removed the <style> tag entirely to check whether CSS was the cause My questions are: Does this plug-in support Japanese / CJK / Unicode charac

Hi , I have two buttons in summary view first insured and second insured. First insured they can add task and even second insured  they can add  tasks will get in summary view. After clicking on second insured tab, it is going another page there backtosummary link is there but when i click on backtosummary it is going to first insured tab . i have handled through logic in interface level it is working fine but when i check in site level it is not working because there policy to task table has one many relations so selected task id not getting but rv!record. how can i get selected taskid and i need to pass to rule input of summary page.

I have two records, Record A and Record B, with a one-to-many relationship between them. I need to add a filter on Record A based on a column in Record B called Products. When the user selects “None” in the record filter, Record A entries with null values in the Products field should be returned. However, for some entries, Record A does not have any corresponding rows in Record B. As a result, although the related column Products appear with null values at the interface level, they are not returned when filtering at the record level. Any suggestions other than data fix?

Hi , I have two button with 1st insured and 2nd insured in summary page ,so when i select 2nd insured tasks it will open in another page there i have backtosummary record link . when i click on backtosummary it is navigating to 1st insured but it should be 2nd insured button. it is working in interface level and site level it is going to 1st insured button. i have attached how i configured summary view.. how to i get selected taskid so that i can to interface through the summary but here i am getting taskid because of one many relation. i need a suggestion how can i pass selected taskid from summary and please give me any other solutions if u have any

I'm planning to begin my preparation for the Analyst Credential exam (ACD301) , but I'm not sure where to find relevant study materials or sample questions that match the actual exam content. If anyone has any helpful resources or guidance to share, I’d really appreciate it. Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone, we are encountering an issue after updating the Dynamic Document Generator plugin to the latest version from AppMarket (from v2.2.2 to v3.0.3) *******************Issue Summary:  When generating a PDF using the “PDF from Single DOCX with Fonts” Smart Service, text formatting such as bold and italic is no longer applied in the resulting PDF. Current Setup:- HTML Doc from Template Smart Service - HTML → DOCX via XHTML Smart Service   - DOCX → PDF via PDF from Single DOCX with Fonts Smart Service   - Fonts provided via constant as Appian Documents (Font folder includes Source Sans Pro (TTF and OTF))Observations: - The generated DOCX file correctly shows formatting (bold and italic) - Inspecting the DOCX XML confirms formatting tags:  - <w:b/> for bold    - <w:i/> for italic   - However, the PDF output renders all text as regular (no bold/italic)Troubleshooting Performed We attempted the following with n

Has anyone else noticed this in checkbox component. The expression mode does not show error when i have both saveinto and saveInto (notice the difference "i" vs "I"). I am able to save, and the selected value is not getting saved as expected. The expression mode does not show the parameter as invalid for "saveinto" and also does not save the value.   I always thought the correct syntax is saveInto with capitalized "I" Janaki Ram

Has anyone configured MFA for Appian RPA bots? How is the manual action to accept or decline the request on authenticator bypassed ?

My integration object  is calling the swagger endpoint multiple times when it is being failed. We have a log system in our SQL DB. When I test the endpoint from swagger, I am getting only one log but when I am I clicking on Test Request in the integration I am getting multiple logs

Hi All, I am working on an Expense Reimbursement System POC in Appian. We have three different user roles: Employee, Manager, and Finance Team, each with separate interfaces. I need to implement an AI chatbot in all three interfaces that can answer user questions based on claim data. What is the best approach to design and integrate role-specific chatbots in Appian? Should each interface have a separate chatbot configuration, or can we reuse a single chatbot with dynamic context? Also, how can we ensure the chatbot responds based on the logged-in user’s role and related data? Thanks in advance.

I want o create two different exception paths for user input task one with timer and another one with recieve message each will go to different flow. I am using appian version 26.3 i am unable to do it as i am getting only one flow out of user input task exception. Can any one help me regarding it. If i use recieve message exception and timer symbol is changing to Home iconIf i Use only message it is showing at the same place and i am unable to move the symbols as well

In my application maker 1 &maker 2 both users submit data, if any difference between both users reviewer return the task to particular person now we are getting unmatched fileds and we are highlighting also, like this  if maker 1 give HOGN_DDA maker 2 didn't give value then reviewer return To maker 2 now the text field not highlighted, as per my knowledge we can't highlight filed without value  

A Record Action is configured to start a process model, and the process launches successfully. However, the parameterized process variables (record type and identifier) remain null or default values during runtime. As a result, the interface cannot display the expected record data.

Hi, My colleagues took ACD100 Certification earlier this year. They all had questions about Agile and SDLC.  Today I tried to take exam but I didn't see ACD100 on Examity so went for ACD101 but syllabus was different.  Anything changed recently? I can see the following exams: ACA100 - Appian Certified Analyst ACD101 - Appian Certified Associate Developer. Did anyone took exam recently and passed ACD101 and saw Agile or SDLC related questions? or is it depend on the initial question we answer about whether we took online course?

I need the related information to be filtered with a date from the main record. It is possible to create the following query: a!queryRecordType( recordType: 'recordType!CCMV_GP_RT_Persona', pagingInfo: a!pagingInfo(startIndex: 1, batchSize: 1), relatedRecordData: { a!relatedRecordData( limit: 1, relationship: 'recordType!CCMV_GP_RT_Persona.relationships.Historicopersona', filters: { a!queryFilter( field: 'recordType!CCMV_GP_RT_HistoricoPersona.fields.fechaactualizacion', operator: "<=", value: 'recordType!CCMV_GP_RT_Persona.fields.fechaBaja' ) } ) }).data I need to retrieve from a person's historical information the first record that is earlier than or equal to the person's termination date. Gives the following error: Expression evaluation error at function a!queryRecordType: Invalid record field type mapping. No

Hello- We are using the MS Graph Poller plugin & am trying to poll an outlook mailbox, the data gets properly persisted into the DB but i would like to know how do we identify the current record context, right now its not returning any record id back, it only give Mailcount processed but not any id to piggy back the record. Can someone please let me know on this, am trying to get hold of the documentation for this. Regards NK

Hi Community, Let’s say I have 15 nodes in a process model. Scenario 1: The nodes are placed linearly and execute one after another. Scenario 2: The nodes are split into 5 branches, with 3 nodes in each branch, using an AND/OR gate. On testing above scenarios, when I config this inside startprocess and try to trigger it from web API, both scenarios are taking approx same time. Does appian on the backend still executes it linear irrespective of how we branch it in single process model canvas?

Data base table security or permission to query data from table, Do we actually need permission to actually retrive data from database table into Appian query entity/record?, what is the basic permission required...? ,